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RRS Challenger CH63_2
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ship name (ship code) | RRS Challenger (74CH) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cruise identifier | CH63_2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cruise period | 1990-03-12 — 1990-03-18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Status | Completed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Port of departure | Dunstaffnage, United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Port of return | Tórshavn, Faroe Islands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Objectives | 1. To collect large volume water samples and CTD profiles at standard positions between the Sound of Mull and the Shelf-edge.
2. To service the DML current meter mooring in the Tiree Passage. 3. To work the CTD stations of the Anton Dohrn Seamount section between the Shelf-edge and Rockall. 4. To deploy a current meter mooring to the west of the Wyville-Thomson Ridge. 5. To work CTD sections in the region between Faroe Bank and the Wyville-Thomson Ridge. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chief scientist | David J Ellett (Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cruise report | (0.27 MB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ocean/sea areas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
General | North Sea Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Specific | Faroe-Shetland Channel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Measurements | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Physical oceanography | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Description: S only. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 5 Description: CTD profiles. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current meters | Description: Duration 4 months. 2 current meters deployed & 2 recovered | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chemical oceanography | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Radioactivity | Quantity: number of samples = 10 Description: Large volume water samples collected from surface for radiocaesium analysis. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data held at BODC | Get data | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Series/Profiles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 CTD/STD cast | Salinity of the water column Vertical spatial coordinates Temperature of the water column Salinity of the water column Vertical spatial coordinates Temperature of the water column
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