RV Ronald H. Brown Cruise RB0901, 15 Apr-06 May 2009. RAPID Mooring Cruise Report
RV Ronald H. Brown Cruise RB0901, 15 Apr-06 May 2009. RAPID Mooring Cruise Report
This report describes the mooring operations conducted during RV Ronald H. Brown cruise
RB0901 between 15 April and 5 May 2009.
These mooring operations were completed as part of the United Kingdom Natural Environment
Research Council (NERC) funded RAPID-WATCH Programme to monitor the Atlantic
Meridional Overturning Circulation at 26.5°N. The primary purpose on this cruise for the UK
team was to service the RAPID Western Boundary moorings while the US team worked on the
Western Boundary Time Series project.
Cruise RB0901 was from Charleston, South Carolina to Charleston, South Carolina and
covered the Western Boundary moorings deployed on cruises SJ08 and RB0701. This cruise
was the seventh annual refurbishment of the Western Boundary section of an array of moorings
deployed across the Atlantic in order to continuously observe the Atlantic Meridional
Overturning Circulation (MOC). This array will be further refined and refurbished during
subsequent years.
The instruments deployed on the array consist of a variety of current meters, bottom pressure
recorders, and CTD loggers, which, combined with time series measurements of the Florida
Channel Current and wind stress estimates, will be used to determine the strength and structure
of the MOC at 26.5°N.
(http://www.noc.soton.ac.uk/rapid)
26.5°N, Atlantic Ocean, bottom pressure recorder, BPR, cruise RB0901 2009, CTD, current meter, meridional overturning circulation, MicroCAT, MOC, mooring array, moorings, North Atlantic, RAPID, RAPIDMOC, RAPID-WATCH, Ronald H.
Brown, THC, thermohaline circulation, Western Boundary
National Oceanography Centre
Rayner, D.
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Wright, P.G.
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December 2009
Rayner, D.
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Wright, P.G.
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Rayner, D.
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Wright, P.G.
(ed.)
(2009)
RV Ronald H. Brown Cruise RB0901, 15 Apr-06 May 2009. RAPID Mooring Cruise Report
(National Oceanography Centre Southampton Cruise Report, 40)
Southampton, UK.
National Oceanography Centre
121pp.
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Abstract
This report describes the mooring operations conducted during RV Ronald H. Brown cruise
RB0901 between 15 April and 5 May 2009.
These mooring operations were completed as part of the United Kingdom Natural Environment
Research Council (NERC) funded RAPID-WATCH Programme to monitor the Atlantic
Meridional Overturning Circulation at 26.5°N. The primary purpose on this cruise for the UK
team was to service the RAPID Western Boundary moorings while the US team worked on the
Western Boundary Time Series project.
Cruise RB0901 was from Charleston, South Carolina to Charleston, South Carolina and
covered the Western Boundary moorings deployed on cruises SJ08 and RB0701. This cruise
was the seventh annual refurbishment of the Western Boundary section of an array of moorings
deployed across the Atlantic in order to continuously observe the Atlantic Meridional
Overturning Circulation (MOC). This array will be further refined and refurbished during
subsequent years.
The instruments deployed on the array consist of a variety of current meters, bottom pressure
recorders, and CTD loggers, which, combined with time series measurements of the Florida
Channel Current and wind stress estimates, will be used to determine the strength and structure
of the MOC at 26.5°N.
(http://www.noc.soton.ac.uk/rapid)
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Published date: December 2009
Keywords:
26.5°N, Atlantic Ocean, bottom pressure recorder, BPR, cruise RB0901 2009, CTD, current meter, meridional overturning circulation, MicroCAT, MOC, mooring array, moorings, North Atlantic, RAPID, RAPIDMOC, RAPID-WATCH, Ronald H.
Brown, THC, thermohaline circulation, Western Boundary
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Date deposited: 21 Jan 2010
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Author:
D. Rayner
Editor:
P.G. Wright
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