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RV Clione CLI5/75

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)RV Clione (74CN)
Cruise identifierCLI5/75
Cruise period1975-04-02 — 1975-04-11
StatusCompleted
Port of departureLowestoft, United Kingdom
Port of returnLowestoft, United Kingdom
PurposeResearch
Objectives1. To establish an array of current meter stations in the vicinity of JONSIS 2 to measure the spatial variability of the currents and to provide surface markers
for the RAE Doppler navigation trials.
2. To make DRCM measurements adjacent to some of the current meter stations.
3. To make a temperature and salinity survey of an area between Flamborough Head and the River Tyne.
4. To service the JONSIS stations 1 and 2.
5. To recover the array of current meter stations established at the beginning of the cruise;
Chief scientistJ Alan Durance (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory)
Cruise reportRV Clione CLI5/75 cruise report clione5_75.pdf (0.11 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralNorth Sea
Irish Sea and St. George's Channel
Track chartsRV Clione CLI5/75 cruise track — trk1571.html
Measurements 
Physical oceanography 
Water bottle stationsQuantity: number of stations = 12
Current metersQuantity: number of deployments = 7
Surface drifters/drifting buoysQuantity: number of deployments = 400
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