RV Cape Hatteras KZ1204
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Cape Hatteras (32KZ) |
| Cruise identifier | KZ1204 |
| Cruise period | 2004-09-04 — 2004-09-12 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Woods Hole, United States |
| Port of return | Woods Hole, United States |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | The measurements were made as a contribution to the U.S. Clivar / U.K. RAPID study of interannual variability of the North Atlantic Ocean's meridional overturning circulation. Along Station W, a measurement line running from the shelf break south of Woods Hole towards Bermuda below a Jason altimeter satellite track the objectives were:
1. To occupy a hydrographic section (24 full depth CTD stations). 2. To deploy a Spray Glider at Station 22 for another WHOI project, piggybacking on the cruise. |
| Chief scientist | Terrence Michael Joyce (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Department of Physical Oceanography) |
| Cruise report |  (0.21 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North West Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | Station W in the North Atlantic, running from shelf break south of Woods Hole towards Bermuda |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 24 Description: CTD/LADCP |
| CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 24 Description: CTD/LADCP |
| Current profiler (eg ADCP) | Quantity: number of stations = 24 Description: CTD/LADCP |
| Other physical oceanographic measurements | Quantity: 1 Description: Spray Glider deployment |
| Data held at BODC | |
| Discrete samples | |
| 24 CTD frame plus rosette sampler |
