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FS Poseidon PO117_2
Cruise plan
Cruise Info. | |
Ship name (ship code) | FS Poseidon (06PO) |
Cruise identifier | PO117_2 |
Cruise period | 1985-04-13 — 1985-05-08 |
Status | Completed |
Port of departure | Ponta Delgada, Portugal |
Port of return | Lisbon, Portugal |
Objectives | Working sections in the North Atlantic between the Azores and the Polar Front and the Azores and Lisbon. Measurement of physical and optical parameters in the water column using the IFM Sea Rover undulator and measurement of currents to 200m using a hull-mounted acoustic current profiler. |
Chief scientist | John D Woods (Institute of Marine Sciences, Kiel) |
Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
Track charts | (1.03 MB) (0.64 MB) |
Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Quantity: activity duration in days = 15 Description: underway SeaRover profiles |
Optics (eg underwater light levels) | Quantity: activity duration in days = 15 Description: underway SeaRover profiles |
Current profiler (eg ADCP) | Quantity: activity duration in days = 15 Description: underway ADCP to 200m |
Biology and fisheries | |
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: activity duration in days = 15 Description: underway SeaRover profiles |