Weather Adviser 83

Cruise plan

Cruise Info.
Ship name (ship code)	Weather Adviser (74WA)
Cruise identifier	83
Cruise period	1971-06-30 — 1971-07-29
Status	Completed
Port of departure	Greenock, United Kingdom
Port of return	Greenock, United Kingdom
Purpose	Research
Objectives	Occupation of Ocean Weather Station INDIA (59N, 19W)
Chief scientist	Steve Hull (Institute of Marine Environmental Research, Plymouth)
Ocean/sea areas
General	North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W)
Specific	Ocean Weather Station INDIA (59N, 19W)
Measurements
Physical oceanography
Bathythermograph	Description: mechanical
Water bottle stations
Chemical oceanography
Nitrate	Quantity: 3
Nitrite	Quantity: 3
Contamination
Other contaminant measurements	Quantity: 7 Description: chemical pollution
Biology and fisheries
Primary productivity	Quantity: 3
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence)	Quantity: 22
Phytoplankton	Quantity: 3
Zooplankton	Quantity: 8
Pelagic fish	Quantity: number of hauls = 4
Meteorology
Upper air observations
Incident radiation
Other meteorological measurements	Description: sea and swell