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RRS Discovery D242

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Cruise Info.

Ship name (ship code)

RRS Discovery (74E3)

Cruise identifier

D242

Cruise period

1999-09-07 — 1999-10-06

Status

Completed

Port of departure

Southampton, United Kingdom

Port of return

Southampton, United Kingdom

Purpose

Research

Objectives

Objectives

To continue the long time series of hydrographic sections from Scotland to Rockall and its recent extension to Iceland (Extended Ellett Line) to identify the pathways for the warm water flow into the Norwegian Sea and to quantify the interannual to decadal variability in this circulaton.
To study the outflow of deep water from the Faroe Bank Channel with the objective of quantifying the climate variability in the deep water exiting the FBC & to analyse the downstream evolution of the deep water as it decends into the Iceland Basin.

Chief scientist

Stuart A Cunningham (Southampton Oceanography Centre)

Coordinating body

Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)

Cruise report

RRS Discovery D242 cruise report d242.pdf

(1.21 MB)

RRS Discovery D242 cruise report d242ctdquality.pdf

(0.71 MB)

Ocean/sea areas

General

North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W)

Specific

Northeast Atlantic Ocean

Track charts

RRS Discovery D242 cruise track — d242trk.pdf

(0.42 MB)

Measurements

Physical oceanography

Bathythermograph

Description: XBT section along the Wyville-Thomson Ridge.

CTD stations

Quantity: number of stations = 125
Description: full depth CTD stations, all with discrete sampling for nutrients and oxygen.

Current profiler (eg ADCP)

Quantity: number of stations = 124
Description: Lowered ADCP

Chemical oceanography

Oxygen

Quantity: number of stations = 125
Description: full depth CTD stations, all with discrete sampling for nutrients and oxygen.

Phosphate

Quantity: number of stations = 125
Description: full depth CTD stations, all with discrete sampling for nutrients and oxygen.

Nitrate

Quantity: number of stations = 125
Description: full depth CTD stations, all with discrete sampling for nutrients and oxygen.

Nitrite

Quantity: number of stations = 125
Description: full depth CTD stations, all with discrete sampling for nutrients and oxygen.

Silicate

Quantity: number of stations = 125
Description: full depth CTD stations, all with discrete sampling for nutrients and oxygen.

Data held at BODC

Series/Profiles

109 Bottle station

Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
Silicate concentration parameters in the water column
Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column
Quality control flags
Reference numbers

Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
Silicate concentration parameters in the water column
Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column
Quality control flags
Reference numbers

BODC id	Date/Time	Location	Doc.
1251939	1999-09-11 12:31	56° 53' 1" N 8° 30' 34" W
1251952	1999-09-11 16:46	56° 59' 57" N 8° 59' 57" W
1252039	1999-09-12 14:23	57° 17' 40" N 10° 22' 18" W
1252156	1999-09-13 23:50	57° 33' 52" N 13° 19' 46" W
1252224	1999-09-14 21:51	58° 51' 6" N 17° 0' 47" W
1252236	1999-09-15 00:34	58° 56' 55" N 17° 13' 51" W
1252316	1999-09-16 13:27	60° 34' 52" N 19° 59' 35" W
1252328	1999-09-16 17:56	60° 56' 7" N 20° 0' 2" W
1252341	1999-09-16 22:15	61° 16' 51" N 20° 0' 54" W
1252365	1999-09-17 06:32	61° 57' 51" N 19° 59' 51" W
1252377	1999-09-17 17:29	63° 17' 46" N 19° 59' 33" W
1252389	1999-09-17 18:42	63° 13' 43" N 19° 59' 38" W
1252549	1999-09-22 17:47	61° 36' 8" N 15° 6' 44" W
1252605	1999-09-23 14:37	60° 39' 11" N 13° 2' 37" W
1252666	1999-09-26 02:38	61° 57' 57" N 8° 54' 54" W
1252771	1999-09-26 20:57	61° 34' 58" N 9° 42' 11" W
1252814	1999-09-27 08:59	61° 24' 31" N 10° 3' 36" W
1252003	1999-09-12 01:46	57° 8' 44" N 9° 36' 28" W
1252027	1999-09-12 10:01	57° 13' 49" N 10° 2' 28" W
1252040	1999-09-12 18:20	57° 22' 18" N 10° 39' 15" W
1252285	1999-09-15 19:28	59° 24' 29" N 18° 25' 19" W
1252457	1999-09-19 10:14	63° 6' 14" N 17° 15' 8" W
1252574	1999-09-23 06:26	60° 55' 5" N 13° 35' 44" W
1252617	1999-09-23 16:42	60° 33' 42" N 12° 52' 55" W
1252746	1999-09-26 16:49	61° 39' 40" N 9° 31' 25" W
1251915	1999-09-11 08:49	56° 46' 43" N 8° 1' 37" W
1251927	1999-09-11 10:52	56° 49' 54" N 8° 20' 5" W
1252076	1999-09-13 02:08	57° 27' 58" N 11° 18' 31" W
1252168	1999-09-14 01:58	57° 33' 46" N 13° 37' 53" W
1252181	1999-09-14 03:58	57° 41' 33" N 13° 56' 57" W
1252304	1999-09-16 07:13	60° 0' 15" N 19° 59' 48" W
1252390	1999-09-17 21:51	62° 55' 9" N 20° 3' 28" W
1252408	1999-09-18 11:09	62° 39' 17" N 20° 0' 15" W
1252421	1999-09-18 15:58	62° 19' 30" N 20° 0' 29" W
1252433	1999-09-19 04:01	63° 15' 43" N 17° 25' 50" W
1252445	1999-09-19 07:00	63° 12' 19" N 17° 21' 46" W
1252642	1999-09-24 21:11	61° 26' 10" N 11° 6' 47" W
1252838	1999-09-28 00:47	61° 42' 11" N 8° 26' 33" W
1252887	1999-09-28 10:15	61° 36' 46" N 8° 39' 1" W
1252906	1999-09-28 20:46	61° 33' 40" N 8° 44' 39" W
1252943	1999-09-29 03:02	61° 28' 58" N 8° 52' 54" W
1252979	1999-09-29 08:55	61° 27' 58" N 8° 27' 55" W
1252119	1999-09-13 13:18	57° 30' 28" N 12° 15' 28" W
1252992	1999-09-29 16:59	61° 16' 39" N 7° 55' 32" W
1253018	1999-09-29 22:24	61° 15' 20" N 8° 20' 8" W
1252107	1999-09-13 08:50	57° 30' 7" N 11° 49' 14" W
1252132	1999-09-13 19:10	57° 32' 41" N 12° 52' 2" W
1252200	1999-09-14 11:34	58° 14' 57" N 15° 22' 11" W
1252261	1999-09-15 12:49	59° 12' 24" N 17° 53' 39" W
1252297	1999-09-16 01:19	59° 40' 52" N 19° 8' 28" W
1252482	1999-09-20 10:23	62° 48' 19" N 16° 55' 20" W
1252691	1999-09-26 05:50	61° 53' 4" N 9° 5' 24" W
1252783	1999-09-26 23:22	61° 32' 4" N 9° 46' 18" W
1252795	1999-09-27 01:44	61° 29' 13" N 9° 52' 18" W
1252863	1999-09-28 04:56	61° 39' 16" N 8° 32' 25" W
1253006	1999-09-29 21:12	61° 13' 45" N 8° 22' 39" W
1253067	1999-09-30 07:13	61° 22' 13" N 8° 8' 55" W
1253079	1999-09-30 09:36	61° 24' 55" N 8° 6' 30" W
1252120	1999-09-13 16:42	57° 31' 59" N 12° 38' 10" W
1251964	1999-09-11 18:45	57° 3' 16" N 9° 13' 34" W
1251988	1999-09-11 22:51	57° 6' 39" N 9° 27' 15" W
1252052	1999-09-12 21:07	57° 24' 10" N 10° 50' 41" W
1252353	1999-09-17 02:52	61° 38' 39" N 19° 59' 48" W
1252630	1999-09-24 17:56	61° 24' 46" N 11° 0' 31" W
1252678	1999-09-26 04:10	61° 55' 34" N 8° 59' 52" W
1252734	1999-09-26 14:53	61° 42' 4" N 9° 26' 0" W
1252826	1999-09-27 23:07	61° 43' 37" N 8° 23' 26" W
1252931	1999-09-29 01:27	61° 30' 24" N 8° 49' 36" W
1253080	1999-09-30 11:32	61° 26' 19" N 8° 3' 27" W
1253092	1999-09-30 13:09	61° 28' 6" N 8° 0' 33" W
1251940	1999-09-11 14:46	56° 57' 4" N 8° 47' 1" W
1252064	1999-09-12 23:45	57° 26' 37" N 11° 4' 25" W
1252088	1999-09-13 05:07	57° 29' 11" N 11° 32' 6" W
1252273	1999-09-15 16:20	59° 19' 55" N 18° 16' 6" W
1252469	1999-09-19 13:32	63° 0' 33" N 17° 7' 48" W
1252513	1999-09-20 23:26	62° 17' 33" N 16° 18' 42" W
1252562	1999-09-23 02:40	61° 7' 55" N 14° 6' 13" W
1252629	1999-09-23 18:22	60° 29' 3" N 12° 41' 48" W
1252654	1999-09-24 23:23	61° 28' 1" N 11° 12' 4" W
1252709	1999-09-26 07:27	61° 50' 49" N 9° 10' 5" W
1252758	1999-09-26 18:50	61° 37' 20" N 9° 36' 24" W
1252802	1999-09-27 04:00	61° 25' 45" N 9° 59' 46" W
1252899	1999-09-28 18:28	61° 34' 56" N 8° 41' 41" W
1252918	1999-09-28 23:11	61° 32' 33" N 8° 46' 19" W
1252955	1999-09-29 05:25	61° 23' 58" N 8° 33' 40" W
1252967	1999-09-29 07:03	61° 25' 37" N 8° 30' 51" W
1252470	1999-09-20 06:47	62° 53' 52" N 17° 0' 40" W
1251976	1999-09-11 20:28	57° 4' 59" N 9° 19' 52" W
1252015	1999-09-12 05:53	57° 11' 55" N 9° 50' 24" W
1252144	1999-09-13 21:01	57° 33' 31" N 12° 59' 28" W
1252494	1999-09-20 14:23	62° 41' 35" N 16° 48' 6" W
1252525	1999-09-21 04:40	62° 3' 15" N 16° 3' 50" W
1252537	1999-09-22 12:19	61° 49' 58" N 15° 35' 46" W
1252851	1999-09-28 02:54	61° 40' 40" N 8° 29' 43" W
1253031	1999-09-29 23:49	61° 17' 17" N 8° 16' 50" W
1253043	1999-09-30 01:58	61° 19' 4" N 8° 13' 41" W
1253055	1999-09-30 05:14	61° 20' 36" N 8° 11' 57" W
1253111	1999-09-30 14:32	61° 29' 52" N 7° 57' 55" W
1252193	1999-09-14 07:17	57° 57' 35" N 14° 38' 8" W
1252212	1999-09-14 16:39	58° 33' 24" N 16° 10' 0" W
1252248	1999-09-15 03:54	59° 7' 53" N 17° 39' 7" W
1252501	1999-09-20 18:51	62° 30' 6" N 16° 33' 12" W
1252550	1999-09-22 22:11	61° 23' 30" N 14° 35' 12" W
1252586	1999-09-23 09:10	60° 50' 37" N 13° 25' 23" W
1252598	1999-09-23 12:23	60° 44' 19" N 13° 13' 8" W
1252710	1999-09-26 10:53	61° 48' 25" N 9° 14' 25" W
1252722	1999-09-26 12:56	61° 45' 6" N 9° 20' 39" W
1252875	1999-09-28 07:13	61° 38' 7" N 8° 35' 35" W
1252980	1999-09-29 10:50	61° 29' 31" N 8° 24' 53" W

125 CTD/STD cast

Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
Density of the water column
Raw suspended particulate material concentration sensor output
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies

Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
Density of the water column
Raw suspended particulate material concentration sensor output
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies

BODC id	Date/Time	Location	Doc.
1070726	1999-09-12 20:50	57° 24' 10" N 10° 50' 41" W
1070879	1999-09-14 21:30	58° 51' 6" N 17° 0' 47" W
1070880	1999-09-15 00:17	58° 56' 55" N 17° 13' 51" W
1070911	1999-09-15 15:51	59° 19' 55" N 18° 16' 6" W
1070947	1999-09-16 06:28	60° 0' 15" N 19° 59' 48" W
1071084	1999-09-19 09:48	63° 6' 14" N 17° 15' 8" W
1071385	1999-09-26 18:30	61° 37' 20" N 9° 36' 24" W
1071397	1999-09-26 20:35	61° 34' 58" N 9° 42' 11" W
1071453	1999-09-28 00:33	61° 42' 11" N 8° 26' 33" W
1071490	1999-09-28 09:44	61° 36' 46" N 8° 39' 1" W
1071594	1999-09-29 21:07	61° 13' 45" N 8° 22' 39" W
1071601	1999-09-29 22:17	61° 15' 20" N 8° 20' 8" W
1071650	1999-09-30 06:54	61° 22' 13" N 8° 8' 55" W
1071705	1999-09-30 18:21	61° 43' 45" N 8° 24' 9" W
1071822	1999-10-02 06:59	61° 27' 58" N 8° 25' 5" W
1071914	1999-09-29 05:11	61° 23' 58" N 8° 33' 40" W
1070683	1999-09-12 05:24	57° 11' 55" N 9° 50' 24" W
1070806	1999-09-13 20:53	57° 33' 31" N 12° 59' 28" W
1070972	1999-09-16 21:35	61° 16' 51" N 20° 0' 54" W
1071047	1999-09-18 10:39	62° 39' 17" N 20° 0' 15" W
1071140	1999-09-21 04:04	62° 3' 15" N 16° 3' 50" W
1071232	1999-09-23 16:24	60° 33' 42" N 12° 52' 55" W
1071268	1999-09-24 20:45	61° 26' 10" N 11° 6' 47" W
1071293	1999-09-26 02:25	61° 57' 57" N 8° 54' 54" W
1071300	1999-09-26 03:54	61° 55' 34" N 8° 59' 52" W
1071521	1999-09-28 22:53	61° 32' 33" N 8° 46' 19" W
1071742	1999-10-01 18:13	61° 37' 33" N 8° 35' 28" W
1071858	1999-09-15 03:37	59° 7' 53" N 17° 39' 7" W
1071871	1999-09-20 13:54	62° 41' 35" N 16° 48' 6" W
1071902	1999-09-28 18:11	61° 34' 56" N 8° 41' 41" W
1070578	1999-09-11 08:43	56° 46' 43" N 8° 1' 37" W
1070658	1999-09-11 22:24	57° 6' 39" N 9° 27' 15" W
1070695	1999-09-12 09:21	57° 13' 49" N 10° 2' 28" W
1070935	1999-09-16 00:30	59° 40' 52" N 19° 8' 28" W
1070960	1999-09-16 17:21	60° 56' 7" N 20° 0' 2" W
1070984	1999-09-17 02:17	61° 38' 39" N 19° 59' 48" W
1071361	1999-09-26 14:34	61° 42' 4" N 9° 26' 0" W
1071489	1999-09-28 06:53	61° 38' 7" N 8° 35' 35" W
1071674	1999-09-30 11:17	61° 26' 19" N 8° 3' 27" W
1071717	1999-09-30 19:12	61° 42' 9" N 8° 27' 20" W
1071791	1999-10-02 02:10	61° 30' 40" N 8° 50' 28" W
1071809	1999-10-02 03:28	61° 28' 59" N 8° 53' 21" W
1071834	1999-09-13 18:54	57° 32' 41" N 12° 52' 2" W
1071846	1999-09-14 07:07	57° 57' 35" N 14° 38' 8" W
1071938	1999-10-02 08:39	61° 29' 43" N 8° 21' 47" W
1070610	1999-09-11 14:39	56° 57' 4" N 8° 47' 1" W
1070646	1999-09-11 20:11	57° 4' 59" N 9° 19' 52" W
1070714	1999-09-12 17:51	57° 22' 18" N 10° 39' 15" W
1070763	1999-09-13 04:36	57° 29' 11" N 11° 32' 6" W
1070867	1999-09-14 16:21	58° 33' 24" N 16° 10' 0" W
1070892	1999-09-15 12:19	59° 12' 24" N 17° 53' 39" W
1071059	1999-09-18 15:30	62° 19' 30" N 20° 0' 29" W
1071060	1999-09-19 03:53	63° 15' 43" N 17° 25' 50" W
1071103	1999-09-20 06:21	62° 53' 52" N 17° 0' 40" W
1071152	1999-09-22 11:44	61° 49' 58" N 15° 35' 46" W
1071207	1999-09-23 08:42	60° 50' 37" N 13° 25' 23" W
1071220	1999-09-23 14:16	60° 39' 11" N 13° 2' 37" W
1071465	1999-09-28 02:37	61° 40' 40" N 8° 29' 43" W
1071508	1999-09-28 20:26	61° 33' 40" N 8° 44' 39" W
1071569	1999-09-29 08:35	61° 27' 58" N 8° 27' 55" W
1071649	1999-09-30 04:55	61° 20' 36" N 8° 11' 57" W
1071754	1999-10-01 19:56	61° 35' 59" N 8° 38' 56" W
1071766	1999-10-01 21:30	61° 34' 52" N 8° 42' 6" W
1071926	1999-10-02 00:45	61° 32' 14" N 8° 47' 40" W
1070566	1999-09-10 22:47	57° 8' 23" N 9° 43' 5" W
1070622	1999-09-11 16:40	56° 59' 57" N 8° 59' 57" W
1070702	1999-09-12 13:46	57° 17' 40" N 10° 22' 18" W
1070738	1999-09-12 23:32	57° 26' 37" N 11° 4' 25" W
1070787	1999-09-13 12:51	57° 30' 28" N 12° 15' 28" W
1070799	1999-09-13 16:19	57° 31' 59" N 12° 38' 10" W
1070818	1999-09-13 23:44	57° 33' 52" N 13° 19' 46" W
1070843	1999-09-14 03:52	57° 41' 33" N 13° 56' 57" W
1070855	1999-09-14 11:20	58° 14' 57" N 15° 22' 11" W
1070959	1999-09-16 12:48	60° 34' 52" N 19° 59' 35" W
1071035	1999-09-17 21:25	62° 55' 9" N 20° 3' 28" W
1071244	1999-09-23 18:13	60° 29' 3" N 12° 41' 48" W
1071312	1999-09-26 05:36	61° 53' 4" N 9° 5' 24" W
1071348	1999-09-26 12:36	61° 45' 6" N 9° 20' 39" W
1071477	1999-09-28 04:39	61° 39' 16" N 8° 32' 25" W
1071533	1999-09-29 01:13	61° 30' 24" N 8° 49' 36" W
1071545	1999-09-29 02:49	61° 28' 58" N 8° 52' 54" W
1071570	1999-09-29 10:29	61° 29' 31" N 8° 24' 53" W
1071637	1999-09-30 03:40	61° 20' 13" N 8° 10' 36" W
1071698	1999-09-30 14:25	61° 29' 52" N 7° 57' 55" W
1071778	1999-10-01 23:06	61° 33' 27" N 8° 45' 22" W
1070775	1999-09-13 08:20	57° 30' 7" N 11° 49' 14" W
1070923	1999-09-15 18:50	59° 24' 29" N 18° 25' 19" W
1071096	1999-09-19 13:08	63° 0' 33" N 17° 7' 48" W
1071164	1999-09-22 21:39	61° 23' 30" N 14° 35' 12" W
1071176	1999-09-23 02:11	61° 7' 55" N 14° 6' 13" W
1071188	1999-09-23 05:58	60° 55' 5" N 13° 35' 44" W
1071256	1999-09-24 17:32	61° 24' 46" N 11° 0' 31" W
1071404	1999-09-26 22:48	61° 32' 4" N 9° 46' 18" W
1071557	1999-09-29 06:48	61° 25' 37" N 8° 30' 51" W
1071686	1999-09-30 13:02	61° 28' 6" N 8° 0' 33" W
1071810	1999-10-02 05:38	61° 26' 37" N 8° 27' 49" W
1070591	1999-09-11 10:44	56° 49' 54" N 8° 20' 5" W
1070609	1999-09-11 12:23	56° 53' 1" N 8° 30' 34" W
1070634	1999-09-11 18:37	57° 3' 16" N 9° 13' 34" W
1070671	1999-09-12 01:12	57° 8' 44" N 9° 36' 28" W
1070751	1999-09-13 01:53	57° 27' 58" N 11° 18' 31" W
1070996	1999-09-17 06:04	61° 57' 51" N 19° 59' 51" W
1071011	1999-09-17 17:24	63° 17' 46" N 19° 59' 33" W
1071023	1999-09-17 18:32	63° 13' 43" N 19° 59' 38" W
1071072	1999-09-19 06:45	63° 12' 19" N 17° 21' 46" W
1071115	1999-09-20 09:49	62° 48' 19" N 16° 55' 20" W
1071127	1999-09-20 18:17	62° 30' 6" N 16° 33' 12" W
1071139	1999-09-20 22:47	62° 17' 33" N 16° 18' 42" W
1071219	1999-09-23 11:58	60° 44' 19" N 13° 13' 8" W
1071324	1999-09-26 07:11	61° 50' 49" N 9° 10' 5" W
1071336	1999-09-26 10:34	61° 48' 25" N 9° 14' 25" W
1071373	1999-09-26 16:31	61° 39' 40" N 9° 31' 25" W
1071582	1999-09-29 16:42	61° 16' 39" N 7° 55' 32" W
1071625	1999-09-30 01:41	61° 19' 4" N 8° 13' 41" W
1071662	1999-09-30 09:18	61° 24' 55" N 8° 6' 30" W
1071729	1999-09-30 20:23	61° 40' 52" N 8° 29' 37" W
1071730	1999-10-01 16:38	61° 39' 37" N 8° 32' 57" W
1071895	1999-09-27 23:02	61° 43' 37" N 8° 23' 26" W
1070831	1999-09-14 01:52	57° 33' 46" N 13° 37' 53" W
1071281	1999-09-24 22:59	61° 28' 1" N 11° 12' 4" W
1071416	1999-09-27 01:20	61° 29' 13" N 9° 52' 18" W
1071428	1999-09-27 03:35	61° 25' 45" N 9° 59' 46" W
1071441	1999-09-27 08:33	61° 24' 31" N 10° 3' 36" W
1071613	1999-09-29 23:36	61° 17' 17" N 8° 16' 50" W
1071883	1999-09-22 17:14	61° 36' 8" N 15° 6' 44" W

Discrete samples

125 CTD frame plus rosette sampler

Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column
Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Silicate concentration parameters in the water column
Density of the water column
Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column
Raw suspended particulate material concentration sensor output
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies

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