RRS Challenger CH63_2
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ship name (ship code) | RRS Challenger (74CH) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cruise identifier | CH63_2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cruise period | 1990-03-12 — 1990-03-18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Status | Completed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Port of departure | Dunstaffnage, United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Port of return | Tórshavn, Faroe Islands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Objectives | 1. To collect large volume water samples and CTD profiles at standard positions between the Sound of Mull and the Shelf-edge.
2. To service the DML current meter mooring in the Tiree Passage. 3. To work the CTD stations of the Anton Dohrn Seamount section between the Shelf-edge and Rockall. 4. To deploy a current meter mooring to the west of the Wyville-Thomson Ridge. 5. To work CTD sections in the region between Faroe Bank and the Wyville-Thomson Ridge. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chief scientist | David J Ellett (Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cruise report |  (0.27 MB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ocean/sea areas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| General | North Sea Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Specific | Faroe-Shetland Channel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Measurements | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Physical oceanography | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Description: S only. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 5 Description: CTD profiles. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current meters | Description: Duration 4 months. 2 current meters deployed & 2 recovered | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chemical oceanography | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Radioactivity | Quantity: number of samples = 10 Description: Large volume water samples collected from surface for radiocaesium analysis. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data held at BODC | Get data | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 5 CTD/STD cast |
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