FS Meteor M39_5
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FS Meteor (06M3) |
| Cruise identifier | M39_5 |
| Cruise period | 1997-08-13 — 1997-09-10 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Reykjavík, Iceland |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Deployment of Inverted Echo Sounds in the Denmark Strait as part of the VEINS (variability of exchange in northern seas) program. |
| Chief scientist | Geoff Hargreaves (Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory) |
| Project | VEINS - Variability of Exchange in Northern Seas. |
| Coordinating body | MAST III |
| Cruise report |  (0.22 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Atlantic Ocean Greenland Sea |
| Moorings, landers, buoys | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | 63° 21' 57" N 36° 3' 52" W — To measure the thickness of the DSOW using echsounders. Depth: 2209m |
| Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | 63° 28' 43" N 36° 17' 52" W — To measure the thickness of the DSOW using echsounders. Depth: 1991m |
| Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | 63° 22' 2" N 36° 4' 22" W — To measure the thickness of the DSOW using echsounders. Depth: 2180m Sea temp.: 10.4˚C Air temp.: 9.5˚C |
