RRS Challenger CH2/78

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Ship name (ship code)

RRS Challenger (74CH)

Cruise identifier

CH2/78

Cruise period

1978-01-30 — 1978-02-13

Status

Completed

Port of departure

Barry, United Kingdom

Port of return

Ardrossan, United Kingdom

Purpose

Research

Objectives

Objectives for this cruise were:
(1) Re-lay current meter mooring at 57N, 9W. Accomplished.
(2) Lay a deep-water current meter mooring between Anton Dohrn Seamount and Rockall Bank. Accomplished.
(3) Work the Anton Dohrn Seamount (Ellett Line) CTD section with a time series in the vicinity of the current meter mooring. Full section worked twice.
(4) Work CTD sections on the shelf to the W of the Hebrides. Five sections worked.
(5) Collect large-volume surface water samples on the shelf for radiocaesium analysis. Accomplished with CTD profiles on each station.

Chief scientist

David J Ellett (Scottish Marine Biological Association)

Cruise report

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Ocean/sea areas

General

Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland
North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W)

Track charts

Measurements

Physical oceanography

Water bottle stations

Quantity: number of stations = 118
Description: S surface 22 T surface

CTD stations

Quantity: number of stations = 109

CTD stations

Quantity: number of stations = 10
Description: CTD observations.

Chemical oceanography

Radioactivity

Quantity: number of samples = 10
Description: Water samples for radio-caesium analysis.

Data held at BODC

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Series/Profiles

106 CTD/STD cast

Vertical spatial coordinates
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column

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BODC id	Date/Time	Location
92238	1978-02-02 22:42	56° 50' 29" N 8° 18' 47" W
92287	1978-02-03 04:20	57° 2' 59" N 9° 12' 59" W
92343	1978-02-05 01:45	57° 32' 47" N 12° 40' 30" W
92435	1978-02-06 13:45	57° 32' 59" N 12° 52' 35" W
92459	1978-02-06 17:13	57° 28' 23" N 12° 21' 59" W
92515	1978-02-07 04:40	57° 22' 35" N 10° 40' 59" W
92527	1978-02-07 07:05	57° 18' 17" N 10° 23' 11" W
92552	1978-02-07 14:34	57° 5' 41" N 9° 22' 59" W
92564	1978-02-07 16:10	57° 3' 5" N 9° 13' 48" W
92804	1978-02-09 03:40	58° 44' 41" N 9° 18' 59" W
92865	1978-02-09 10:57	58° 14' 5" N 8° 27' 36" W
92982	1978-02-10 02:10	58° 42' 47" N 7° 55' 53" W
93045	1978-02-10 13:07	59° 17' 11" N 7° 28' 29" W
93230	1978-02-11 17:19	57° 32' 5" N 6° 43' 17" W
93278	1978-02-12 01:55	57° 2' 23" N 6° 50' 23" W
93291	1978-02-12 03:24	56° 58' 59" N 6° 38' 29" W
92226	1978-02-02 20:50	56° 49' 12" N 8° 3' 0" W
92331	1978-02-05 00:14	57° 32' 17" N 12° 53' 41" W
92503	1978-02-07 03:20	57° 25' 5" N 10° 55' 5" W
92619	1978-02-07 23:48	57° 17' 47" N 8° 37' 48" W
92681	1978-02-08 07:21	57° 20' 24" N 7° 34' 59" W
92700	1978-02-08 09:59	57° 31' 59" N 7° 57' 59" W
92969	1978-02-09 23:48	58° 29' 53" N 7° 36' 59" W
93057	1978-02-10 15:13	59° 11' 11" N 7° 18' 41" W
93113	1978-02-10 23:00	58° 33' 41" N 6° 17' 11" W
92275	1978-02-03 03:04	57° 0' 11" N 8° 59' 35" W
92318	1978-02-04 23:03	57° 32' 59" N 13° 0' 0" W
92367	1978-02-05 07:13	57° 29' 41" N 11° 51' 35" W
92447	1978-02-06 15:15	57° 31' 48" N 12° 38' 24" W
92460	1978-02-06 19:47	57° 29' 35" N 11° 51' 23" W
92540	1978-02-07 12:15	57° 9' 23" N 9° 43' 5" W
92588	1978-02-07 20:35	57° 24' 53" N 9° 11' 42" W
92632	1978-02-08 02:47	57° 10' 12" N 8° 2' 23" W
92656	1978-02-08 04:56	57° 4' 30" N 7° 34' 23" W
92712	1978-02-08 11:20	57° 35' 29" N 8° 15' 29" W
92761	1978-02-08 17:04	57° 47' 47" N 9° 20' 42" W
92994	1978-02-10 03:18	58° 47' 5" N 8° 3' 23" W
93198	1978-02-11 14:42	57° 35' 47" N 7° 3' 59" W
93266	1978-02-12 00:33	57° 4' 53" N 7° 1' 5" W
92195	1978-02-02 15:47	56° 43' 53" N 7° 0' 0" W
92379	1978-02-05 09:26	57° 28' 59" N 11° 31' 59" W
92392	1978-02-06 08:10	57° 34' 5" N 13° 19' 17" W
92484	1978-02-07 00:10	57° 28' 23" N 11° 19' 23" W
92620	1978-02-08 01:26	57° 13' 59" N 8° 19' 5" W
92693	1978-02-08 08:30	57° 28' 11" N 7° 39' 23" W
92785	1978-02-08 19:30	57° 54' 35" N 9° 48' 5" W
92816	1978-02-09 05:20	58° 38' 59" N 9° 9' 53" W
92828	1978-02-09 06:40	58° 33' 59" N 9° 1' 59" W
92890	1978-02-09 15:08	57° 56' 23" N 7° 41' 42" W
92908	1978-02-09 16:10	57° 54' 59" N 7° 27' 11" W
92933	1978-02-09 20:18	58° 12' 59" N 7° 7' 41" W
93094	1978-02-10 20:37	58° 43' 59" N 6° 34' 48" W
93137	1978-02-11 05:46	57° 58' 47" N 5° 40' 11" W
93162	1978-02-11 08:38	58° 5' 47" N 6° 5' 17" W
92251	1978-02-02 23:43	56° 52' 53" N 8° 29' 24" W
92299	1978-02-03 05:37	57° 5' 17" N 9° 25' 5" W
92380	1978-02-05 11:35	57° 27' 54" N 11° 19' 5" W
92539	1978-02-07 09:39	57° 14' 29" N 10° 3' 17" W
92644	1978-02-08 03:55	57° 7' 35" N 7° 48' 53" W
92748	1978-02-08 15:40	57° 46' 12" N 9° 7' 59" W
92773	1978-02-08 18:10	57° 51' 17" N 9° 33' 11" W
92853	1978-02-09 09:35	58° 21' 35" N 8° 41' 23" W
93021	1978-02-10 07:02	59° 2' 17" N 8° 28' 48" W
93217	1978-02-11 15:55	57° 33' 59" N 6° 54' 29" W
93229	1978-02-11 16:35	57° 33' 5" N 6° 49' 5" W
93310	1978-02-12 05:42	56° 54' 11" N 6° 21' 47" W
92306	1978-02-04 21:24	57° 34' 5" N 13° 19' 23" W
92355	1978-02-05 04:32	57° 29' 5" N 12° 19' 48" W
92411	1978-02-06 10:04	57° 34' 30" N 13° 44' 47" W
92472	1978-02-06 22:05	57° 29' 5" N 11° 32' 29" W
92496	1978-02-07 01:50	57° 27' 29" N 11° 6' 23" W
92970	1978-02-10 01:10	58° 36' 5" N 7° 47' 41" W
92576	1978-02-07 17:20	57° 0' 41" N 9° 0' 11" W
92797	1978-02-08 21:17	57° 57' 11" N 10° 0' 47" W
92877	1978-02-09 12:32	58° 8' 47" N 8° 15' 11" W
93033	1978-02-10 11:05	59° 24' 47" N 7° 42' 47" W
93070	1978-02-10 17:50	58° 59' 35" N 7° 1' 30" W
93101	1978-02-10 21:54	58° 38' 29" N 6° 23' 53" W
93186	1978-02-11 10:14	58° 9' 53" N 6° 19' 12" W
93254	1978-02-11 23:04	57° 8' 11" N 7° 11' 35" W
92183	1978-02-02 14:17	56° 43' 53" N 6° 44' 29" W
92263	1978-02-03 01:27	56° 57' 0" N 8° 46' 59" W
92668	1978-02-08 06:00	57° 12' 36" N 7° 35' 11" W
92736	1978-02-08 14:35	57° 42' 5" N 8° 50' 29" W
92945	1978-02-09 21:15	58° 14' 47" N 7° 13' 48" W
93008	1978-02-10 04:51	58° 54' 41" N 8° 17' 11" W
93069	1978-02-10 16:34	59° 6' 17" N 7° 12' 29" W
93125	1978-02-11 04:26	57° 56' 23" N 5° 32' 47" W
93205	1978-02-11 15:14	57° 34' 47" N 6° 59' 11" W
93309	1978-02-12 04:33	56° 56' 42" N 6° 30' 23" W
93334	1978-02-12 07:08	56° 50' 11" N 6° 5' 11" W
92202	1978-02-02 17:22	56° 45' 29" N 7° 19' 48" W
92214	1978-02-02 18:55	56° 43' 41" N 7° 39' 41" W
92423	1978-02-06 12:38	57° 33' 23" N 13° 0' 0" W
92607	1978-02-07 22:10	57° 21' 17" N 8° 55' 30" W
92724	1978-02-08 13:02	57° 38' 35" N 8° 33' 0" W
92841	1978-02-09 08:04	58° 27' 47" N 8° 51' 18" W
92921	1978-02-09 17:10	57° 52' 35" N 7° 12' 59" W
92957	1978-02-09 22:23	58° 22' 35" N 7° 22' 47" W
93082	1978-02-10 19:05	58° 52' 48" N 6° 51' 11" W
93149	1978-02-11 06:45	58° 1' 5" N 5° 48' 59" W
93150	1978-02-11 07:40	58° 3' 29" N 5° 57' 23" W
93174	1978-02-11 09:25	58° 8' 11" N 6° 13' 53" W
93242	1978-02-11 17:55	57° 30' 41" N 6° 40' 35" W
93322	1978-02-12 06:30	56° 51' 47" N 6° 12' 29" W
93346	1978-02-12 07:48	56° 48' 29" N 5° 57' 5" W

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