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RRS Discovery D3_5

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)RRS Discovery (74E3)
Cruise identifierD3_5
Cruise period1964-06-12 — 1964-07-03
StatusCompleted
Port of departureVictoria, Seychelles
Port of returnPort Louis, Mauritius
PurposeResearch
ObjectivesTo complete its part of the UK contribution to the International Indian Ocean Expedition, Discovery occupied 291 water sampling stations in the Indian Ocean in 154 days at sea.
Chief scientistJohn C Swallow (National Institute of Oceanography)
ProjectInternational Indian Ocean Expedition
Cruise reportRRS Discovery D3_5 cruise report d3.pdf (0.63 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralIndian Ocean
Track chartsRRS Discovery D3_5 cruise track — d3track.pdf (0.68 MB) 
Measurements 
Physical oceanography 
BathythermographDescription: hourly observations
Water bottle stationsQuantity: number of stations = 42
Description: 15 to the bottom
CTD stationsQuantity: number of profiles = 48
Description: temperature-salinity-depth (TSD)
Current metersQuantity: number of profiles = 47
Description: current-shear
Neutrally buoyant floatsQuantity: number of deployments = 6
Biology and fisheries 
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence)Quantity: number of profiles = 12
Description: chlorophyll
PhytoplanktonQuantity: number of hauls = 43
Description: 14 series of vertical net hauls; 13 fine mesh hauls; 16 Indian Ocean standard net hauls
ZooplanktonQuantity: number of hauls = 43
Description: 14 series of vertical net hauls; 13 fine mesh hauls; 16 Indian Ocean standard net hauls
NeustonQuantity: number of hauls = 17
Description: Neuston net tows
Pelagic fishQuantity: number of hauls = 3
Description: trawls
Meteorology 
Routine standard measurementsDescription: continuous
Geology and geophysics 
Single-beam echosoundingDescription: continuous