Cruise Report, RV ATAIR, Cruise 0671021-1, Bremerhaven - Thyboron - Aberdeen, 18 Jul —- 10 Aug 2023 |

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Table or Contents

SUMMAarY «ss
ParticipantS....................
?urpose of the Cruise and Research ObjeCctiveS a... €
Narrative of the Cruise ee
Scientific Tools and MethodS .....
5.1 OVErVIEW are
5.2 CTD Sensor Unit and Water Sampler SetUP.........0 nn 11
Water Sampling with respect to SalinitY........... 13
Water Sampling with respect to DenSitY a... 10
Near-Realtime Processing of CTD Data esse 16
Post-Cruise Processing of CTD Data ...
Secchi Disc, Chlorophyll-a and Phytoplankton Sampling...................................... 24
Oceanographic Conditions in Summer 2028 0
Underway MeasurementS 0... Keen
7.1 Ship’s Meteorological Station ...............
7.2 Thermosalinograph and Fluororescence & Turbidity a. BB
7.3 Perfomance of the Vessel-Mounted Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler ................. 44
3. Data Availability and Sample Storage......................
I. Reference er
10. AcknowledgmentS...........0ee ee

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11. Station Liste 5R