RRS Discovery D80
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RRS Discovery (74E3) |
| Cruise identifier | D80 |
| Cruise period | 1976-11-30 — 1976-12-15 |
| Status | Completed |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | NEADS |
| Chief scientist | James Crease (Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Wormley Laboratory) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Description: T only |
| Bathythermograph | Quantity: number of profiles = 71 |
| CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 12 |
| Current meters | Quantity: 6 Description: moorings; 3 moorings recovered for MAFF;24 days |
| Currents measured from ship drift | |
| Meteorology | |
| Incident radiation | |
| Routine standard measurements | |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Core - soft bottom | Quantity: number of cores = 3 |
| Multi-beam echosounding | Quantity: track kilometres = 2222 |
| Magnetic measurements | Quantity: track kilometres = 1852 |
