RRS Charles Darwin CD163/164b
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RRS Charles Darwin (74AB) |
| Cruise identifier | CD163/164b |
| Cruise period | 2004-09-23 — 2004-10-11 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Reykjavík, Iceland |
| Port of return | Glasgow, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | RRS CHARLES DARWIN cruise CD163/164b was carried out jointly by the Institut fuer Meereskunde at the Centre for Marine and Atmospheric Sciences of the University of Hamburg and the Kongelijk Nederlands Instituut voor Onderzoek der Zee with participation of the Finnish Institute for Marine Research, Helsinki, the Lowestoft Laboratory of CEFAS, the Geophysical Department of the University of Copenhagen, and the School of Environmental Science of the University of East Anglia, Norwich. The measurements contributed to three projects:
- the Arctic Subarctic Ocean Flux (ASOF-W) study, funded by the European Union - the Long-term Ocean Climate Observation (LOCO) project, funded by the Dutch National Science Foundation NOW - the UK funded Rapid Climate Change (RAPID), a programme of the Natural Environment Research Council The main objective of the cruise was to recover and deploy self contained current meter and hydrographic moorings for the above projects. In addition, ten CTD profiles were acquired at selected locations and underway measurements of meteorological and near surface ocean parameters were made, using the ship board observing system. |
| Chief scientist | Detlef Quadfasel (University of Hamburg Oceanography Institute) |
| Project | ASOF - LOCO - RAPID |
| Coordinating body | EU - NWO - NERC |
| Cruise report |  (1.12 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Atlantic Ocean |
| Specific | North Atlantic, East Greenland shelf and slope, Denmark Strait |
| Track charts | (0.15 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Quantity: track kilometres = 3704 Description: Surface TS optical |
| CTD stations | Quantity: number of profiles = 10 Description: CTD-02 casts plus lowered ADCP |
| Current profiler (eg ADCP) | Quantity: track kilometres = 3704 Description: ADCP |
| Meteorology | |
| Routine standard measurements | Quantity: track kilometres = 3704 Description: Routine meteorological obs. |
| Moorings, landers, buoys | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Geochemical tracers (eg freons) | 63° 28' 0" N 36° 19' 59" W — Water sampling mooring |
| Current meters | 63° 34' 59" N 36° 38' 59" W — Deployed, Current meters and CTD mooring |
| Current meters | 63° 28' 59" N 36° 17' 59" W — Recovered, current meters and CTD mooring |
| Current meters | 63° 22' 0" N 36° 4' 0" W — Recovered, current meters and CTD mooring |
| Current meters | 63° 16' 59" N 35° 52' 0" W — Recovered, current meters and CTD mooring |
| Current meters | 62° 46' 0" N 34° 58' 0" W — Recovered, current meters and CTD mooring |
| Current meters | 63° 7' 0" N 35° 32' 59" W — Recovered, current meters and CTD mooring |
| Current meters | 63° 0' 0" N 40° 32' 59" W — Recovered, current meters and CTD mooring |
| Current meters | 59° 25' 59" N 39° 0' 0" W — Recovered, current meters and CTD mooring |
| Current meters | 59° 13' 59" N 36° 23' 59" W — Recovered, current meters and CTD mooring |
| Current meters | 59° 8' 59" N 35° 31' 59" W — Recovered, current meters and CTD mooring |
| Current meters | 59° 0' 0" N 33° 55' 59" W — Recovered, current meters and CTD mooring |
| Current meters | 58° 52' 59" N 32° 47' 59" W — Recovered, current meters and CTD mooring |
| Current meters | 58° 49' 0" N 32° 0' 0" W — Recovered, current meters and CTD mooring |
| Current meters | 62° 46' 0" N 34° 58' 0" W — Deployed, Current meters and CTD mooring |
| Current meters | 63° 7' 0" N 35° 32' 59" W — Deployed, Current meters and CTD mooring |
| Current meters | 63° 40' 59" N 37° 0' 0" W — Deployed, Current meters and CTD mooring |
| Current meters | 63° 28' 59" N 36° 17' 59" W — Deployed, Current meters and CTD mooring |
| Current meters | 63° 22' 0" N 36° 4' 0" W — Deployed, Current meters and CTD mooring |
| Current meters | 63° 0' 0" N 40° 32' 59" W — Deployed, Current meters and CTD mooring |
| Current meters | 63° 7' 0" N 40° 47' 59" W — Deployed, Current meter mooring |
| Current meters | 59° 12' 0" N 39° 38' 59" W — Deployed, Current meters and CTD mooring |
| Current meters | 59° 15' 0" N 36° 23' 59" W — Deployed, Current meters and CTD mooring |
| Current meters | 63° 32' 59" N 36° 31' 0" W — Recovered, current meters and CTD mooring |
| Current meters | 59° 21' 0" N 38° 52' 0" W — Recovered, current meters and CTD mooring |
| Current meters | 63° 8' 59" N 40° 49' 59" W — Deployed, Current meters and CTD mooring |
| Current meters | 59° 15' 0" N 39° 38' 59" W — Deployed, sediment trap and CTD mooring |
| Current meters | 63° 40' 59" N 37° 1' 0" W — Recovered, current meters and CTD mooring |
| Current meters | 63° 16' 59" N 35° 52' 0" W — Deployed, Current meters and CTD mooring |
