RRS Discovery D169
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |||||
| Ship name (ship code) | RRS Discovery (74E3) | ||||
| Cruise identifier | D169 | ||||
| Cruise period | 1987-08-12 — 1987-08-31 | ||||
| Status | Completed | ||||
| Port of departure | Falmouth, United Kingdom | ||||
| Port of return | Falmouth, United Kingdom | ||||
| Objectives | 1. To study the structure of the benthic boundary layer on the Western Slope of the Porcupine Bank near 51N 15W using CTD and transmissometer yo-yo's and BERTHA (Benthic Resistance Thermometer Array) with VACM's.
2. To deploy an array of moorings in the 3000-4100m designed to examine the eddy field in deep water near the Continental Slope. 3. To obtain photographic transects using the epibenthic sledge as a photosledge. | ||||
| Chief scientist | Stephen A Thorpe (University of Southampton Department of Oceanography) | ||||
| Cruise report |  (0.68 MB) | ||||
| Ocean/sea areas | |||||
| General | North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) | ||||
| Specific | N.E. Atlantic | ||||
| Track charts |  | ||||
| Measurements | |||||
| Physical oceanography | |||||
| CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 54 Description: includes transmissometer,also 2 x 25 hours yo-yo series | ||||
| Transparency (eg transmissometer) | Quantity: 54 Description: includes transmissometer,also 2 x 25 hours yo-yo series | ||||
| Current meters | Quantity: 6 Description: 25 deployed;8 days | ||||
| Biology and fisheries | |||||
| Other biological/fisheries measurement | Quantity: 10 Description: each station was a transect with total photos for cruise of about 2380 | ||||
| Data held at BODC | Get data | ||||
| Series/Profiles | |||||
| 19 CTD/STD cast | Reference numbers Transmittance and attenuance of the water column Salinity of the water column Vertical spatial coordinates Temperature of the water column Reference numbers Transmittance and attenuance of the water column Salinity of the water column Vertical spatial coordinates Temperature of the water column
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