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FS Poseidon PO129_1

Cruise plan

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)FS Poseidon (06PO)
Cruise identifierPO129_1
Cruise period1986-06-17 — 1986-07-11
StatusCompleted
Port of departurePonta Delgada, Portugal
Port of returnLisbon, Portugal
ObjectivesSea Rover measurements of thermohaline structure and currents in oceanic boundary layer. Working sections in the North Atlantic between the Azores and the Polar Front and the Azores and Lisbon. Measurement of physical and optical parameters in the water column using the IFM Sea Rover undulator and measurement of currents to 200m using a hull-mounted acoustic current profiler.
Chief scientistHarry Leach (Institute of Marine Sciences, Kiel)
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralNorth East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W)
Track chartsFS Poseidon PO129_1 cruise track — po129_1track.pdf (0.60 MB)