RV Lough Foyle LF/23/89
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Lough Foyle (74LG) |
| Cruise identifier | LF/23/89 |
| Cruise period | 1989-05-30 — 1989-06-02 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Belfast, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Belfast, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Trials |
| Objectives | 1. To install and carry out trials of Hydro-Bias water and sampling equipment and associated computer software:
a) conductivity (salinity), temperature depth and dissolved oxygen monitor b) Rosette water sampler c) multi-plankton sampler d) to test the Datasonics transponder/receiver location system in conjunction with this equipment 2. To test the Roxanne sea-bed profiling system over deep water and correct faults noted on previous cruises. |
| Chief scientist | Robert S Rosell (Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland) |
| Cruise report |  (0.05 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
| Specific | North Channel |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| CTD stations | |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Oxygen | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Gear research | Description: CTD, plankton sampler and profiler trials |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Single-beam echosounding | Description: RoxAnn in operation throughout the cruise. |
