RRS Discovery Cruise 298, 23 Aug-25 Sep 2005. Cape Farewell and Eirik Ridge (CFER-1)
RRS Discovery Cruise 298, 23 Aug-25 Sep 2005. Cape Farewell and Eirik Ridge (CFER-1)
This report describes scientific activities during RRS Discovery cruise 298 in the vicinity of Cape Farewell, southern Greenland, during early autumn 2005. A Deep Western Boundary Current array of seven moorings was deployed, and two IFREMER moorings were recovered, serviced and redeployed; also, a WHOI mooring was recovered. Hydrographic work comprised an area survey of 63 CTD/LADCP stations; up to 24 water samples were captured on each station for the measurement of salinity, dissolved oxygen, nutrients, CFCs (CFC-11, CFC-12, CFC-113 and CCl4), and oxygen isotope fraction (?18O). Continuous underway measurements comprised: navigation; currents, using ship-mounted ADCPs (75 and 150 kHz); meteorology; sea surface temperature and salinity; 3.5 kHz sub-bottom sediment profiling; and bathymetry. Three sediment cores were obtained. Six floats / drifters were launched. D298 (CFER-1) is a part of the project “Cape Farewell and Eirik Ridge: Interannual to Millennial Thermohaline Circulation Variability”, funded by the UK Natural Environment Research Council as part of its “Rapid Climate Change” Directed Research Programme.
ADCP, Atlantic Ocean, Cape Farewell, CFC, cruise D298 2005, CTD, deep western boundary
current, Discovery, dissolved oxygen, Eirik Ridge, Lowered ADCP, meteorology, moorings, nutrients, oxygen isotopes, sediment cores, shipboard ADCP, sub-bottom profiler
National Oceanography Centre
Bacon, S.
1e7aa6e3-4fb4-4230-8ba7-90837304a9a7
2006
Bacon, S.
1e7aa6e3-4fb4-4230-8ba7-90837304a9a7
Bacon, S.
(2006)
RRS Discovery Cruise 298, 23 Aug-25 Sep 2005. Cape Farewell and Eirik Ridge (CFER-1)
(National Oceanography Centre Southampton Cruise Report, 10)
Southampton, UK.
National Oceanography Centre
113pp.
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This report describes scientific activities during RRS Discovery cruise 298 in the vicinity of Cape Farewell, southern Greenland, during early autumn 2005. A Deep Western Boundary Current array of seven moorings was deployed, and two IFREMER moorings were recovered, serviced and redeployed; also, a WHOI mooring was recovered. Hydrographic work comprised an area survey of 63 CTD/LADCP stations; up to 24 water samples were captured on each station for the measurement of salinity, dissolved oxygen, nutrients, CFCs (CFC-11, CFC-12, CFC-113 and CCl4), and oxygen isotope fraction (?18O). Continuous underway measurements comprised: navigation; currents, using ship-mounted ADCPs (75 and 150 kHz); meteorology; sea surface temperature and salinity; 3.5 kHz sub-bottom sediment profiling; and bathymetry. Three sediment cores were obtained. Six floats / drifters were launched. D298 (CFER-1) is a part of the project “Cape Farewell and Eirik Ridge: Interannual to Millennial Thermohaline Circulation Variability”, funded by the UK Natural Environment Research Council as part of its “Rapid Climate Change” Directed Research Programme.
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Published date: 2006
Keywords:
ADCP, Atlantic Ocean, Cape Farewell, CFC, cruise D298 2005, CTD, deep western boundary
current, Discovery, dissolved oxygen, Eirik Ridge, Lowered ADCP, meteorology, moorings, nutrients, oxygen isotopes, sediment cores, shipboard ADCP, sub-bottom profiler
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