RV Cirolana CIR3A/73
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Cirolana (74CZ) |
| Cruise identifier | CIR3A/73 |
| Cruise period | 1973-03-06 — 1973-03-12 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Grimsby, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Greenock, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | To collect water samples for Cs-137 analysis with a view to tracing the path of coastal and Atlantic waters at the northern entrance to the North Sea. |
| Chief scientist | David J Ellett (Scottish Marine Biological Association) |
| Cruise report |  (0.09 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Quantity: number of stations = 38 Description: S only |
| Bathythermograph | Quantity: number of profiles = 4 Description: mechanical |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 38 Description: T surface only |
| Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Quantity: number of stations = 6 Description: S only |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Radioactivity | Quantity: number of samples = 32 Description: 137Cs, used as tracer to distinguish between Atl.and coast.water entering the NWn.IHB04 |
