Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | RRS John Murray (74MJ) |
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Cruise identifier | JM5/69 |
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Cruise period | 1969-06-05 — 1969-06-21 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Barry, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Gibraltar, Gibraltar |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | Phase 1: to study the changes in temperature and salinity structure over several days of the immediate surface layer in relation to certain meteorological parametes.
Phase 2: to continue studying large scale layering structure of the Mediterranean water. |
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Chief scientist | Robert I Tait (University of Liverpool Department of Oceanography) |
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Cruise report | (0.32 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) Strait of Gibraltar (Mediterranean Sea) |
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Specific | Cape St Vincent |
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Track charts | (0.07 MB) |
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Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
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Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Quantity: activity duration in days = 16 Description: Continuous surface temperature measurements |
Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of profiles = 38 Description: 2 T surface |
CTD stations | Quantity: number of profiles = 36 |
Surface drifters/drifting buoys | Description: Buoys with parachute drogue. |
Meteorology | |
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Routine standard measurements | |