1980 - National Institute of Oceanography
1980 - National Institute of Oceanography
1980 - National Institute of Oceanography
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Oceanographic Cruises<br />
Research vessel Gaveshani<br />
Of the 19 cruises carried out during the year by R.V. Gaveshani. 11 were in<br />
the Arabian Sea and 8 in the Bay <strong>of</strong> Bengal. Oceanographic data from 645 stations<br />
were collected during these cruises. Besides this, surveys <strong>of</strong> the pipeline routes from<br />
Bassein to Bombay High and Direction Bank and in the estuarine regions <strong>of</strong> the<br />
rivers Hooghly and Mahanadi for fixing the position <strong>of</strong> the drilling rig "Chancellors<br />
Ville" <strong>of</strong> Oil India Ltd., were also carried out.<br />
Shipboard facilities on Gaveshani were also availed by a large number <strong>of</strong><br />
scientists from other organizations such as the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre<br />
(BARC,.<strong>Institute</strong> <strong>of</strong> Petroleum Exploration (IPE), Geological Survey <strong>of</strong> India (GSI),<br />
Oil and Natural Gas Commission (ONGC), Oil India Limited (OIL), <strong>National</strong> Geophysical<br />
Research <strong>Institute</strong> (NGRI), Tata <strong>Institute</strong> <strong>of</strong> Fundamental Research (TIFR).<br />
<strong>National</strong> Physical Oceanographic Laboratory (NPOL), Space Applications Centre<br />
(SAC) and India Meteorological Department (IMD).<br />
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