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RV Moana Wave MW8903_3
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |||||||||
Ship name (ship code) | RV Moana Wave (32MW) | ||||||||
Cruise identifier | MW8903_3 | ||||||||
Cruise period | 1989-04-03 — 1989-05-10 | ||||||||
Status | Completed | ||||||||
Port of departure | Hawaii, United States | ||||||||
Port of return | Puntarenas, Costa Rica | ||||||||
Objectives | WOCE section P04. Survey of the water mass characteristics of the North Pacific Ocean to determine the structure of the meridional circulation across 10 N and its associated meridional heat and fresh water transports. This is the final leg of a three leg cruise which together form one long hydrographic section, generally along 9.5 N from the east coast of Mindanao (Philippines to Puntarenas, Costa Rica. CTD (temperature, salinity and dissolved Oxygen) and water sample data (nutrients, chloroflurocarbons, helium/tritium) were collected on the 221 full ocean depth stations | ||||||||
Chief scientist | Harry L Bryden (Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Deacon Laboratory) | ||||||||
Cruise report | (2.16 MB) | ||||||||
Ocean/sea areas | |||||||||
General | North Pacific Ocean | ||||||||
Track charts | (0.60 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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