Forth Ranger FR0290
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | Forth Ranger (74FR) |
| Cruise identifier | FR0290 |
| Cruise period | 1990-02-19 — 1990-02-21 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Port Edgar, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Port Edgar, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To deploy and maintain a current meter/transmissometer mooring.
2. To undertake chemical surveys of the Firth of Forth and Forth estuary. |
| Chief scientist | Philip W Balls (Scottish Office Agriculture and Fisheries Department Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.04 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Transparency (eg transmissometer) | |
| Current meters | Quantity: 2 |
| Moorings, landers, buoys | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Current meters | 56° 0' 0" N 3° 22' 59" W — laid mooring with 2acm and 2 transm. due up May 1990 |
