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RRS Discovery D17
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
Ship name (ship code) | RRS Discovery (74E3) |
Cruise identifier | D17 |
Cruise period | 1967-06-03 — 1967-07-08 |
Status | Completed |
Port of departure | Plymouth, United Kingdom |
Port of return | Plymouth, United Kingdom |
Purpose | Research |
Objectives | 1. Trials of Pop-up buoy systems
2. Current and hydrographic observations in Faeroe Bank Channel 3. Measurements of directional wave spectra using cloverleaf buoy 4. Stability and acoustic tests of model GLORIA |
Chief scientist | James Crease (National Institute of Oceanography) |
Cruise report | (0.32 MB) |
Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
Specific | N.E. Atlantic |
Track charts | (0.02 MB) |
Measurements | |
Meteorology | |
Incident radiation | |
Routine standard measurements | |
Geology and geophysics | |
Single-beam echosounding | Description: Precision echo sounder survey. |