RRS Challenger CH5/83
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RRS Challenger (74CH) |
| Cruise identifier | CH5/83 |
| Cruise period | 1983-03-11 — 1983-03-31 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Falmouth, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Dunstaffnage, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To recover moorings set in the Faroe-Shetland Channel as part of the Continental Slope Experiment.
2. To carry out CTD surveys as time permits. |
| Chief scientist | W John Gould (Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Wormley Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.16 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea Norwegian Sea Irish Sea and St. George's Channel North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | N.E. Atlantic |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 6 |
| Subsurface temperature measurements | Quantity: activity duration in days = 45 Description: thermistor chain |
| Current meters | Quantity: number of stations = 6 Description: all deployed on earlier cruises;170 days;ave. 21 current meters |
| Sea level (inc. bot. press., inverted echosounder) | Quantity: activity duration in days = 165 Description: 5 tide gauges |
| Meteorology | |
| Routine standard measurements | Description: synoptic hours |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Single-beam echosounding | Description: continuous throughout the cruise |
