R/V BILIM LEG-2 Cruise
Duration of the cruise: 22 Sept.-30 Sept. 1999
This joint research programme in the Black Sea is also scientifically relevant and parallel to the recently proposed NATO Project entitled as The Black Sea Ecosystem Processes, Prediction and Operational Data Managements. This Project involves the scientific research needed to lay the foundations for a permanent observations and prediction system for the Black Sea.
The research pertinent to the collaborative activities between Harvard University and METU-Institute of Marine Sciences started on January 1, 1998 and the third and last field work conducted aboard R/V Bilim (METU-IMS) in September 1999. The 2nd Leg started on 22 September 1999 and ended on 30 September 1999. Three long stations (one in the Sakarya canyon region, one in the western side of Sinop, in the Rim Current and one in the eastern gyre) were visited during this leg. These stations are marked with filled circles on scheme. The station(s) planned in the western Black Sea could not be visited due to the very harsh weather conditions. R/V Bilim returned to the Bosphorus and she waited for the opportunity of good weather till 3 October 1999 and then the 2nd Leg was terminated. R/V Bilim visited 6 different stations for short periods during this Leg. One extra station was performed in the western deep basin during the 3rd Leg. Location of the stations for the R/V Bilim LEG-2 Cruise
The general information on the stations (Bridge Protocol)
Date | Arrival
Departure |
Location | Coordinates | Station* | Total Depth(m) | Air Pres. | Air Temp. | Wind Speed (knot) | Wind Direction | Notes |
23.09.1999-24.09.1999 | 05:55 23:30 | W.Black Sea (Off Sakarya) |
41° 31' N 30° 59' E |
L31M59 | 1450 | 1024.2 | 22 | 10 | NE | |
25.09.1999 | 22:50 23:09 | E.Black Sea (E. Cyclone) | 42° 33' N 35° 45' E |
M33S45 | 2000 | 1025.3 | 20 | - | - | (Only CTD) |
26.09.1999 | 01:30 01:52 | E.Black Sea (E. Cyclone) | 42° 39' N 36° 15' E |
M39T15 | 1850 | 1025.1 | 20 | - | - | (Only CTD) |
26.09.1999-27.09.1999 | 04:23 21:00 | E.Black Sea (E.Cyclone) | 42° 45' N 36° 45' E |
M45T45 | 2100 | 1025.7 | 20 | - | - | |
28.09.1999 | 06:45 07:02 | E. of Sinop | 42° 01' N 35° 15' E |
M01S15 | 70 | 1019.8 | 24 | 15 | SE | (Time Series) |
28.09.1999 | 07:40 08:10 | E. of Sinop | 42° 05.8' N 35° 13.8' E |
M05.8S13.8 | 250 | 1020 | 26 | - | - | (Time Series) |
28.09.1999-29.09.1999 | 10:38 00:25 | W. of Sinop | 42° 15' N 34° 45' E |
M15R45 | 400 | 1018.4 | 30 | 17 | SE | |
29.09.1999 | 19:08 19:16 | Off Sakarya | 41° 45' N 31° 00' E |
L45N00 | 1550 | 1014.4 | 22 | - | - | (Only N2 Fix) |
30.09.1999 | 04:40 08:50 | W. Black Sea | 41° 34' N 29° 12' E |
L34L12 | 650 | 1017.6 | 22 | 12 | N | (Cancelled) |
30.09.1999 | 08:50 08:55 | W. Black Sea | 41° 22.6' N 29° 08.75' E |
L22.6L08.75 | - | 1018.9 | 25 | 16 | N | (Only N2 Fix) |
Stations written in BOLD character are the main long stations.
Cruise materials are available here.