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Cruise Summary Report

ICES Reference Number
Project Name
1997 34 002 0 0 1 1 Nordic WOCE/VEINS MAST III EC

Country Finland

Cruise Dates 05 Aug 1997 to 25 Sep 1997
Departure & Arrival Ports (Helsinki to Helsinki)

Location - (Marsden Squares and IHB International Hydrographic Bureau areas):-
MSQ 217;1 217;2 218;1 218;2 219;1 219;2 219;3 219;4 220;1 220;3 IHB05 IHB23 Denmark Strait Faroe-Shetland Channel Irminger Basin
(Cruise track chart has been supplied)

Operator Finnish Institute of Marine Research, (FIMR)

Ship Aranda (OIRY)

Cruise Designation & Objectives Cr. 12. 3 legs. Overflow across the Greenland-Scotland ridge Report

Chief Scientist(s) H Groenvall, Leg 1 & 2/J Launiainen, Leg 3

Contact Person(s) a R Hietala, FIMR
b J Girton, APL, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
c J Vainio, FIMR
d B Rudels, FIMR
e T Tanhua, Dept. of Analytical & Marine Chemistry, Univ. of Gothenburg

Station/Underway Observations
*D71 Current profiler (eg ADCP) Number of stations (or nm's etc.,).... 3500km
Contact Person(s) (see above for key). a
Other Information:
underway current profiling in upper using RDI ADCP VEINS

*D71 Current profiler (eg ADCP) Number of stations (or nm's etc.,).... 23drops
Contact Person(s) (see above for key). b
Other Information:
current & temperature profiling using Sippican XCP

*H09 Water bottle stations Number of stations (or nm's etc.,).... 168
Contact Person(s) (see above for key). e
Other Information:
General Oceanic Rosette sampler, 12 x 10l bottles, on upcasts VEINS

*H10 CTD stations Number of stations (or nm's etc.,).... 28
Contact Person(s) (see above for key). c
Other Information:
28 at ICES(ENQ603x) CTD data collected on upcast Deeps casts using NBIS CTD

*H10 CTD stations Number of stations (or nm's etc.,).... 152
Contact Person(s) (see above for key). d
Other Information:
152 at ICES(ENQ603F) Incl. 1 test station. Deep casts using SBE S11+ CTD VEINS

*H21 Oxygen Number of stations (or nm's etc.,).... 168
Contact Person(s) (see above for key). e
Other Information:
165 at ICES(ENQ603x) VEINS

*H22 Phosphate Number of stations (or nm's etc.,).... 168
Contact Person(s) (see above for key). e
Other Information:
165 at ICES VEINS

*H24 Nitrate Number of stations (or nm's etc.,).... 168
Contact Person(s) (see above for key). e
Other Information:
165 at ICES VEINS

*H26 Silicate Number of stations (or nm's etc.,).... 168
Contact Person(s) (see above for key). e
Other Information:
165 at ICES VEINS

*FR11GCTX (H73)Freon - 11 Number of stations (or nm's etc.,).... 168
Contact Person(s) (see above for key). e
Other Information:
164 at ICES H73 Freon-11

*FR12GCTX (H73)Freon - 12 Number of stations (or nm's etc.,).... 168
Contact Person(s) (see above for key). e
Other Information:
164 at ICES H73 Freon-12

*F113GCTX (H73)Freon - 113 Number of stations (or nm's etc.,).... 168
Contact Person(s) (see above for key). e
Other Information:
162 at ICES H73 Freon-113

*QCMXGCTX (H73)Tetrachloromethane(CCl4) Number of stations (or nm's etc.,).... 168
Contact Person(s) (see above for key). e
Other Information:
164 at ICES H73 Tetrachloromethane (CCl4)

*H73 Geochemical tracers (eg freons) Number of stations (or nm's etc.,).... 45
Contact Person(s) (see above for key). e
Other Information:
SF6 VEINS