RRS Challenger CH102
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RRS Challenger (74CH) |
| Cruise identifier | CH102 |
| Cruise period | 1993-03-23 — 1993-03-30 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Ardrossan, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Barry, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Study of turbulent dissipation of water column. CH102/93 (EC-Ref# 930323.0098) |
| Chief scientist | John H Simpson (University of Wales, Bangor School of Ocean Sciences) |
| Project | MAST 50 Profile (EC) |
| Coordinating body | POL,Bidston/CEC MAST |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
| Specific | Irish Sea, Clyde Sea |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| CTD stations | Quantity: number of profiles = 59 Description: CTDO with transmissometer and fluorometer |
| Transparency (eg transmissometer) | Quantity: number of profiles = 59 Description: CTDO with transmissometer and fluorometer |
| Current meters | Quantity: number of stations = 4 Description: 16 cms depl. & 8 cms rec. |
| Current profiler (eg ADCP) | Quantity: activity duration in days = 4 Description: shipborne ADCP |
| Other physical oceanographic measurements | Quantity: number of profiles = 300 Description: FLY II profiles of turbulent dissipation |
| Contamination | |
| Suspended matter | Quantity: number of samples = 77 Description: suspended matter samples for seston conc. |
| Other contaminant measurements | Quantity: number of experiments = 6 Description: settling velocity measurements |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: number of profiles = 59 Description: CTDO with transmissometer and fluorometer |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Grab | Quantity: number of samples = 3 Description: grab samples |
| Moorings, landers, buoys | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Current meters | 53° 51' 47" N 4° 23' 17" W — St. IS1, depl. 25 Mar,rec. 26 Mar, 3 CMs |
| Current meters | 55° 43' 54" N 5° 10' 11" W — St. CS8, depl. 23 Mar, 4 CMs, 1 T/S logger |
| Current meters | 55° 37' 54" N 5° 1' 0" W — depl. 23 Mar, 4 CMs,1 Xmiss., 1 fluor., 1 t/S logger |
| Current meters | 53° 50' 30" N 4° 27' 53" W — St. IS2, depl. 25 Mar, rec. 26 Mar, 5 CMs, 2 transmiss. |
