RV Clione CLI5A/87
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Clione (74CN) |
| Cruise identifier | CLI5A/87 |
| Cruise period | 1987-04-07 — 1987-04-20 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Stranraer, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | To collect surface seawater samples at all stations on the proposed track and at selected stations to collect midwater and near bottom seawater samples for radiocaesium analysis. |
| Chief scientist | A K Steele (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.09 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | English Channel North Sea Irish Sea and St. George's Channel North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | Irish Sea/ West of Scotland |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 116 Description: S only 79 bottom |
| Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Quantity: number of measurements = 10 Description: midwater discrete salinity readings |
| Contamination | |
| Trace metals | Quantity: number of samples = 410 |
