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RRS Challenger CH110

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)RRS Challenger (74CH)
Cruise identifierCH110
Cruise period1994-03-10 — 1994-03-20
StatusCompleted
Port of departureCampbeltown, United Kingdom
Port of returnOban, United Kingdom
PurposeResearch
Objectives1. To work the CTD stations of the Anton Dohrn Seamount (Ellett Line) section, between the shelf-edge and Rockall to continue the Rockall Trough time-series as a UK contribution to WOCE Goal 2.
2. To recover and redeploy a temperature-salinity recorder and thermistor chain at station M of the Anton Dohrn Section.
3. To service the DML current meter mooring in the Tiree Passage.
4. To sample benthos at the SAMS Permanent Station (54 30'N, 12 16'W) and at station M using the epibenthic sled and the Agassiz trawl.
5. To collect a suite of physical, nutrient and biological profiles and samples at the shelf-edge west of Barra as part of the LOIS pilot studies and to attempt box-coring if time and weather permits.
6. To work the shelf-edge - Sound of Mull CTD section, with nutrient and chlorophyll sampling.
7. To work the PROFILE sampling stations around the Arran deep, as time permits.
8. To collect clean oceanic water for the Culture Collection.
Chief scientistDavid J Ellett (Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory)
ProjectWOCE/LOIS-SES
Coordinating bodyIOC/WMO-JRC in UK/NERC PML/CEC MAST Programme
Cruise reportRRS Challenger CH110 cruise report ch110_94.pdf (0.33 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralInner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland
North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W)
SpecificNE Atlantic, Rockall Trough, W. Scottish Shelf, Firth of Clyde
Track chartsRRS Challenger CH110 cruise track — trk4001.html
Measurements 
Physical oceanography 
CTD stationsQuantity: number of stations = 47
Description: Oxygen received, but rejected
Current metersQuantity: number of stations = 1
Description: 2 current meters on one mooring
Chemical oceanography 
PhosphateQuantity: number of stations = 37
NitrateQuantity: number of stations = 37
NitriteQuantity: number of stations = 37
AmmoniaQuantity: number of stations = 37
SilicateQuantity: number of stations = 37
Biology and fisheries 
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence)Quantity: number of stations = 37
Description: on CTD
ZoobenthosQuantity: number of hauls = 1
Description: Agassiz trawl, Decapod samples for visual adaptation studies
Moorings, landers, buoys 
Physical oceanography 
Current meters56° 37' 59" N  6° 24' 0" W — Mooring serviced 14 Mar. 2 Aanderaa current meters at 26m & 36m, sounding 46m
Data held at BODC Get data
Series/Profiles 
44  CTD/STD cast
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column

BODC idDate/TimeLocationDoc.
3889131994-03-12 02:50 55° 13' 28" N  5° 15' 5" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 388913
3889371994-03-12 05:32 55° 16' 59" N  5° 27' 42" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 388937
3889501994-03-14 18:05 56° 40' 0" N  6° 7' 59" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 388950
3890741994-03-17 23:18 57° 0' 0" N  9° 0' 0" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 389074
3887041994-03-10 19:44 55° 34' 23" N  5° 25' 23" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 388704
3890501994-03-17 19:24 56° 52' 48" N  8° 30' 11" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 389050
3890621994-03-17 21:49 56° 57' 0" N  8° 46' 59" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 389062
3887651994-03-11 09:02 55° 53' 14" N  5° 22' 34" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 388765
3887891994-03-11 13:10 55° 46' 19" N  4° 58' 24" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 388789
3888081994-03-11 15:37 55° 39' 26" N  4° 56' 17" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 388808
3889981994-03-14 23:52 56° 43' 59" N  7° 0' 0" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 388998
3890491994-03-15 10:48 56° 50' 12" N  8° 19' 59" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 389049
3886851994-03-10 17:33 55° 25' 59" N  5° 28' 0" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 388685
3888571994-03-11 19:42 55° 26' 42" N  5° 1' 18" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 388857
3891051994-03-18 09:17 57° 8' 59" N  9° 41' 59" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 389105
3891171994-03-18 13:23 57° 13' 35" N  10° 3' 1" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 389117
3887771994-03-11 11:41 55° 41' 33" N  5° 9' 1" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 388777
3888821994-03-11 22:30 55° 21' 30" N  5° 4' 19" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 388882
3889011994-03-12 01:29 55° 17' 34" N  5° 11' 6" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 388901
3890131994-03-15 03:17 56° 44' 0" N  7° 29' 31" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 389013
3890861994-03-18 01:23 57° 2' 59" N  9° 13' 0" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 389086
3890981994-03-18 03:02 57° 6' 0" N  9° 25' 0" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 389098
3886971994-03-10 18:58 55° 30' 6" N  5° 26' 17" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 388697
3887281994-03-10 22:08 55° 42' 21" N  5° 20' 2" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 388728
3887411994-03-10 23:36 55° 46' 0" N  5° 15' 17" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 388741
3888701994-03-11 21:15 55° 23' 33" N  4° 51' 25" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 388870
3889251994-03-12 03:48 55° 9' 18" N  5° 22' 14" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 388925
3889491994-03-12 06:13 55° 14' 41" N  5° 33' 17" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 388949
3891291994-03-18 19:32 57° 17' 59" N  10° 22' 59" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 389129
3887901994-03-11 14:14 55° 49' 16" N  4° 58' 18" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 388790
3888691994-03-11 20:37 55° 25' 12" N  4° 56' 33" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 388869
3889861994-03-14 22:05 56° 43' 59" N  6° 45' 0" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 388986
3890011994-03-15 01:30 56° 44' 0" N  7° 19' 27" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 389001
3891301994-03-19 06:16 57° 27' 0" N  11° 4' 59" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 389130
3887161994-03-10 21:17 55° 40' 12" N  5° 25' 0" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 388716
3887531994-03-11 08:15 55° 50' 35" N  5° 19' 48" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 388753
3888211994-03-11 16:14 55° 38' 24" N  5° 1' 48" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 388821
3888451994-03-11 18:38 55° 31' 12" N  4° 53' 5" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 388845
3889621994-03-14 18:51 56° 40' 59" N  6° 16' 59" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 388962
3889741994-03-14 20:24 56° 43' 59" N  6° 27' 0" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 388974
3890251994-03-15 04:49 56° 43' 59" N  7° 40' 0" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 389025
3890371994-03-15 08:04 56° 46' 59" N  8° 0' 0" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 389037
3888331994-03-11 17:46 55° 32' 12" N  4° 58' 59" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 388833
3888941994-03-12 00:26 55° 22' 18" N  5° 18' 26" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 388894
1  Savonius rotor current meter
Moored instrument depth
Date and time
Temperature of the water column
Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents)
Moored instrument depth
Date and time
Temperature of the water column
Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents)

BODC idDate/TimeLocationDoc.
5080441994-03-14 19:30:06  — 1994-05-09 09:30:24 56° 37' 36" N  6° 24' 11" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 508044