RRS Discovery D37
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RRS Discovery (74E3) |
| Cruise identifier | D37 |
| Cruise period | 1970-11-25 — 1970-12-16 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Barry, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Barry, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | The principal objectives of the cruise were:
(a) to test and operate a new spar-buoy for air-sea interaction measurements. (b) as part of the programme of developing deep-water current meter moorings to locate and check a mooring laid in the previous June near 47 35'N, 8 16', to lay a short term mooring to make current measurements during the cruise and to make temperature and salinity measurements in the same area, finally recovering both these moorings and laying a new long-term mooring in the same area. (c) to test and calibrate a new precision echo sounder system. Other objectives of the cruise were to develop further the LOCATE system of wind finding in the lower atmosphere, to test some pyro-release mechanisms for deep-water moorings, to test an improvement in the radio-beacon and to install and test new electronics and remote indicators for the ship's dynamometer system. |
| Chief scientist | A G D Watson (National Institute of Oceanography) |
| Cruise report |  (0.29 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Bay of Biscay |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 4 |
| CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 7 |
| Current meters | Description: 4x15 days |
| Meteorology | |
| Upper air observations | |
| Incident radiation | |
| Occasional standard measurements | |
| Other meteorological measurements | Description: sea and swell |
