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Urania DIME2000 leg 2
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | Urania (48UR) |
| Cruise identifier | DIME2000 leg 2 |
| Cruise period | 2000-06-10 — 2000-06-21 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Trapani, Italy |
| Port of return | Palermo, Italy |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | The primary objectives of the cruise were to study:
1. The flow of intermediate and deep waters through the Strait of Sicily. 2. The exchange flow over sills at the western edge of the Strait of Sicily. 3. The path of the overflow from the sills into the Tyrrhenian sea. 4. Mixing processes within the overflow. The primary datasets obtained are: 1. Autosub ADCP/CTD data 2. CTD/LACDP casts. |
| Chief scientist | G P Gasparini (ENEA Santa Teresa Marine Environment Research Center) |
| Project | Autosub science missions thematic programme |
| Coordinating body | NERC |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Mediterranean Sea |
| Specific | Western part of Strait of Sicily and Southern Tyrrhenian Sea mostly within 36?N-38?N and 10?E-13?E |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 20 Description: Bottle samples taken on about 20 of the CTD casts |
| CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 120 Description: Combined CTD/LADCP casts (some were CTD only) |
| Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Quantity: track kilometres = 250 Description: AUTOSUB data CTD + ADCP |
| Current profiler (eg ADCP) | Quantity: track kilometres = 250 Description: AUTOSUB data CTD + ADCP |
| Current profiler (eg ADCP) | Quantity: number of stations = 110 Description: Combined CTD/LADCP casts (some were CTD only) |
| Current profiler (eg ADCP) | Quantity: number of stations = 120 Description: Combined CTD/LADCP casts (some were CTD only) |
| Current profiler (eg ADCP) | Quantity: track kilometres = 2240 Description: Shipborne ADCP |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Phosphate | Quantity: number of stations = 20 Description: Bottle samples taken on about 20 of the CTD casts |
| Nitrate | Quantity: number of stations = 20 Description: Bottle samples taken on about 20 of the CTD casts |
| Silicate | Quantity: number of stations = 20 Description: Bottle samples taken on about 20 of the CTD casts |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 20 Description: Bottle samples taken on about 20 of the CTD casts |
