Wyke
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name | Wyke |
| Cruise period | 1990-11-07 — 1990-11-08 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Hull, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Hull, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1) To collect water samples for nutrient and suspended load determinations and make profile measurements of salinity, temperature and dissolved oxygen along a transect of the Humber from Spurn to Trent Falls
2) To collect water samples for the UEA programme investigating fluxes of metals and estuarine chemistry in the Humber Brough Sounder also used |
| Chief scientist | Jonathon Mark Rees (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.46 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | Humber Estuary |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| CTD stations | Quantity: number of samples = 3 Description: On the way to Spurn point, water samples, CTD profiles and oxygen profiles were taken. |
| CTD stations | Quantity: number of samples = 3 Description: Further water samples, CTD profiles and oxygen profiles were taken on the way back to the King George Dock. |
| CTD stations | Quantity: number of samples = 3 Description: Water samples, CTD profiles and Oxygen profiles were taken on the way to Trent Falls and the return back to Hull. |
| Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Quantity: number of samples = 3 Description: Further water samples, CTD profiles and oxygen profiles were taken on the way back to the King George Dock. |
| Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Quantity: number of samples = 3 Description: On the way to Spurn point, water samples, CTD profiles and oxygen profiles were taken. |
| Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Quantity: number of samples = 3 Description: Water samples, CTD profiles and Oxygen profiles were taken on the way to Trent Falls and the return back to Hull. |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Oxygen | Quantity: number of samples = 3 Description: Further water samples, CTD profiles and oxygen profiles were taken on the way back to the King George Dock. |
| Oxygen | Quantity: number of samples = 3 Description: On the way to Spurn point, water samples, CTD profiles and oxygen profiles were taken. |
| Oxygen | Quantity: number of samples = 3 Description: Water samples, CTD profiles and Oxygen profiles were taken on the way to Trent Falls and the return back to Hull. |
