Table 1 Information about the sections in the World Ocean (see Fig. 1) studied in this
contribution
Section
R/V
Dates
Measurement
durations
(days)
Number
of
stations
Typical distance
between stations in
the open sea (miles)
Drake_2003 RV
“Akademik
Sergey
Vavilov”
11–
15.12.2003
5
2 5
2 0
Drake_2007 RV
“Akademik
Ioffe”
13–
19.11.2007
9
5 3
1 0
Drake_2010
Jan
RV
“Akademik
Ioffe”
02–
10.01.2010
9
5 4
1 0
Drake_2010
Oct
RV
“Akademik
Sergey
Vavilov”
05–
12.11.2010
8
4 7
1 0
Drake_2011 RV
“Akademik
Ioffe”
28.10–
04.11.2011
8
4 5
1 0
A21 1999
RRS “James
Clark Ross”
18–
26.03.1999
9
4 3
1 5
SR01 1993
RRS “James
Clark Ross”
21–
26.11.1993
5
3 0
2 0
SR01 1994
RRS “James
Clark Ross”
16–
21.11.1994
6
2 7
2 0
SR01 1996
RRS “James
Clark Ross”
15–
20.11.1996
6
2 9
2 0
SR01 1998
RRS “James
Clark Ross”
30.12.1997–
07.01.1998
9
5 0
1 0
SR01 2013
RRS “James
Clark Ross”
19–
27.03.2013
8
3 0
2 0
SR01 2015
RRS “James
Clark Ross”
13–
18.03.2015
5
3 0
2 0
SR01 2016
RRS “James
Clark Ross”
06–
11.01.2016
6
2 8
2 0
SR02 2001
RV
“PolarStern”
20.12.2000–
11.01.2001
22
64
30–60
I06 2008
RV “Roger
Revelle”
05.02–
08.03.2008
32
92
30
I09 1995
RV “Knorr” 01–
18.01.1995
17
61
30
I09 2004
RV “Aurora
Australis”
24.12.2004–
15.01.2005
22
68
30
I09 2012
RV “Aurora
Australis”
20.01–
10.02.2012
21
70
30
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