RRS Frederick Russell FR5/84
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RRS Frederick Russell (74GG) |
| Cruise identifier | FR5/84 |
| Cruise period | 1984-03-19 — 1984-04-02 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Plymouth, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Plymouth, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Deploy and recover current meters; track acoustic transponding floats. Intercomparison Experiment |
| Chief scientist | Peter G Collar (Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Wormley Laboratory) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel Bristol Channel |
| Specific | W. Irish Sea (54 degN, 5 deg45W) |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 6 |
| Current meters | Quantity: number of stations = 2 Description: 1 recovered;7 days |
| Surface drifters/drifting buoys | Quantity: number of deployments = 21 Description: surface tracked floats |
| Sea level (inc. bot. press., inverted echosounder) | Quantity: activity duration in days = 7 |
| Instrumented wave measurements | Quantity: activity duration in days = 7 Description: waverider |
| Meteorology | |
| Other meteorological measurements | Quantity: activity duration in days = 7 Description: surface wind (2m) |
