RRS James Clark Ross JR20081224 (JR188)

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Ship name (ship code)

RRS James Clark Ross (74JC)

Cruise identifier

JR20081224 (JR188)

Cruise period

2008-12-24 — 2009-01-06

Status

Completed

Port of departure

Signy, Antarctica

Port of return

Mare Harbour, Falkland Islands (Malvinas)

Purpose

Research

Objectives

The aims of the cruise were to run the Western Core Box acoustic survey for the only time during the 2008/09 Antarctic Season and to deploy the Continuous Plankton Recorder (CPR) at two locations: between the South Orkneys and South Georgia, and again between South Georgia and the Falkland Islands.

Chief scientist

Claire Waluda (British Antarctic Survey)

Coordinating body

Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)

Cruise report

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Ocean/sea areas

General

South West Atlantic Ocean (limit 20W)

Specific

South Orkneys, South Georgia, Falkland Islands.

Track charts

(0.05 MB)

Measurements

Physical oceanography

CTD stations

Quantity: number of profiles = 15
Description: CTD

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Series/Profiles

30 Bathythermograph (MBT/XBT)

Reference numbers
Sound velocity and travel time in the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
Temperature of the water column

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Reference numbers
Sound velocity and travel time in the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
Temperature of the water column

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BODC id	Date/Time	Location
1173774	2008-12-31 08:06	53° 19' 59" S 39° 36' 0" W
1173798	2008-12-31 10:33	53° 43' 35" S 39° 29' 23" W
1173829	2009-01-01 08:01	53° 59' 37" S 38° 49' 9" W
1174046	2009-01-03 11:01	53° 8' 54" S 37° 49' 55" W
1173830	2009-01-01 09:10	53° 49' 2" S 38° 52' 25" W
1173910	2009-01-01 17:19	53° 47' 8" S 38° 35' 3" W
1173934	2009-01-02 08:00	53° 13' 15" S 38° 26' 55" W
1174034	2009-01-03 10:25	53° 9' 50" S 37° 57' 52" W
1174058	2009-01-03 12:11	53° 19' 27" S 37° 46' 22" W
1173842	2009-01-01 10:18	53° 38' 24" S 38° 55' 44" W
1173891	2009-01-01 14:59	53° 26' 0" S 38° 41' 39" W
1173995	2009-01-03 06:31	53° 52' 7" S 37° 43' 43" W
1174009	2009-01-03 07:29	53° 41' 34" S 37° 47' 14" W
1173922	2009-01-01 18:26	53° 57' 42" S 38° 31' 36" W
1174095	2009-01-03 15:38	53° 51' 11" S 37° 35' 36" W
1173854	2009-01-01 11:29	53° 27' 48" S 38° 59' 0" W
1173958	2009-01-02 10:17	53° 34' 26" S 38° 20' 5" W
1173805	2008-12-31 11:32	53° 52' 40" S 39° 26' 41" W
1173983	2009-01-02 12:37	53° 55' 36" S 38° 13' 12" W
1173971	2009-01-02 11:28	53° 45' 1" S 38° 16' 39" W
1173878	2009-01-01 13:49	53° 15' 18" S 38° 45' 2" W
1173946	2009-01-02 09:08	53° 23' 51" S 38° 23' 31" W
1174010	2009-01-03 08:26	53° 30' 59" S 37° 50' 47" W
1174071	2009-01-03 13:21	53° 30' 2" S 37° 42' 48" W
1174083	2009-01-03 14:31	53° 40' 35" S 37° 39' 14" W
1173786	2008-12-31 09:10	53° 31' 0" S 39° 32' 59" W
1173817	2008-12-31 12:42	54° 3' 19" S 39° 23' 30" W
1173866	2009-01-01 12:37	53° 17' 13" S 39° 2' 16" W
1173909	2009-01-01 16:09	53° 36' 35" S 38° 38' 20" W
1174022	2009-01-03 09:26	53° 20' 10" S 37° 54' 14" W

15 CTD/STD cast

Reference numbers
Transmittance and attenuance of the water column
Salinity of the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column
Temperature of the water column
Visible waveband radiance and irradiance measurements in the water column
Density of the water column
Electrical conductivity of the water column
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies

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BODC id	Date/Time	Location
1745614	2009-01-02 00:25	53° 36' 28" S 38° 38' 24" W
1745638	2009-01-02 04:51	53° 15' 21" S 38° 44' 59" W
1745558	2009-01-01 00:15	53° 40' 7" S 39° 11' 54" W
1745626	2009-01-02 02:37	53° 25' 56" S 38° 41' 41" W
1745651	2009-01-02 20:09	53° 11' 8" S 38° 8' 26" W
1745583	2009-01-01 04:37	54° 1' 21" S 39° 5' 7" W
1745602	2009-01-01 22:20	53° 47' 7" S 38° 35' 0" W
1745663	2009-01-02 22:10	53° 21' 39" S 38° 5' 0" W
1745699	2009-01-03 03:48	53° 53' 18" S 37° 54' 13" W
1745595	2009-01-01 20:40	53° 57' 42" S 38° 31' 35" W
1745687	2009-01-03 02:01	53° 42' 51" S 37° 57' 57" W
1745534	2008-12-31 20:18	53° 18' 55" S 39° 18' 15" W
1745546	2008-12-31 21:51	53° 29' 34" S 39° 15' 8" W
1745571	2009-01-01 02:49	53° 50' 48" S 39° 8' 36" W
1745675	2009-01-03 00:14	53° 32' 22" S 38° 1' 33" W

1 Meteorological data logger

Horizontal spatial co-ordinates
Air pressure
Visible waveband radiance and irradiance measurements in the atmosphere
Date and time
Wind strength and direction
Air temperature
Solar Radiation
Atmospheric humidity

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BODC id	Date/Time	Location	Doc.
1903724	2008-12-24 12:12 — 2009-01-06 18:06	67° 50' 6" S 69° 33' 51" W — 51° 39' 35" S 36° 26' 26" W

1 Multiple instrument types

Horizontal spatial co-ordinates
Sound velocity and travel time in the water column
Date and time
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Electrical conductivity of the water column
Metadata parameters
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies

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BODC id	Date/Time	Location	Doc.
1903736	2008-12-24 12:12 — 2009-01-06 18:06	67° 50' 6" S 69° 33' 51" W — 51° 39' 35" S 36° 26' 26" W

1 Single-beam echosounder

Horizontal spatial co-ordinates
Date and time
Platform or instrument orientation
Horizontal platform movement
Bathymetry and Elevation

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Horizontal spatial co-ordinates
Date and time
Platform or instrument orientation
Horizontal platform movement
Bathymetry and Elevation

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BODC id	Date/Time	Location	Doc.
1903712	2008-12-24 12:12 — 2009-01-06 18:06	67° 50' 6" S 69° 33' 51" W — 51° 39' 35" S 36° 26' 26" W

Discrete samples

15 CTD frame plus rosette sampler

31 Expendable Bathythermograph

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RRS James Clark Ross JR20081224 (JR188)

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