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RRS James Clark Ross JR20021224 (JR81)

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)RRS James Clark Ross (74JC)
Cruise identifierJR20021224 (JR81)
Cruise period2002-12-14 — 2003-01-02
StatusCompleted
Port of departureRothera, Antarctica
Port of returnStanley, Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
PurposeResearch
ObjectivesOne of eight repeat hydrography section across Drake Passage, first established during the World Ocean Circulation Experiment. Thirty CTD/LADCP stations were carried out across the 753 km section from Elephant Island to Burdwood Bank, plus one test station at the Rothera Time Series (RaTS) site, just off Biscoe Wharf at Rothera. Maximum station spacing on the section was 33 km, with stations closer together on the continental shelves. Water samples were drawn for salinity analysis, for subsequent CTD conductivity calibration. Samples were also drawn for analysis of oxygen isotope fraction delta18O, for later analysis back at Southampton Oceanography Centre. The LADCP comprised a single downward-looking RD Instruments Workhorse ADCP. The CTD was a SeaBird 911plus with dual conductivity and temperature sensors. Various underway measurements included navigation, vessel-mounted ADCP, sea surface temperature and salinity, water depth and meteorological parameters.
Cruise report dates (commencing 18/12/2002) also encompass passage leg from Stanley to Rothera.
Chief scientistSheldon Bacon (Southampton Oceanography Centre)
ProjectDrake Passage repeats, WOCE Southern Repeat Section 1b
Cruise reportRRS James Clark Ross JR20021224 (JR81) cruise report jr81.pdf (9.56 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralSouth Atlantic Ocean
SpecificDrake Passage
Track chartsRRS James Clark Ross JR20021224 (JR81) cruise track — jr81trk.pdf (0.10 MB) 
Measurements 
Physical oceanography 
Surface measurements underway (T,S)Quantity: activity duration in days = 15
Description: Underway oceanographic measurement of temperature, conductivity and fluorescence
CTD stationsQuantity: number of stations = 32
Description: SeaBird 911plus with dual conductivity and temperature sensors
Current profiler (eg ADCP)Quantity: number of stations = 32
Description: LADCP comprised a single downward-looking RD instruments Workhorse ADCP
Meteorology 
Routine standard measurementsQuantity: activity duration in days = 15
Description: Underway meteorological measurement of air temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, total incident radiation and photosynthetically available radiation
Data held at BODC Get data
Series/Profiles 
32  CTD/STD cast
Vertical spatial coordinates
Temperature of the water column
Salinity of the water column
Density of the water column
Electrical conductivity of the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
Temperature of the water column
Salinity of the water column
Density of the water column
Electrical conductivity of the water column

BODC idDate/TimeLocationDoc.
7344342002-12-28 02:23  — 2002-12-28 03:22 60° 20' 2" S  55° 1' 53" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 734434
7345262002-12-29 21:54  — 2002-12-29 22:53 57° 43' 52" S  56° 38' 34" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 734526
7346802003-01-01 08:27  — 2003-01-01 08:39 54° 55' 20" S  58° 23' 3" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 734680
7343662002-12-27 11:36  — 2002-12-27 11:45 61° 2' 59" S  54° 35' 14" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 734366
7343782002-12-27 13:04  — 2002-12-27 13:16 60° 58' 51" S  54° 37' 48" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 734378
7344092002-12-27 16:53  — 2002-12-27 17:30 60° 49' 58" S  54° 43' 17" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 734409
7345632002-12-30 12:20  — 2002-12-30 13:18 56° 47' 8" S  57° 13' 36" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 734563
7345752002-12-30 16:43  — 2002-12-30 17:54 56° 27' 59" S  57° 25' 40" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 734575
7346062002-12-31 07:50  — 2002-12-31 09:04 55° 30' 59" S  58° 0' 58" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 734606
7346312002-12-31 20:52  — 2002-12-31 21:46 55° 10' 15" S  58° 13' 52" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 734631
7346552003-01-01 02:28  — 2003-01-01 03:04 55° 4' 10" S  58° 17' 37" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 734655
7343422002-12-21 13:15  — 2002-12-21 14:52 62° 46' 49" S  67° 2' 48" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 734342
7344102002-12-27 18:58  — 2002-12-27 19:47 60° 47' 57" S  54° 44' 32" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 734410
7344222002-12-27 22:04  — 2002-12-27 23:00 60° 40' 0" S  54° 49' 25" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 734422
7344712002-12-28 17:13  — 2002-12-28 18:49 59° 19' 59" S  55° 39' 2" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 734471
7344832002-12-28 22:12  — 2002-12-28 23:17 59° 0' 2" S  55° 51' 37" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 734483
7345022002-12-29 07:02  — 2002-12-29 08:09 58° 22' 0" S  56° 14' 59" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 734502
7345382002-12-30 02:12  — 2002-12-30 03:10 57° 25' 0" S  56° 50' 17" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 734538
7345872002-12-30 21:49  — 2002-12-30 22:46 56° 9' 1" S  57° 37' 27" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 734587
7345512002-12-30 07:12  — 2002-12-30 08:15 57° 5' 58" S  57° 1' 45" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 734551
7345142002-12-29 17:11  — 2002-12-29 18:18 58° 2' 58" S  56° 26' 48" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 734514
7345992002-12-31 02:06  — 2002-12-31 03:28 55° 50' 2" S  57° 49' 10" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 734599
7346792003-01-01 06:46  — 2003-01-01 07:08 54° 56' 38" S  58° 22' 19" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 734679
7346922003-01-01 12:26  — 2003-01-01 12:36 54° 39' 59" S  58° 32' 37" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 734692
7344462002-12-28 07:00  — 2002-12-28 08:04 59° 59' 59" S  55° 14' 16" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 734446
7344952002-12-29 02:35  — 2002-12-29 03:39 58° 40' 55" S  56° 3' 16" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 734495
7343542002-12-22 20:12  — 2002-12-22 20:20 67° 34' 55" S  68° 8' 6" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 734354
7343912002-12-27 14:49  — 2002-12-27 15:12 60° 51' 1" S  54° 42' 39" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 734391
7344582002-12-28 12:27  — 2002-12-28 13:34 59° 39' 58" S  55° 26' 43" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 734458
7346182002-12-31 12:41  — 2002-12-31 13:48 55° 12' 51" S  58° 12' 13" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 734618
7346432003-01-01 00:09  — 2003-01-01 00:53 55° 7' 16" S  58° 15' 42" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 734643
7346672003-01-01 04:59  — 2003-01-01 05:27 54° 57' 45" S  58° 21' 43" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 734667
Discrete samples 
32  CTD frame plus rosette sampler