WOCE cruise A23
The principal scientist is Karen Heywood (UEA Norwich) and the co-principal scientist is Brian King (IOS Wormley). In all 22 scientific personnel and 29 officers and crew took part in the cruise. The ship sailed from the Falkland Islands to the ice shelf on 16 degrees West via Punta Arenas. The ship then occupied deep stations every 10-60 km between Antarctica and Rio de Janeiro.
Measurements of temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, oxygen isotopes and nutrients were taken at all stations. Measurements of trace metals, iodine, CFCs, helium/tritium, chlorophyll and optical properties were taken at selected stations. Underway measurements of surface properties, near surface currents (by Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler), depth and meteorological parameters were taken continually. Additionally, ten ALACE floats and 84 XBTs were deployed at various locations.
Here are some model derived estimates of the temperature, salinity and velocity fields we observed which are taken from the Fine Resolution Antarctic Model.
During the cruise we issued regular bulletins describing our progress.
