Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
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| Ship name (ship code) | RRS Shackleton (74SF) |
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| Cruise identifier | S7/82 |
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| Cruise period | 1982-07-28 — 1982-08-10 |
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| Status | Completed |
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| Port of departure | Liverpool, United Kingdom |
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| Port of return | Barry, United Kingdom |
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| Purpose | Research |
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| Objectives | To obtain further measurements of bottom boundary layer velocity turbulance at a number of stations and throughout the tidal cycle |
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| Chief scientist | Simon R Ferguson (University of Liverpool Department of Oceanography) |
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| Cruise report | (0.06 MB) |
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| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
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| Track charts | |
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| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
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| CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 23 |
| Current meters | Quantity: 2 Description: 5 days |
| Other physical oceanographic measurements | Quantity: 36 Description: bottom boundary layer turbulence deployments |
| Contamination | |
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| Trace metals | Quantity: 18 Description: Hg |
| Other contaminant measurements | Quantity: 34 Description: atmospheric particulate and heavy metals concentrations |
| Biology and fisheries | |
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| Other biological/fisheries measurement | Quantity: 25 Description: ATP-ADP-AMP concentrations |
| Geology and geophysics | |
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| Multi-beam echosounding | Quantity: 85 |