RRS John Murray JM16/74
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RRS John Murray (74MJ) |
| Cruise identifier | JM16/74 |
| Cruise period | 1974-12-06 — 1974-12-19 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Hull, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Barry, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | To determine the tidal elevations and currents in the neighbourhood of the Orkney and Shetland Islands in order to provide data for numerical models of the North Sea and Continental Shelf and to level Fair Isle to the Shetland Islands using hydrodynamical equations of motion. To determine the residual circulation of the area and distribution of temperature, salinity and density |
| Chief scientist | Alan J Harrison (Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Bidston Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.57 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
| Track charts | (0.05 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| CTD stations | |
| Other physical oceanographic measurements | Quantity: number of profiles = 14 Description: Sound velocity stations. |
| Moorings, landers, buoys | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Current meters | 59° 16' 59" N 0° 4' 59" W — Current meter rig and off-shore tide gauge recovered from station E. |
| Current meters | 58° 23' 59" N 2° 36' 59" W — Current meter rig recovered from station G. |
| Current meters | 58° 42' 59" N 2° 4' 59" W — Current meter rig and off-shore tide gauge recovered from station F. |
| Other physical oceanographic measurements | 58° 42' 59" N 2° 4' 59" W — Current meter rig and off-shore tide gauge recovered from station F. |
| Other physical oceanographic measurements | 59° 16' 59" N 0° 4' 59" W — Current meter rig and off-shore tide gauge recovered from station E. |
