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RRS Discovery D41 Leg 1
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
Ship name (ship code) | RRS Discovery (74E3) |
Cruise identifier | D41 Leg 1 |
Cruise period | 1971-08-09 — 1971-08-19 |
Status | Completed |
Port of departure | Barry, United Kingdom |
Port of return | Lerwick, United Kingdom |
Purpose | Research |
Objectives | To enable four shelf-tide recorders and four Bergen current meters to be moored at special positions near the shelf edge between the islands of St Kilda and Foula, and to be recovered after at least 29 days of recording.
2 anchor stations 50 hours of current meter readings. Tide gauge sphere test |
Chief scientist | David E Cartwright (National Institute of Oceanography) |
Cruise report | (0.53 MB) |
Ocean/sea areas | |
General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
Track charts | (0.02 MB) |
Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
Current meters | Quantity: number of stations = 2 Description: anchor, 50 hour current meter recordings |
Current meters | Quantity: number of deployments = 4 Description: Bergen |
Sea level (inc. bot. press., inverted echosounder) | Quantity: number of deployments = 4 Description: shelf-tide grecorders |
Biology and fisheries | |
Gear research | Description: tide gauge sphere tests |