Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | RV Clione (74CN) |
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Cruise identifier | CLI5A/87 |
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Cruise period | 1987-04-07 — 1987-04-20 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Stranraer, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Research |
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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. |
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Chief scientist | A K Steele (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.09 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | English Channel North Sea Irish Sea and St. George's Channel North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
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Specific | Irish Sea/ West of Scotland |
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Track charts | |
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Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
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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 | |
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Trace metals | Quantity: number of samples = 410 |