RV Auriga Auriga01_1999
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Auriga (68AU) |
| Cruise identifier | Auriga01_1999 |
| Cruise period | 1999-01-14 — 1999-01-15 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Portimao, Portugal |
| Port of return | Faro, Portugal |
| Objectives | 1. To perform a site survey and find correct locations for depth-sensitive moorings.
2. To deploy four current meter moorings. 3. To deploy two PMP moorings. 4. To deploy the BLISS apparatus. 5. To deploy a Triaxys directional wave-buoy 6. To photograph the seabed at the ELISS site. |
| Chief scientist | John D Humphery (Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory) |
| Project | INDIA |
| Cruise report |  (15.37 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Core - soft bottom | Quantity: number of cores = 3 Description: seabed sampled obtained using a grab. |
| Bottom photography | Quantity: 25 |
| Moorings, landers, buoys | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Current meters | 36° 58' 59" N 8° 0' 23" W — Current meter deployed |
| Current meters | 36° 59' 35" N 8° 0' 5" W — Current meter deployed |
| Current meters | 36° 58' 17" N 7° 58' 11" W — Current meter deployed |
| Current meters | 36° 57' 36" N 7° 58' 35" W — Current meter deployed |
| Surface drifters/drifting buoys | 36° 57' 59" N 8° 0' 5" W — Directional wave-buoy deployed |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Bottom photography | 36° 58' 59" N 7° 59' 6" W — BLISS apparatus deployed |
