RRS John Murray JM3/67 Leg 2
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RRS John Murray (74MJ) |
| Cruise identifier | JM3/67 Leg 2 |
| Cruise period | 1967-09-15 — 1967-10-02 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lisbon, Portugal |
| Port of return | Plymouth, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Two projects to be carried out:
1. An air-sea interaction investigation, involving a detailed study of temperature and salinity structure in the surface layer in relation to meteorological parameters. 2. An invesitgation of two Mediterranean water features: a) double peaks in temperature and salinity profiles; b) step-function changes in temperature and salinity at the lower boundary of Meditteranean water. |
| Chief scientist | Malcolm R Howe (University of Liverpool Department of Oceanography) |
| Cruise report |  (0.25 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Track charts | (0.03 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| CTD stations | Quantity: number of experiments = 2 Description: salinity-temperature-depth probe lowered 1500m every 3 hours to study any changes occuring in the layers; every hour probe lowered to 100m to study small scale surface layer changes |
| CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 3 Description: Hytech salinity-temperature-depth probe |
| Surface drifters/drifting buoys | Quantity: number of recoveries = 1 Description: marker buoy |
| Surface drifters/drifting buoys | Quantity: number of deployments = 1 Description: marker buoy deployed |
| Neutrally buoyant floats | Quantity: number of recoveries = 2 Description: floats |
| Neutrally buoyant floats | Quantity: number of deployments = 2 Description: floats |
| Other physical oceanographic measurements | Quantity: number of deployments = 2 Description: parachute drogue |
| Other physical oceanographic measurements | Quantity: number of recoveries = 2 Description: drogues |
| Other physical oceanographic measurements | Quantity: number of stations = 12 Description: locate and study stratified layers |
