1995/96 V4 details

General information

Season
1995/96
Voyage
V4
ACE CRC reference name
au9604

Cruise Name

BROKE - Baseline Research on Oceanography, Krill and the Environment

Voyage Classification

Marine Science

Ship

Aurora Australis


©AAD, Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 1997
Catalogue id
2439B3
Caption
Pumping fuel to Mirny
Photographer
McCormack, David (Dave)

Leader

Voyage Leader

Steve Nicol

Voyage Objectives

Marine Science

Voyage Reports

No reports known - if you know of any, please contact the Data Centre and we can add them.

Schedule

FromDepartToArrive
Hobart  2-Jan-1996  Port Arthur  3-Jan-1996 
Port Arthur  6-Jan-1996  Hobart  7-Jan-1996 
Hobart  11-Jan-1996  Hobart  19-Jan-1996 
Hobart  19-Jan-1996  Davis  28-Jan-1996 
Davis  28-Jan-1996  Casey  19-Feb-1996 
Casey  22-Feb-1996  Macquarie Island  28-Mar-1996 
Macquarie Island  28-Mar-1996  Hobart  31-Mar-1996 

See also List of sitreps - not guaranteed to work as voyage naming conventions are not consistent.

See the 1995/96 Voyage Schedule for other voyages for this season.

Voyage track

Spatial bounds of voyage

42° 53.2' S
75° 54.4' E 158° 59.4' E
70° 57.7' S

Voyage Track map from the Marine Underway database, averaged every 15 minutes

Voyage Data and Activities

Biological Collections

List of collections of species data collected on this voyage. Some collections are voyage specific or might be from a wider set of observations or samples.

Collection NameObservation countLink to data search form
Cetacean Sightings Survey and Southern Ocean cetacean program 191 Search
Electron Micrographs - Marine 27 Search
Historic krill sampling 66 Search
RMT Trawl catch from the 1995/96 V4 BROKE voyage 3068 Search
Seabirds of the Southern and South Indian Ocean 4663 Search
Squid collection from 1995/96 V4 BROKE 53 Search

Voyage activities

ActivityDetails
Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler 596 profiles - Link to data at Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler

Data from 20-Jan-1996 21:30 UT to 25-Mar-1996 07:30 UT

For data quality, methods used etc., see adcp - Aurora Australis Southern Ocean ADCP data at GCMD
CTD Bottle Data 147 Stations - Link to data at CTD Bottle Data

Data from 5-Jan-1996 06:04 UT to 25-Mar-1996 08:08 UT

For data quality, methods used etc., see au9604 - Aurora Australis Southern Ocean oceanographic data, cruise au9604 - BROKE at GCMD
CTD Cast Data 147 CTD casts to a maximum depth of 4302 metres - Link to data at CTD Cast Data

Data from 5-Jan-1996 06:04 UT to 25-Mar-1996 08:08 UT

For data quality, methods used etc., see au9604 - Aurora Australis Southern Ocean oceanographic data, cruise au9604 - BROKE at GCMD

Publications:- Rosenberg, M., Bray, S., Rintoul, S.R., Bindoff, N.L. and Bell, S. (1997) Aurora Australis Science Cruise AU9501, AU9604 and AU9601-Oceanographic field measurments and analysis, inter-cruise comparisons and data quality notes. Antarctic CRC Research Report 152pp. (View)
Fish catch 164 Trawls - Link to data at Fish catch

Data from 30-Jan-1996 09:20 UT to 22-Mar-1996 03:56 UT
Instantaneous Growth Rate Experiments 22 IGR Stations

Data from 29-Jan-1996 00:00 UT to 24-Mar-1996 00:00 UT

For data quality, methods used etc., see Krill_growth_rates - Experimental studies into growth and ageing of krill 1993-2003 at GCMD
Phytoplankton Samples 305 samples - Link to data at Phytoplankton Samples

Data from 30-Jan-1996 03:31 UT to 25-Mar-1996 08:08 UT

For data quality, methods used etc., see ASAC_40_BROKE - The role of Antarctic marine protists in trophodynamics and global change and the impact of UV-B on these organisms - BROKE Samples at GCMD
Underway Data & Voyage Tracks 619106 positions recorded. - Link to data at Underway Data & Voyage Tracks

Data from 19-Jan-1996 00:00 UT to 31-Mar-1996 01:55 UT

For data quality, methods used etc., see 199596040 - Aurora Australis Voyage 4 (BROKE) 1995-96 Underway Data at GCMD
Whale Survey Data 342 Sightings - Link to data at Whale Survey Data

Data from 19-Jan-1996 06:00 UT to 29-Mar-1996 21:22 UT

For data quality, methods used etc., see ASAC_915_2253 - Cetacean Sightings Survey and Southern Ocean cetacean program at GCMD
Wildlife at Sea observations Observed 45 species from 5139 observations. See Species and observation count - Link to data at Wildlife at Sea observations

Observers: Eric Woehler, Stephani Zador

Data from 19-Jan-1996 06:22 UT to 30-Mar-1996 04:46 UT

For data quality, methods used etc., see DB_WOV *** at GCMD

Weather

Science Projects

Note - this page lists projects where there has been some requirements logged. This may include requests that are not directly associated with any science performed on the ship.

Australian Antarctic Science Projects for voyage. Click on the project number to see Public details such as project metadata and Australian Antarctic Program publications.

7 Distribution, size and dissolution of Antarctic icebergs [observational]
40 The role of antarctic marine protists in trophodynamics and global change and the impact of UV-B on these organisms
59 ANARE mapping and geographic information program
124 Concentration and isotopic measurements of radiatively important gases in the southern atmosphere [observational]
527 Observatory operations (operational)
741 Sea ice thickness distribution in the Indian Ocean sector of the Southern Ocean
860 A hydroacoustic survey of Antarctic Krill populations in CCAMLR Division 58.4.1. and associated studies.
878 The distribution and composition of the acoustic scattering layers of the Southern Ocean, and their potential use for global climate monitoring
898 Impact of viscosity on tropic, behavioural and morphological adaptations of Antarctic plankton and the role of gelatinous plankton as predators in the Antarctic ecosystem
933 Bathymetric Profiling of the Antarctic Continental Margin