AMT8

25 April 1999 - 07 June 1999

Port Stanley - UK

The AMT8 cruise took place between 25 April and 7 June 1999 when the RRS James Clark Ross sailed from the Falkland Islands to the UK, via Ascension Island. The principal scientist was Nigel Rees from the Plymouth Marine Laboratory.

The cruise was divided into three legs: Stanley-Montevideo, Montevideo-Ascension and Ascension-UK, each with different scientific objectives and activities.

On leg 1 the sampling strategy was tailored to investigate the structure of eddy systems within the Brazil/Falklands confluence.

The NASA optics team joined the cruise in Montevideo which resulted in the sampling strategy on legs 2 and 3 focusing on the acquisition of optical measurements and concurrent data on phytoplankton pigments and species, zooplankton, hydrographic properties, biogases and nutrients.

Personnel

Name	Institute
Bonzon, Muriel	Universite de Geneve, Switzerland
Boswell, Steve	Southampton Oceanography Centre, UK
Creamer, Tony	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA
Dransfield, Leonie	Southampton Oceanography Centre, UK
Gallienne, Chris	Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UK
Hooker, Stan	NASA Goddard Space Flight Centre, USA
Jamerson, Greg	Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UK
Lazin, Gordana	Dalhousie University, Canada
Poulton, Alex	Southampton Oceanography Centre, UK
Rees, Nigel	Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UK
Tyrell, Toby	Southampton Oceanography Centre, UK
Westbrook, Guy	Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UK
Wright, Adrian	Southampton Oceanography Centre, UK
Woodd-Walker, Rachel	Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UK