RV Thomas Washington 31WTTUNES_1
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |||||||||
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Thomas Washington (31WT) | ||||||||
| Cruise identifier | 31WTTUNES_1 | ||||||||
| Cruise period | 1991-05-31 — 1991-07-11 | ||||||||
| Status | Completed | ||||||||
| Port of departure | San Diego, United States | ||||||||
| Port of return | Papeete, French Polynesia | ||||||||
| Objectives | WOCE cruise (section designation P17C) . Sampling was done primarily with a 36-place (10 L bottle) rosette. Water samples were analysed for salinity, oxygen, silicate, phosphate, nitrate/ntirite on all stations. CFC-11, CFC-12, 3helium, tritium, AMS, 14C, alkalinity, and total dissolved inorganic carbon were measured on selected stations. Separate surface water samples were taken on some stations for analyses of 226Ra, 228Ra, and Ba. Additionally, a shipboard ADCP was continuously operated along the entire cruise track. | ||||||||
| Chief scientist | Mizuki Tsuchiya (Scripps Institution of Oceanography) | ||||||||
| Cruise report |  (2.76 MB) | ||||||||
| Ocean/sea areas | |||||||||
| General | North Pacific Ocean | ||||||||
| Track charts | (0.11 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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