Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | RV Clione (74CN) |
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Cruise identifier | CLI13/73 |
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Cruise period | 1973-09-04 — 1973-09-21 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | 1. To service JONSIS stations A and B.
2. As part of the MAFF contribution to the Joint North Sea Data Acquisition Project (JONSDAP) to:-
(i) Lay 14 moored current meter stations in the Southern Bight.
(ii) Release 50 Woodhead sea bed drifters at each of the moored stations.
(iii) Take DRCM measurements over a 12.5 hour period alongside at least one of the moored stations.
(iv) Measure temperature, salinity and turbidity over the MAFF trace-metal grid and bring back to Lowestoft water samples for trace-metal analysis.
(v) Take part in a 4-ship DRCM exercise across the Straits of Dover.
(vi) Track the drift of a parachute drogue through a triangle of current meter stations laid by Dutch participants in JONSDAP. |
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Chief scientist | John W Ramster (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
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Project | JONSDAP |
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Cruise report | (0.38 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea |
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Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
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Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Quantity: number of stations = 48 Description: S only |
Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 48 |
Current meters | Quantity: number of deployments = 2 Description: 14 days |
Surface drifters/drifting buoys | Description: drogues |
Surface drifters/drifting buoys | Description: bottom |
Chemical oceanography | |
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Trace elements | Quantity: number of stations = 45 |
Meteorology | |
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Occasional standard measurements | |
Other meteorological measurements | Description: sea and swell |