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Akademik Ioffe 39

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)Akademik Ioffe (RUAI)
Cruise identifier39
Cruise period2012-09-10 — 2012-09-30
StatusCompleted
Port of departureKangerluarsoruseq, Greenland
Port of returnRotterdam, Netherlands
PurposeResearch
ObjectivesRV Akademik Ioffe Cruise 39 was a contribution to the RUSSIA CLIVAR Community Research Programme. The sections over North Atlantic sills between Greenland - Iceland - Faroe Islands and Shetlands were designed to estimate variability of the meridional fluxes and water mass exchange between the North Atlantic and the Arctic Ocean. The Denmark Strait section was repeated three times during six days to study short-term variability of the water mass properties circulation and meridional transport.
Chief scientistSergey V Gladyshev (Russian Academy of Sciences, Shirshov Institute of Oceanology)
Cruise reportAkademik Ioffe 39 cruise report akademikioffe_39.pdf (2.47 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralNorth Atlantic Ocean
SpecificFaroe Islands. Denmark Strait.
Track chartsAkademik Ioffe 39 cruise track — akademikioffe_39trk.pdf (0.67 MB)