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Aurora Australis 09AR9601_1
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |||||||||
Ship name (ship code) | Aurora Australis (09AR) | ||||||||
Cruise identifier | 09AR9601_1 | ||||||||
Cruise period | 1996-08-22 — 1996-09-22 | ||||||||
Status | Completed | ||||||||
Port of departure | Hobart, Australia | ||||||||
Port of return | Hobart, Australia | ||||||||
Objectives | Oceanographic measurements were conducted along WOCE Southern Ocean meridional section SR3 between Tasmania and Antarctica from August to September 1996. A total of 71 CTD vertical profile stations were taken, most to near bottom. Over 1500 Niskin bottle water samples were collected for the measurement of salinity, dissolved oxygen, nutrients (phosphate, nitrate+nitrite, silicate), dissolved inorganic carbon, alkalinity, carbon isotopes, primary productivity, and biological parameters, using a 24 bottle rosette sampler. | ||||||||
Chief scientist | Stephen Rintoul (CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (Hobart)) | ||||||||
Project | WOCE | ||||||||
Cruise report | (2.07 MB) | ||||||||
Ocean/sea areas | |||||||||
General | Indian Ocean South West Pacific Ocean (limit 140W) | ||||||||
Track charts | (0.31 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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