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BIO Hesperides 29HE06
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |||||||||
Ship name (ship code) | BIO Hesperides (29HE) | ||||||||
Cruise identifier | 29HE06 | ||||||||
Cruise period | 1992-07-14 — 1992-08-16 | ||||||||
Status | Completed | ||||||||
Port of departure | Cadiz, Spain | ||||||||
Port of return | Miami, United States | ||||||||
Objectives | WOCE section A05
Water sampling included measurements of salinity (CTD and bottle sample), CTD and bottle sample Oxygen determination, CTD temperature, nutrients (silicate, nitrate, nitrite and phosphate), CFC, pH, alkalinity, CO2, particulate matter, chlorophyll pigments, C14, A1, ADCP. 118 CTD/rosette stations were occupied using a 24 sample bottle rosette. 6 test stations were made between Cadiz and Las Palmas, 101 on the A05 section and 11 on the Strait of Florida section. | ||||||||
Chief scientist | Gregorio Parrilla (Spanish Oceanography Institute, Madrid), Harry L Bryden (James Rennell Centre for Ocean Circulation) | ||||||||
Project | WOCE | ||||||||
Coordinating body | WOCE Hydrographic Office | ||||||||
Cruise report | (1.61 MB) | ||||||||
Ocean/sea areas | |||||||||
General | North West Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) | ||||||||
Track charts | (0.14 MB) | ||||||||
Measurements | |||||||||
Physical oceanography | |||||||||
Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Quantity: track kilometres = 6482 Description: Seabird thermosalinograph | ||||||||
Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 112 | ||||||||
CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 112 | ||||||||
Geochemical tracers (eg freons) | Quantity: number of samples = 9 Description: 71 samples for C-14 | ||||||||
Geochemical tracers (eg freons) | Quantity: 65 Description: Freon-11 | ||||||||
Geochemical tracers (eg freons) | Quantity: 65 Description: Freon-12 | ||||||||
Current profiler (eg ADCP) | Quantity: track kilometres = 6482 Description: ADCP | ||||||||
Chemical oceanography | |||||||||
Oxygen | Quantity: 112 | ||||||||
Carbon dioxide | Quantity: 112 | ||||||||
Phosphate | Quantity: 112 | ||||||||
Nitrate | Quantity: 112 | ||||||||
Nitrite | Quantity: 112 | ||||||||
Silicate | Quantity: 112 | ||||||||
Alkalinity | Quantity: 112 | ||||||||
pH | Quantity: 112 | ||||||||
Trace elements | Quantity: 70 Description: for Aluminium analysis | ||||||||
Other chemical oceanographic measurements | Quantity: number of samples = 450 Description: calcium | ||||||||
Biology and fisheries | |||||||||
Primary productivity | Quantity: number of samples = 99 | ||||||||
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: 112 | ||||||||
Meteorology | |||||||||
Routine standard measurements | Quantity: track kilometres = 6482 | ||||||||
Data held at BODC | Get data | ||||||||
Series/Profiles | |||||||||
1 Single-beam echosounder | Horizontal spatial co-ordinates Date and time Bathymetry and Elevation
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