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RV Aranda AR1/90

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)RV Aranda (34A3)
Cruise identifierAR1/90
Cruise period1990-07-09 — 1990-07-18
StatusCompleted
Port of departureReykjavík, Iceland
Port of returnReykjavík, Iceland
PurposeResearch
Objectives1) To recover 5 moorings from the Greenland continental slope south of Dohrn Bank
2) To deploy 7 current meter moorings on a section between 63 degrees 39.9 minutes North 32 degrees 58.2 minutes West and 64 degrees 56.9 minutes North 34 degrees 22.2 minutes West, previously surveyed during the TTO
3) To carry out CTD casts and to collect water samples throughout the water column for determination of Freon-11, Freon-12, Freon-113 and silicate concentrations at stations south of, north of and within the Denmark Strait
4) Samples of marine air were collected and analysed for Freons
5) Silicate concentrations were determined at all CTD stations
Chief scientistEdward M Gmitrowicz (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory)
Cruise reportRV Aranda AR1/90 cruise report aranda1_90.pdf (1.72 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralNorth Atlantic Ocean
Greenland Sea
SpecificThe Denmark Strait
Track chartsRV Aranda AR1/90 cruise track — aranda1_90trk.pdf (0.02 MB) 
Measurements 
Physical oceanography 
CTD stationsQuantity: number of stations = 5
Description: CTD profiles (on 3 of the stations) plus water samples for freons from rosette or hydro wire
Data held at BODC Get data
Series/Profiles 
3  CTD/STD cast
Vertical spatial coordinates
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column

BODC idDate/TimeLocationDoc.
3254141990-07-11 04:20 65° 8' 57" N  30° 50' 44" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 325414
3254261990-07-11 14:57 64° 46' 2" N  30° 33' 9" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 325426
3254381990-07-13 13:34 64° 17' 21" N  33° 42' 23" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 325438