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Aurora Australis 09AR9309_1
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |||||||||
Ship name (ship code) | Aurora Australis (09AR) | ||||||||
Cruise identifier | 09AR9309_1 | ||||||||
Cruise period | 1993-03-11 — 1993-04-03 | ||||||||
Status | Completed | ||||||||
Port of departure | Hobart, Australia | ||||||||
Port of return | Hobart, Australia | ||||||||
Objectives | Oceanographic measurements were conducted along WOCE Southern Ocean meridional sections SR3 and P11 between Tasmania and Antarctica. A total of 128 CTD vertical profile stations were taken, most to near bottom. Over 2500 Niskin bottle water samples were collected for the measurement of salinity, dissolved oxygen, nutrients (phosphate, nitrate+nitrite, and silicate), dissolved inorganic carbon, carbon isotopes, barium, and biological parameters, using 24 and 12 bottle rosette samplers. First leg of a 2 leg cruise. | ||||||||
Chief scientist | Stephen Rintoul (CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (Hobart)) | ||||||||
Project | WOCE | ||||||||
Cruise report | (1.59 MB) | ||||||||
Ocean/sea areas | |||||||||
General | Indian Ocean South West Pacific Ocean (limit 140W) | ||||||||
Track charts | (0.18 MB) | ||||||||
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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