Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
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| Ship name (ship code) | RV Ernest Holt (74EH) |
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| Cruise identifier | 9/69 |
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| Cruise period | 1969-10-07 — 1969-10-25 |
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| Status | Completed |
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| Port of departure | Grimsby, United Kingdom |
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| Port of return | Grimsby, United Kingdom |
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| Purpose | Research |
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| Objectives | To conduct a diffusion and current meter exercise in the North Sea in the area to the southeast of the Leman Bank. |
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| Chief scientist | John W Talbot (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
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| Cruise report | (0.14 MB) |
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| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | English Channel |
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| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
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| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Description: T only |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 24 Description: 9 with S only |
| Current meters | Description: Oct every 10 min |
| Currents measured from ship drift | Description: anchored vessel |
| Other physical oceanographic measurements | Description: moored ocean. station |