Cruise Report, KNORR 8.

KNORR 8 was a single leg cruise leaving Woods Hole on 11 August and returning on 20 August 1970. The cruise was carried out by the Buoy Project of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Work consisted of the recovery of three current meter moorings at Site D (39 deg 10 min N, 70 deg 00 min W), th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gifford,James E.
Other Authors: WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION MASS
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1974
Subjects:
Physical and Dynamic Oceanography
*OCEAN CURRENTS
*MOORING BUOYS
*OCEANOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT
MAINTENANCE
CALIBRATION
NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
UNDERWATER EQUIPMENT
OCEANOGRAPHIC SHIPS
Knorr Vessel
North Atlantic
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA009838
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA009838
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Summary:KNORR 8 was a single leg cruise leaving Woods Hole on 11 August and returning on 20 August 1970. The cruise was carried out by the Buoy Project of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Work consisted of the recovery of three current meter moorings at Site D (39 deg 10 min N, 70 deg 00 min W), the deployment of six bottom moorings on the continental slope, and of two intermediate moorings north and south of the Gulf Stream, the recovery of a surface engineering test at Site L (34 deg N, 70 deg W), and the deployment of a new engineering surface mooring at Site L. Twenty-two CCTD's, three hydro stations, and three plankton tows were also taken.

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