RRS Discovery D58
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RRS Discovery (74E3) |
| Cruise identifier | D58 |
| Cruise period | 1973-12-05 — 1973-12-15 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Barry, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Barry, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | The cruises were entirely devoted to an international exercise organised by SCOR/IAPSO/UNESCO working group no. 27 'tides of the open sea'. Most of the organisations in the world which use or have developed a pelagic sea bed pressure sensor were invited to compare their instruments in close proximity for a recording period of little more than a month. Since some were designed for oceanic depth and others for shelf depth, the testing area was chosen to be near a steep shelf edge, within easy reach of Brest. |
| Chief scientist | David E Cartwright (Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Bidston Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.42 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Bay of Biscay |
| Track charts | (0.02 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Other physical oceanographic measurements | Quantity: number of recoveries = 4 Description: NOAA, Snodgrass/Wimbush, (IOS) Wormley, (IOS) Bidston moorings sea bed pressure sensors; COB capsule and Canada moorings not found |
