North Atlantic (UK to Cape Farewell, Greenland)

Air pressure; Air temperature; Atmospheric humidity; Precipitation and evaporation; Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column; Wind strength and direction; Chlorofluorocarbon concentrations in the water column; Vertical velocity of the water column (currents); Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column; Salinity of the water column; Plankton abundance per unit volume of the water column; Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents); Stable isotopes in water bodies; Solar Radiation; Transmittance and attenuance of the water column; Silicate concentration parameters in the water column; Bathymetry and Elevation; Temperature of the water column

Meteorological packages; bathythermographs; thermosalinographs; single-beam echosounders; multi-beam echosounders; plankton nets; discrete water samplers; transmissometers; CTD; current profilers

This data set was collected on RRS Charles Darwin cruise 62 (CONVEX 91) as a contribution to WOCE core Project 3. The data set comprises high quality CTD, nutrient, dissolved oxygen, and CFC data between the UK and Cape Farewell, Greenland. These data were collected to investigate the distribution of water masses and to derive full depth circulation. Two approximately meridional sections were completed with linking sections on 20° W and 30° W. Two drifting buoys were deployed during the cruise.

National Oceanography Centre (Southampton)
University of Southampton Waterfront Campus European Way
Southampton
Hampshire
SO14 3ZH
United Kingdom