Akademik Sergey Vavilov 50
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | Akademik Sergey Vavilov (RUSG) |
| Cruise identifier | 50 |
| Cruise period | 2020-08-07 — 2020-09-12 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Kaliningrad, Russian Federation |
| Port of return | Kaliningrad, Russian Federation |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | RV Akademik Sergey Vavilov Cruise 50 was a contribution to the Russian CLIVAR and State Research Programmes. CTD sections were designed to enable the ocean circulation in the Subpolar Gyre of the North Atlantic to be mapped and in particular the pathways of the North Atlantic, Irminger and East Greenland Currents within the region to be determined. The main goal is to continue annual monitoring of the North Atlantic large-scale circulation and climate changes in the North Atlantic started in 1997. The sections over North Atlantic sills between Greenland - Iceland - Faroe Islands and Shetlands were carried out to estimate variability of the meridional fluxes and water mass exchange between the North Atlantic and the Arctic Ocean. The quiasimeridional sections along Reykjanes Ridge and south of Faroe Islands were made to close water balance between the main deep North Atlantic basins. |
| Chief scientist | Sergey V Gladyshev (Russian Academy of Sciences, Shirshov Institute of Oceanology) |
| Project | Climate Variability and Predictability (CLIVAR) |
| Cruise report |  (4.27 MB) |
| NPRC | (0.11 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | Three hydrographic sections between Shetland Islands and Greenland from 60.417° N, 01.917° W to 67.398° N 33.067° W. Hydrographic section from 59.5° N 04.6° W to 59.95° N, 43.00° W |
| Track charts | (0.32 MB) |
