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RV Investigator IN2019_V02 (GIpr08, SOTS)

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)RV Investigator (096U)
Cruise identifierIN2019_V02 (GIpr08, SOTS)
Cruise period2019-03-12 — 2019-04-05
StatusCompleted
Port of departureHobart, Australia
Port of returnHobart, Australia
PurposeResearch
ObjectivesThe main aim is to enhance our understanding of the interlinked biogeochemical cycles of iron and carbon in the Southern Ocean to better understand how intra-seasonal, seasonal and interannual variability in iron supply and recycling influences the productivity and export of carbon into the ocean's interior in the subantarctic circumpolar ring.
Additional aims include:
- Elucidation of the relative roles of iron supply versus biological and photochemical recycling in driving subantarctic primary productivity and export fluxes.
- Resolution of the interplay of multiple environmental controls - irradiance, mixed layer depth, trace element supply (zinc, copper, etc.), silicate supply, iron availability - across a range of temporal and spatial scales - to better predict changes in rates of primary productivity.
- Enhancement of knowledge on the interplay of mesoscale and sub mesoscale physics and biogeochemistry in the vicinity of the SOTS site to better understand the degree of coupling and integration of surface ocean processes with those in the subsurface ocean (such as the sensors and particle traps on the SOTS mooring).
Chief scientistPhilip Boyd (University of Tasmania, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies), Thomas W Trull (CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (Hobart))
ProjectGEOTRACES -Trace elements and their isotopes in the water column
Cruise reportRV Investigator IN2019_V02 (GIpr08, SOTS) cruise report investigator_in2019_v02.pdf (1.52 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralIndian Ocean
SpecificSouthern Indian Ocean, south of Tasmania
Track chartsRV Investigator IN2019_V02 (GIpr08, SOTS) cruise track — investigator_in2019_v02trk.pdf (0.14 MB)