RRS Discovery D3_1
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RRS Discovery (74E3) |
| Cruise identifier | D3_1 |
| Cruise period | 1964-02-15 — 1964-03-04 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Plymouth, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aden, Yemen |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | To complete its part of the UK contribution to the International Indian Ocean Expedition, Discovery occupied 291 water sampling stations in the Indian Ocean in 154 days at sea. |
| Chief scientist | John C Swallow (National Institute of Oceanography) |
| Project | International Indian Ocean Expedition |
| Cruise report |  (0.63 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Indian Ocean Red Sea Gulf of Aden |
| Track charts | (0.68 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Quantity: number of samples = 1 Description: A number of samples were taken throughout the cruise. |
| Current meters | Quantity: number of samples = 1 Description: A number of current profiles were made throughout the cruise. |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Oxygen | Quantity: number of samples = 1 Description: A number of samples were taken throughout the cruise. |
| Phosphate | Quantity: number of samples = 1 Description: A number of samples were taken throughout the cruise. |
| Nitrate | Quantity: number of samples = 1 Description: A number of samples were taken throughout the cruise. |
| Silicate | Quantity: number of samples = 1 Description: A number of samples were taken throughout the cruise. |
