RV Knorr 316N138_10
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |||||||||
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Knorr (316N) | ||||||||
| Cruise identifier | 316N138_10 | ||||||||
| Cruise period | 1992-12-04 — 1993-01-22 | ||||||||
| Status | Completed | ||||||||
| Port of departure | Papeete, French Polynesia | ||||||||
| Port of return | Punta Arenas, Chile | ||||||||
| Objectives | South, Pacific, hydrographic survey for WOCE Hydrographic Program, Line P17S. Collection and analysis of high-resolution hydrographic and nutrient data at 235 stations along 32 degrees South as part of the South Pacific component of the World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) Hydrographic Program. Preliminary analysis of the data will begin by focusing on studies of western boundary currents, meridional heat flux, thermocline circulation,, and deep circulation. The section will overlie two current meter arrays off Australia and New Zealand, allowing this to be one of the primary flux lines for WOCE. | ||||||||
| Chief scientist | James H Swift (Scripps Institution of Oceanography) | ||||||||
| Cruise report |  (1.51 MB) | ||||||||
| Ocean/sea areas | |||||||||
| General | South Pacific Ocean | ||||||||
| Track charts | (0.03 MB) | ||||||||
| Data held at BODC | Get data | ||||||||
| Series/Profiles | |||||||||
| 1 Single-beam echosounder | Horizontal spatial co-ordinates Date and time Bathymetry and Elevation
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