RV Endeavor EN466
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Endeavor (32EV) |
| Cruise identifier | EN466 |
| Cruise period | 2009-08-31 — 2009-09-10 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Narragansett, United States |
| Port of return | Narragansett, United States |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | The EN466 cruise contributed to the WHOI/LDEO research program that is investigating the characteristics and consequences of the Deep Western Boundary Current (DWBC) south of Cape Cod. The ongoing study consists of repeated hydrographic/tracer sections across the DWBC and maintenance of a 6 element mooring array for direct measurement of the transport variability of the DWBC. This project is funded by the National Science Foundation. A companion research program by U.K. investigators from the Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory is sampling bottom pressure variability using Bottom Pressure Recorders - BPRs - at the mooring array and along an additional measurement line to the north. |
| Chief scientist | Terrence Michael Joyce (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Department of Physical Oceanography) |
| Project | Rapid Climate Change (RAPID), West Atlantic Variability Experiment (WAVE) |
| Coordinating body | NERC, NSF, WHOI and LDEO |
| Cruise report |  (0.24 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North West Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | South of Cape Cod |
| Track charts | (0.10 MB) |
