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Chieftain ER4
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
Ship name (ship code) | Chieftain (74MT) |
Cruise identifier | ER4 |
Cruise period | 2018-06-18 — 2018-06-18 |
Status | Completed |
Port of departure | Whitby, United Kingdom |
Port of return | Whitby, United Kingdom |
Purpose | Research |
Objectives | The aim of the project is to deploy autonomous vehicles in the North Sea in order to demonstrate long term monitoring capability of ocean health.
This particular cruise was an emergency cruise to attempt to recover seaglider Humpback after suffering issues with the position fixing and to repair seaglider Orca argos tags. Calibration samples were undertaken near seaglider Orca. |
Chief scientist | Matthew R Palmer (National Oceanography Centre, Liverpool) |
Project | An Alternative Framework to Assess Marine Ecosystem Functioning in Shelf Seas (AlterEco) |
Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea |