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CRUISE SUMMARY

SHIP: R/V URANIA
START: 2005-04-12 PORT: CIVITAVECCHIA
END: 2005-04-22 PORT: LIVORNO
SEA/OCEAN: Mediterranean Sea/Thyrrhenian Sea, Ligurian Sea
LIMITS: NORTH 44:00.0 SOUTH: 41:45.0 WEST: 08:00.0 EAST: 12:00.0
OBJECTIVE: OCEANOGRAPHICAL INVESTIGATIONS IN THE N.THYRRHENIAN AND LIGURIAN SEA
COORDINATING BODIES: ISMAR-CNR LA SPEZIA (ITALY)
PARTICIPATING BODIES: CNR,ENEA,UNIVERSITY SIENA AND GENOVA
CHIEF OF EXPEDITION: Mireno Borghini(ISMAR-CNR)
CONTACT: mireno.borghini@ismar.cnr
DISCIPLINES: OCEANOGRAPHY, WATER SAMPLING, MORPHOBATHYMETRY,
WORK DONE: 54 CTD CASTS/ROSETTE SAMPLES,
2 MOORING RECOVERY/DEPLOYMENT BUOY SERVICING
7 BIO-OPTICAL STATIONS, WATER RADIANCE,
550 KM$^2$ SURVEY MULTIBEAM, 100 KM SBP,
ADCP, METEO, SURFACE TEMPERATURE/SALINITY

LOCALIZATION: figure

Figure 3: Ship tracks during Cruise MFSTEP2. The blue line is the trajectory of one of the Vaisala radiosonde launches.
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Figure 4: Sample locations during Cruise MFSTEP2. Red circles are CTD/Caroussel Stations, green circles are the Instrumental moorings, blue circles are the bio-optical stations. The blue squares are the Vaisala Radiosonde launches.
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Figure 5: Meteorological data during Cruise MFSTEP2
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2005-11-04