Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | RV Clione (74CN) |
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Cruise identifier | CLI10/71 |
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Cruise period | 1971-09-03 — 1971-09-27 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | 1. To moor and recover an array of 7 current meter stations in the Irish
Sea to complement those moored by RV JOHN MURRAY (JM10/71 leg 1) between 27-30 August;
2. To monitor the complete 14 station BISOP 71 network during the period
3-22 September. (See cruise programme for details of the BISOP 71 project);
3. To carry out GEK measurements and complete hydrographic sections along
the lines of current meter stations in the North Channel, between
Anglesey and Dublin, and between Milford-Haven and Waterford;
4. To make 25 hour DRCM measurements throughout the water column on the
North Channel and Milford Haven to Waterford sections;
5. To release 50 sea bed drifters at each current meter station;
6. To test new chemical techniques for determining the soluble organic
matter in sea water;
7. To service the ICES permanent current meter stations in the North Sea. |
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Chief scientist | Harold W Hill (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.37 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | English Channel Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
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Specific | 52-55N 06-03W |
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Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
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Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 21 Description: 24 top & bottom only |
Current meters | Quantity: number of deployments = 7 Description: Moorings for a maximum of 22 days |
Current meters | Quantity: number of deployments = 19 Description: 9 electromagnetic magnetic. Current meter ; 2 days |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Dissolved organic matter (inc DOC) | Quantity: number of samples = 36 Description: measured by spectrophotomet |
Meteorology | |
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Occasional standard measurements | |
Other meteorological measurements | Description: sea and swell |