RRS Challenger CH24

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Cruise Info.

Ship name (ship code)

RRS Challenger (74CH)

Cruise identifier

CH24

Cruise period

1988-02-03 — 1988-02-15

Status

Completed

Objectives

Physical Oceanography. Scottish Coastal Current

Chief scientist

John H Simpson (University of Wales, Bangor School of Ocean Sciences)

Ocean/sea areas

General

Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland
North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W)

Specific

Atlantic waters, West of Scotland

Measurements

Physical oceanography

Surface measurements underway (T,S)

Description: floppy

Water bottle stations

Quantity: number of stations = 139
Description: S surface 60 T surface

CTD stations

Quantity: number of stations = 91
Description: floppy Neil Brown Mark III

Current meters

Quantity: number of deployments = 17
Description: floppy 60 days

Chemical oceanography

Phosphate

Quantity: number of stations = 70

Nitrate

Quantity: number of stations = 70

Nitrite

Quantity: number of stations = 70

Silicate

Quantity: number of stations = 70

Radioactivity

Quantity: number of samples = 25

Isotopes

Quantity: number of samples = 25

Biology and fisheries

Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence)

Quantity: number of stations = 58

Data held at BODC

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Series/Profiles

91 CTD/STD cast

Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
Electrical conductivity of the water column

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Salinity of the water column
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BODC id	Date/Time	Location
294536	1988-02-03 22:43	55° 25' 5" N 5° 24' 36" W
294616	1988-02-04 14:05	55° 57' 42" N 7° 0' 11" W
294641	1988-02-04 17:13	56° 2' 48" N 7° 36' 54" W
294689	1988-02-06 00:11	56° 45' 24" N 7° 49' 41" W
294721	1988-02-06 03:20	56° 45' 0" N 7° 21' 36" W
294794	1988-02-06 13:15	57° 9' 53" N 6° 30' 6" W
294813	1988-02-06 15:15	57° 10' 18" N 6° 49' 41" W
294849	1988-02-06 19:03	57° 24' 18" N 7° 6' 6" W
294850	1988-02-06 19:52	57° 22' 59" N 7° 0' 35" W
295066	1988-02-07 20:46	58° 29' 53" N 5° 10' 11" W
295078	1988-02-08 09:40	57° 27' 42" N 7° 5' 12" W
295134	1988-02-12 01:57	56° 1' 54" N 7° 19' 41" W
296033	1988-02-15 05:25	57° 58' 23" N 9° 48' 0" W
294548	1988-02-03 23:33	55° 19' 59" N 5° 22' 47" W
294585	1988-02-04 02:00	55° 8' 59" N 5° 35' 41" W
294801	1988-02-06 14:12	57° 9' 47" N 6° 39' 47" W
295005	1988-02-07 14:50	58° 30' 18" N 6° 9' 24" W
295042	1988-02-07 18:55	58° 30' 24" N 5° 31' 41" W
295183	1988-02-12 06:06	56° 2' 42" N 6° 40' 5" W
295251	1988-02-14 17:59	57° 48' 24" N 8° 9' 17" W
295890	1988-02-05 17:20	56° 47' 42" N 9° 1' 30" W
294757	1988-02-06 06:20	56° 45' 35" N 6° 52' 23" W
294862	1988-02-06 20:56	57° 24' 42" N 6° 49' 23" W
294942	1988-02-07 08:05	58° 10' 5" N 5° 38' 48" W
295171	1988-02-12 05:11	56° 1' 59" N 6° 50' 5" W
295214	1988-02-13 16:55	56° 45' 18" N 8° 44' 30" W
295889	1988-02-05 16:10	56° 47' 12" N 9° 3' 53" W
295945	1988-02-13 20:08	56° 46' 5" N 9° 4' 36" W
295957	1988-02-13 21:16	56° 45' 54" N 9° 6' 24" W
294524	1988-02-03 21:48	55° 30' 0" N 5° 25' 47" W
294573	1988-02-04 01:16	55° 10' 18" N 5° 30' 24" W
294628	1988-02-04 19:03	55° 57' 29" N 7° 17' 30" W
294745	1988-02-06 05:23	56° 46' 0" N 7° 1' 54" W
294905	1988-02-07 02:09	57° 49' 18" N 6° 12' 35" W
294929	1988-02-07 03:47	57° 48' 53" N 5° 53' 17" W
295122	1988-02-12 00:56	56° 2' 5" N 7° 30' 17" W
295146	1988-02-12 02:55	56° 1' 54" N 7° 9' 42" W
295158	1988-02-12 04:09	56° 1' 54" N 7° 0' 6" W
295226	1988-02-13 18:03	56° 45' 11" N 8° 55' 36" W
295238	1988-02-14 16:09	57° 40' 0" N 7° 48' 47" W
295865	1988-02-05 10:46	56° 46' 23" N 9° 6' 54" W
295908	1988-02-05 19:29	56° 44' 48" N 8° 43' 41" W
294500	1988-02-03 19:34	55° 43' 5" N 5° 21' 47" W
294512	1988-02-03 20:22	55° 39' 53" N 5° 25' 11" W
294597	1988-02-04 09:37	56° 2' 42" N 6° 28' 54" W
294665	1988-02-05 21:57	56° 45' 54" N 8° 12' 6" W
294837	1988-02-06 17:06	57° 10' 0" N 7° 10' 0" W
294898	1988-02-07 01:20	57° 49' 47" N 6° 22' 47" W
294966	1988-02-07 10:01	58° 9' 53" N 6° 0' 11" W
295029	1988-02-07 16:53	58° 30' 24" N 5° 49' 18" W
295054	1988-02-07 19:43	58° 30' 11" N 5° 20' 23" W
295109	1988-02-11 22:40	56° 1' 54" N 7° 50' 41" W
295110	1988-02-11 23:52	56° 1' 59" N 7° 40' 23" W
296008	1988-02-15 02:39	57° 57' 11" N 9° 41' 12" W
294677	1988-02-05 23:16	56° 45' 0" N 7° 59' 17" W
294690	1988-02-06 01:22	56° 44' 53" N 7° 40' 11" W
294770	1988-02-06 08:15	56° 46' 0" N 6° 31' 5" W
294782	1988-02-06 09:12	56° 45' 0" N 6° 20' 12" W
294917	1988-02-07 02:54	57° 49' 23" N 6° 3' 6" W
294930	1988-02-07 06:52	58° 9' 35" N 5° 30' 11" W
294991	1988-02-07 13:47	58° 25' 0" N 6° 3' 35" W
295202	1988-02-13 15:49	56° 44' 53" N 8° 34' 29" W
295970	1988-02-14 00:51	56° 44' 53" N 9° 19' 23" W
295982	1988-02-14 23:30	57° 55' 18" N 9° 10' 36" W
296021	1988-02-15 04:00	57° 57' 42" N 9° 43' 18" W
294708	1988-02-06 02:21	56° 45' 11" N 7° 30' 6" W
294769	1988-02-06 07:17	56° 45' 35" N 6° 41' 48" W
294886	1988-02-07 00:25	57° 49' 30" N 6° 30' 42" W
294954	1988-02-07 09:10	58° 10' 0" N 5° 50' 5" W
294978	1988-02-07 11:03	58° 10' 41" N 6° 9' 47" W
295017	1988-02-07 15:45	58° 30' 0" N 5° 58' 59" W
295030	1988-02-07 17:53	58° 30' 11" N 5° 40' 41" W
295091	1988-02-11 21:17	56° 1' 59" N 8° 0' 18" W
295275	1988-02-14 20:59	57° 52' 5" N 8° 49' 41" W
295969	1988-02-13 22:43	56° 44' 41" N 9° 9' 29" W
294493	1988-02-03 18:22	55° 46' 12" N 5° 13' 59" W
294561	1988-02-04 00:21	55° 14' 53" N 5° 22' 41" W
294604	1988-02-04 11:56	55° 57' 29" N 6° 44' 53" W
294653	1988-02-05 20:40	56° 45' 11" N 8° 32' 48" W
294733	1988-02-06 04:22	56° 45' 29" N 7° 10' 18" W
294825	1988-02-06 16:08	57° 10' 0" N 7° 0' 0" W
294874	1988-02-06 23:36	57° 49' 54" N 6° 40' 59" W
295195	1988-02-12 07:01	56° 3' 17" N 6° 29' 6" W
295263	1988-02-14 19:30	57° 51' 11" N 8° 29' 53" W
295287	1988-02-14 22:11	57° 53' 5" N 9° 0' 11" W
295841	1988-02-05 04:48	56° 45' 6" N 9° 30' 18" W
295853	1988-02-05 07:44	56° 45' 47" N 9° 8' 17" W
295877	1988-02-05 13:46	56° 46' 36" N 9° 4' 36" W
295921	1988-02-13 18:47	56° 45' 47" N 9° 1' 23" W
295933	1988-02-13 19:28	56° 46' 23" N 9° 2' 48" W
295994	1988-02-15 01:31	57° 56' 23" N 9° 33' 6" W

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