Forth Ranger
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | Forth Ranger (74FR) |
| Cruise period | 1990-01-01 — 1990-05-31 |
| Status | Completed |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Riverine inputs of contaminants to the sea.
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 | North Sea |
| Specific | Forth Estuary |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Description: Chemical surveys were collected during the cruise. No. of surveys not noted. |
| Current meters | Quantity: number of measurements = 5 Description: A number of good current meter records were gatherd during the cruise. |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Oxygen | Description: Chemical surveys were collected during the cruise. No. of surveys not noted. |
| Trace elements | Description: Chemical surveys were collected during the cruise. No. of surveys not noted. |
| Contamination | |
| Trace metals | Description: Chemical surveys were collected during the cruise. No. of surveys not noted. |
