RRS Discovery D53
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RRS Discovery (74E3) |
| Cruise identifier | D53 |
| Cruise period | 1973-04-01 — 1973-06-14 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | St. George's, Bermuda |
| Port of return | Southampton, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | To contribute to the first Mid-Ocean dynamics experiment, MODE-1. This project is part of the Environmental Forcasting Program of the International Decade of Ocean Exploration. Its purpose is to study the role of medium-scale geostrophic eddies in the general circulation of the oceans. |
| Chief scientist | John C Swallow (Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Wormley Laboratory) |
| Project | MODE-1 |
| Cruise report |  (0.90 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Caribbean Sea |
| Track charts | (0.02 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 24 |
| CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 143 |
| Current meters | Quantity: number of deployments = 16 Description: 60 days duration |
| Neutrally buoyant floats | Quantity: number of deployments = 52 Description: neutrally buoyant floats |
| Meteorology | |
| Occasional standard measurements | |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Multi-beam echosounding | |
| Magnetic measurements | Quantity: activity duration in days = 13 Description: Continuous measurements taken from 2-14 Jun between Bermuda and Southampton |
