Celtic Explorer CE18019
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | Celtic Explorer (45CE) |
| Cruise identifier | CE18019 |
| Cruise period | 2018-08-28 — 2018-09-13 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Hamburg, Germany |
| Port of return | Bremerhaven, Germany |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Annual BSH North Sea Summer Survey. The surveys were realised since 1998 at a time when thermal stratification is expected to be at its maximum and phytoplankton production has passed its maximum. The surveys include seven coast to coast East-West sections between 54° and 60° N, additional stations between 54° N and the entrance of the English Channel, and Stations in the English Channel (every 2 years). With the exception of the first survey in 1998 all surveys served a fixed station grid for vertical CTD profiles and water samples. Objective of the cruise is the determination of the oceanographic and chemical status of the North Sea during summer. |
| Chief scientist | Holger Klein (Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency) |
| Cruise report |  (3.86 MB) |
| NPRC | (0.71 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Track charts | (0.17 MB) |
