Cornide de Saavedra RADPROF0706
Cruise plan
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | Cornide de Saavedra (29CS) |
| Cruise identifier | RADPROF0706 |
| Cruise period | 2006-07-07 — 2006-07-29 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Unknown, Spain |
| Port of return | Unknown, Spain |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Objectives
1. Characterisation of the thermohaline zone. 2. Climate variability - contribution the objectives of the International CLIVAR program 3. Ocean circulation and currents with the completion of 3 moorings in West Galicia, Banco de Galicia, Cape Ortegal and Santander; using LADCP. 4. Study of the temporal variability in physico-chemical conditions, dissolved oxygen and nutrients. 5. Sampling for flow cytometric picoplanktonic structure (<2 microns). |
| Chief scientist | Alicia Lavin Montero (Spanish Institute of Oceanography, Santander Oceanography Centre) |
| NPRC |  (0.19 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Bay of Biscay North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | Iberian margin and Bay of Biscay |
