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RV Cirolana CIR6/81

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)RV Cirolana (74CZ)
Cruise identifierCIR6/81
Cruise period1981-06-03 — 1981-06-30
StatusCompleted
Port of departureGrimsby, United Kingdom
Port of returnGrimsby, United Kingdom
ObjectivesThe aims of this cruise were:
(1) Recover 8-mooring array on the SW Approaches continental slope. Four recovered, but four lost.
(2) Recover the NEADS-6 mooring from 52.5N, 17.75W. Accomplished.
(3) Survey midwater nepheloid layers along the Porcupine Bank Slope using CTD, nephelometer, transmissometer and HIAC. Accomplished.
(4) Lay and recover a short-term mooring of thermistors and current meters on a site of slope erosion on the Porcupine Bank. Deployed for three days.
(5) Establish a working shipboard system for bulk radiochemical sampling. Accomplished.
(6) Lay bottom current meter moorings to the SW of Rockall Bank and east of the mid-Atlantic Ridge. Four moorings deployed to be recovered on CIR9/81.
(7) Deploy abyssal fish traps. Four deployments yielding 7 Coryphanoides and a few amphipods.
(8) Make continuous surface chlorophyll and nutrient measurements. Accomplished.
(9) Sample mackerel post-larvae using a neuston net. Accomplished.
(10) Recover the Nab Tower current meter mooring. Accomplished.
(11) Take regular XBT profiles whilst underway. Accomplished.
(12) Take surface samples for radiocaesium analysis. Accomplished.
Chief scientistRobert R Dickson (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory)
Cruise reportRV Cirolana CIR6/81 cruise report ci6_81.pdf (0.28 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralNorth East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W)
SpecificN.E. Atlantic
Track chartsRV Cirolana CIR6/81 cruise track — trk2648.html
Measurements 
Physical oceanography 
Surface measurements underway (T,S)Description: T only
BathythermographQuantity: number of profiles = 93
CTD stationsQuantity: number of stations = 32
Transparency (eg transmissometer)Quantity: number of stations = 25
Description: nephelometer
Transparency (eg transmissometer)Quantity: number of stations = 7
Current metersQuantity: number of deployments = 8
Description: 1 year
Other physical oceanographic measurementsQuantity: number of stations = 32
Description: particle counts
Chemical oceanography 
PhosphateQuantity: number of stations = 1
NitrateQuantity: number of stations = 1
SilicateQuantity: number of stations = 10
IsotopesQuantity: number of stations = 10
Biology and fisheries 
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence)
NeustonQuantity: number of hauls = 49
Other biological/fisheries measurementQuantity: number of deployments = 4
Description: deep-sea fish traps
Meteorology 
Occasional standard measurements
Geology and geophysics 
Core - soft bottomQuantity: number of cores = 1
Data held at BODC Get data
Series/Profiles 
31  CTD/STD cast
Vertical spatial coordinates
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column

BODC idDate/TimeLocationDoc.
3255431981-06-16 10:26 51° 52' 54" N  14° 59' 30" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 325543
3255551981-06-16 12:31 51° 52' 48" N  15° 6' 24" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 325555
3256231981-06-17 06:27 52° 17' 47" N  14° 44' 41" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 325623
3256961981-06-17 19:50 52° 28' 11" N  14° 54' 29" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 325696
3257761981-06-18 16:07 51° 41' 30" N  15° 0' 0" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 325776
3255181981-06-16 07:45 51° 52' 59" N  14° 44' 35" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 325518
3257401981-06-18 13:07 51° 42' 47" N  14° 39' 35" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 325740
3257521981-06-18 14:02 51° 42' 47" N  14° 44' 41" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 325752
3254991981-06-15 18:40 51° 41' 30" N  15° 0' 11" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 325499
3256111981-06-16 22:40 52° 17' 47" N  14° 35' 23" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 325611
3255061981-06-15 20:38 51° 42' 24" N  14° 44' 35" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 325506
3257271981-06-18 08:12 51° 42' 11" N  14° 36' 18" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 325727
3255311981-06-16 09:03 51° 52' 48" N  14° 51' 47" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 325531
3255791981-06-16 17:25 52° 5' 17" N  14° 52' 59" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 325579
3256841981-06-17 16:08 52° 28' 23" N  14° 51' 47" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 325684
3254631981-06-15 12:59 51° 42' 29" N  14° 32' 17" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 325463
3255921981-06-16 20:00 52° 5' 6" N  14° 38' 30" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 325592
3254871981-06-15 16:02 51° 42' 0" N  14° 50' 6" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 325487
3257391981-06-18 10:45 51° 42' 29" N  14° 31' 54" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 325739
3254511981-06-19 21:00 51° 45' 42" N  17° 55' 23" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 325451
3254751981-06-15 14:28 51° 43' 0" N  14° 38' 53" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 325475
3257031981-06-17 21:08 52° 28' 18" N  14° 43' 0" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 325703
3255671981-06-16 14:56 52° 4' 18" N  14° 56' 35" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 325567
3255801981-06-16 18:44 52° 5' 24" N  14° 48' 6" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 325580
3256351981-06-17 07:27 52° 17' 59" N  14° 49' 59" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 325635
3256591981-06-17 10:16 52° 17' 30" N  15° 4' 59" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 325659
3256471981-06-17 08:43 52° 17' 53" N  14° 56' 42" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 325647
3256601981-06-17 12:41 52° 28' 23" N  15° 10' 18" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 325660
3256721981-06-17 14:33 52° 30' 24" N  14° 59' 30" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 325672
3257151981-06-18 06:41 51° 41' 53" N  14° 39' 24" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 325715
3257641981-06-18 14:57 51° 42' 0" N  14° 49' 59" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 325764