Abstract
This cruise report details the scientific programme for the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) led by Professor Stuart Cunningham on RSS Discovery DY053. This cruise is a contribution to the International Overturning in the Subpolar North Atlantic Programme (OSNAP). Two additional scientific teams (from Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution / Ocean University of China) participated in this cruise. SAMS objectives were to recover and redeploy moorings in the Rockall Trough, measuring temperature, salinity, currents and bottom pressure and; recover Seaglider SG605 ‘’Bowmore’’ in the Hatton-Rockall Basin.
The OSNAP array deployed since July 2014 is purposefully designed to provide a continuous record of the full-water column, trans-basin fluxes of heat, mass and freshwater in the subpolar North Atlantic, on a section from Newfoundland to Greenland to Scotland.
The OSNAP array deployed since July 2014 is purposefully designed to provide a continuous record of the full-water column, trans-basin fluxes of heat, mass and freshwater in the subpolar North Atlantic, on a section from Newfoundland to Greenland to Scotland.
Original language | English |
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Publisher | SAMS |
Number of pages | 123 |
Publication status | Published - 2016 |
Publication series
Name | SAMS Internal reports |
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No. | 293 |
Keywords
- Atlantic Ocean
- North Atlantic
- North Atlantic Current
- Subpolar gyre
- Meridional overturning circulation
- MOC
- AMOC
- Bottom pressure recorder
- BPR
- Cruise DY053
- CTD
- Current meter
- MicroCat
- Mooring array
- Moorings
- Thermohaline circulation
- Glider
- Seaglider
- OSNAP
- UK-OSNAP
- Rockall Plateau
- Rockall-Hatton Plateau
- Rockall Trough
- Reykjanes Ridge
- Iceland Basin
- Mid-Atlantic Ridge
- Irminger Basin