FRV Scotia 12/82
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (749S) |
| Cruise identifier | 12/82 |
| Cruise period | 1982-11-10 — 1982-11-24 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To replace the three current meter moorings deployed on Rockall Bank during May.
2. To deploy three current meter moorings in the Wyville-Thomson Ridge/Faroe-Shetland area as part of the NERC/MAFF/DAFS investigations of the Slope Current (CONSLEX). 3. To collect hydrographic/chemical/plankton samples in support of the current measurements. |
| Chief scientist | Harry D Dooley (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.08 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | Faroe-Shetland Channel, Wyville Thomson Ridge, Rockall, Fair Isle |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 20 |
| Current meters | Quantity: number of stations = 4 Description: 3 moorings deployed:7 current meters.;1 recovered:3 current meters.;170 days |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Phosphate | Quantity: number of stations = 1 |
| Nitrate | Quantity: number of stations = 1 |
| Silicate | Quantity: number of stations = 19 |
