RRS Discovery D126P
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RRS Discovery (74E3) |
| Cruise identifier | D126P |
| Cruise period | 1982-03-17 — 1982-03-22 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Ponta Delgada, Portugal |
| Port of return | Barry, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Passage |
| Objectives | Passage from Azores to UK for repairs after mechanical failure. |
| Chief scientist | E Joanna Sharples (University of Liverpool Department of Oceanography) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Meteorology | |
| Atmospheric chemistry | Quantity: number of samples = 5 Description: daily atmospheric samples of filtered dust particles |
