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RRS Discovery D41 Leg 3
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
Ship name (ship code) | RRS Discovery (74E3) |
Cruise identifier | D41 Leg 3 |
Cruise period | 1971-09-11 — 1971-09-18 |
Status | Completed |
Port of departure | Stornoway, United Kingdom |
Port of return | Stornoway, United Kingdom |
Purpose | Fisheries |
Objectives | To enable four shelf-tide recorders and four Bergen current meters to be recovered after at least 29 days of recording.
1 anchor station 50 hours of current meter readings. 2 bathythermography dips Tide gauge sphere tests Radio transmitter test |
Chief scientist | David E Cartwright (National Institute of Oceanography) |
Cruise report | (0.53 MB) |
Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
Track charts | (0.02 MB) |
Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
Bathythermograph | Quantity: number of measurements = 2 Description: dips |
Current meters | Quantity: number of stations = 1 Description: anchor station, 50 hour current meter readings |
Current meters | Quantity: number of recoveries = 4 Description: Bergen |
Sea level (inc. bot. press., inverted echosounder) | Quantity: number of recoveries = 4 Description: shelf-tide recorders |
Biology and fisheries | |
Gear research | Description: tide gauge sphere tests |
Gear research | Description: radio transmitter tests |