RV Corystes COR11/91
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Corystes (74RY) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cruise identifier | COR11/91 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cruise period | 1991-11-07 — 1991-11-27 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Status | Completed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Objectives | 1. To continue examination of the distribution of caesium-134 and caesium-137 in coastal waters of the British Isles.
2. To determine concentrations of tritium in the Bristol Channel and other selected areas. 3. To lay the near bed velocity recorder and associated guard buoys near St Bees Head. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chief scientist | T C Doddington (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cruise report |  (0.11 MB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ocean/sea areas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| General | English Channel North Sea Irish Sea and St. George's Channel North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Specific | North Sea and Irish Seas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Measurements | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Physical oceanography | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chemical oceanography | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Radioactivity | Quantity: number of samples = 47 Description: surface tritium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Radioactivity | Quantity: number of samples = 166 Description: surface & subsurface caesium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data held at BODC | Get data | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Series/Profiles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 CTD/STD cast | Salinity of the water column Temperature of the water column Vertical spatial coordinates Salinity of the water column Temperature of the water column Vertical spatial coordinates
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