RV Tellina 4/68
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Tellina (74TE) |
| Cruise identifier | 4/68 |
| Cruise period | 1968-02-16 — 1968-03-01 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. The investigation of water movement and diffusion in the region immediately offshore from Lowestoft using releases of the dye Rhodamine B.
2. Comparison of results obtained using dye with those using the Pooh-Bah Automatic Float. 3. The taking of current meter readings and salinity samples to supplement the dye diffusion results. 4. An attempt at similar work off Sizewell. |
| Chief scientist | John W Talbot (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.11 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | |
| Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | |
| Current meters | Description: current measurements over full tidal cycle |
| Surface drifters/drifting buoys | |
| Contamination | |
| Other contaminant measurements | Description: rhodamine dye release |
