A. Cruise Narrative

 1. Highligts AR-18

 a/b. Nordic WOCE Denmark Strait
      MRI-BS-14-1995.

 c.   Chief scientist : Svend-Aage Malmberg, MRI.
 
 d.   RV Bjarni Saeemundsson TFEA

 e.   Port of call : Reykjavik

 f.   Cruise dates : 950905 - 950914.

 2. Cruise summary information

 a. Denmark Strait area        (figur)

 b. Number of stations 73  CTD/ROSETTE stations 

 d. Moorings deployed and recovered

    type    identification    location        time  date

 recovered   ULS           6640 N  29 40 W  08:10  950908
 recovered   ULS+AA        6725 N  26 00 W  17:00  950912
 deployed    AA            6755 N  24 39 W  10:42  950911    
 deployed    AA            6808 N  25 15 W  15:52  950911    

 3. List of principal investigators

    Chief scientist     Svend-Aage Malmberg, MRI, email:svam@hafro.is
    Hedinn Valdimarsson    CTD/rosette     , MRI  email:hv@hafro.is
    Johannes Briem         Moorings        , MRI  email:briem@hafro.is
    Thor Jakobsson        Meteorol/sea-ice  , Icl.Met.off email:thor@vedur.is

    MRI- Marine Research Institute,
         PoBox 1390, 121 Reykjavik,Iceland.

    Icl.Met.off - Icelandic Meteorological Office,
                  Bustadavegi 9,  Rekjavik.

 4. Scientific program and methods

 a. Narrative.

    R/V Bjarni Saemundsson left Reykjavik Sept 5 for the waters in the Denmark Strait to cover for 
    hydrographic sections from coast to coast between Iceland and Greenland. At each
    hydrographic station a profile with a Seabird CTD was performed taking a water sample
    at a selected depth for salinity calibration. Hydro-Bios water bottles and 
    new IAPSO salinity bottles were used. Sample analysis were carried in a shore 
    laboratory after the cruise by a Guldline Autosal 8400A. 
    Two year long moorings with ULS and AA current meters were recovered and two 
    moorings with AA meters only were deployed. R/V Bjarni Saemundsson arrived to
    Reykjavik on Sept 14.

 5. Major Problems.
    
    No problems occurred the cruise was carried out as planned.

 7. List of cruise participants.

    Svend-Aage Malmberg, chief scientist, MRI.
    Hedinn Valdimarsson, ctd/rosette   ,  MRI.
    Johannes Briem, moorings,             MRI.
    Margret Johannsdottir   salinity      MRI.
    Steingrimur Jonsson, ctd/rosette      MRI.
    Magnus Danielsen,    ctd/rosette      MRI.
    Thor Jakobsson,    met/sea-ice    Icel.Met.Off.

B. Underway measurements

   5. Meteorological observations on stations and every 3 hours.
 
C. Hydrographic measurements.

   a. The CTD measurments were carried out by a Seabird 911plus, sensors 
      calibrated by the producer prior to the cruise.

   b. Salinity measurements were after sampling using Hydro-Bios water samples
      and new and clean sampling bottles carried out in a shore laboratory
      by a Guildline 8400A, standardised with IAPSO standard sea water-
      bath P124. The obtained data were used to calibrate the CTD
      conductivity data according to Seabirds application note 31, 
      using slope=1.000493 and offset=-0.000530.

D. Acknowledgements
   Funding sources were Icelandic national funds.

F. Deck logs, sampling rates etc.