RV Thomas G. Thompson 3250TN026_1
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |||||||||
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Thomas G. Thompson (3250) | ||||||||
| Cruise identifier | 3250TN026_1 | ||||||||
| Cruise period | 1993-10-05 — 1993-11-10 | ||||||||
| Status | Completed | ||||||||
| Port of departure | Suva, Fiji | ||||||||
| Port of return | Yokohama, Japan | ||||||||
| Objectives | This WOCE cruise (section designationP10) occupied a hyrdographic section along 149 E from Papua, New Guinea to shelf of Japan near Yokohama as part of the onetime WHP survey of the Pacific Ocean. A CTD (36 place, 10 L rosette) was used on 94 stations with water sampling for salinity, oxygen, nutrients, CFC's, tritium/helium-3, alkalinity, TCO2, and radiocarbon. A lowered ADCP was used on over half of the stations. Underway measurements included pC02, ADCP, digital echo-sounding, thermosalinograph, and meterology. Twelve ALACE floats were deployed along the cruise track to the south of 20 N. | ||||||||
| Chief scientist | Melinda M Hall (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Department of Physical Oceanography), Terrence Michael Joyce (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Department of Physical Oceanography) | ||||||||
| Cruise report |  (0.94 MB) | ||||||||
| Ocean/sea areas | |||||||||
| General | North Pacific Ocean North West Pacific Ocean (limit 180W) South West Pacific Ocean (limit 140W) | ||||||||
| Track charts | (0.34 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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