RV Knorr 316N145_6
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |||||||||
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Knorr (316N) | ||||||||
| Cruise identifier | 316N145_6 | ||||||||
| Cruise period | 1995-01-23 — 1995-03-06 | ||||||||
| Status | Completed | ||||||||
| Port of departure | Fremantle, Australia | ||||||||
| Port of return | Colombo, Sri Lanka | ||||||||
| Objectives | Indian Ocean, hydrographic survey for WOCE Hydrographic Program, Line I9N. The basic hydrogrpahy program consisted of salinity, dissolved oxygen and nutrient (nitrite/nitrate, phosphate and silicate) measurements made from bottles taken on CTD/rosette casts, plus pressure, temperature, salinity and dissolved oxygen from CTD profiles. 130 CTD/36 bottle rosette casts, usually to within 5 metres of the bottom. Water samples were analysed for nutrients, CFC, tritium/helium, CO2, 14C. ADCP, underway meterological and sea surface temperature and salinity were also logged and a series of floats and drifters were also deployed. | ||||||||
| Chief scientist | Arnold L Gordon (Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory) | ||||||||
| Cruise report |  (1.22 MB) | ||||||||
| Ocean/sea areas | |||||||||
| General | Indian Ocean Bay of Bengal | ||||||||
| Track charts | (0.07 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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