AMT5

14 September 1997 - 17 October 1997

UK - Port Stanley

The AMT5 cruise took place between 14 September and 17 October 1997 when the RRS James Clark Ross sailed from the UK to the Falkland Islands. The principal scientist was Jim Aiken from the Plymouth Marine Laboratory.

AMT5 was designated the SeaWiFS Atlantic Characterisation Experiment (SeaACE) and was the only major research cruise involved in the validation of SeaWiFS data during the first 100 days of operations. This involved the near-real time reporting of in situ light and pigment observations to the SeaWiFS project, so the performance of the satellite sensor could be determined.

Personnel

Name	Institute
Aiken, Jim	Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UK
Barciela-Fernandez, Rosa	Universidad de Vigo, Spain
Berthon, Jean-François	JRC, Italy
Cummings, Denise	Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UK
de Vargas, Colomban	Universite de Geneve, Switzerland
Dempsey, Cyril	Satlantic Inc., Canada
Donlon, Craig	JRC, Italy
Gibb, Stuart	Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UK
Gonzalez-Benitez, Natalia	Universidad de Oviedo, Spain
Hooker, Stan	NASA Goddard Space Flight Centre, USA
Huskin, Ignacio	Universidad de Oviedo, Spain
Law, Cliff	Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UK
McKee, Conor	University of East Anglia, UK
Quevedo, Mario	Universidad de Oviedo, Spain
Rees, Nigel	Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UK
Suggett, David	Southampton Oceanography Centre, UK
Wood, Peter	University of Strathclyde, UK
Woodd-Walker, Rachel	Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UK
Woodward, Malcolm	Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UK
Woolfenden, James	Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UK