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RV Prince Madog PD47/09
Cruise summary report
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| Ship name (ship code) | RV Prince Madog (74P2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Cruise identifier | PD47/09 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Cruise period | 2009-12-02 — 2009-12-03 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Status | Completed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Port of departure | Birkenhead, United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Port of return | Birkenhead, United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Purpose | Research | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Objectives | 1. At site A 53° 32'N, 3° 21.8'W (CTD station 1 and 9)
To recover: a) A sea bed frame containing a 600kHz ADCP (waves ADCP) to measure the mean current profile, pressures and directional waves; Sea-Bird SBE 16plus with pumped conductivity sensor, digiquartz pressure sensor and SeaPoint turbidity sensor with wiper; Sea-Bird 16plus with an Aanderra oxygen optode, and FSI CTD. b) CEFAS SmartBuoy in a single point mooring. Attached to the mooring wire are Sea-Bird MicroCat temperature, conductivity loggers at 5 and 10m below the surface and miniloggers at 7.5 and 15 m below the surface. To deploy: c) A sea bed frame containing a 600kHz ADCP (waves ADCP) to measure the mean current profile, pressures and directional waves; Sea-Bird SBE 16plus with pumped conductivity sensor, digiquartz pressure sensor and a SeaPoint turbidity sensor with wiper; Sea-Bird SBE 16plus with an Aanderra oxygen optode. d) CEFAS SmartBuoy in a single point mooring. Attached to the mooring wire are Sea-Bird MicroCat temperature, conductivity loggers at 5m and 10m below the surface and miniloggers at 7.5 and 15 m below the surface. e) Collect 10 vertical zooplankton net hauls (CEFAS). f) Carry out a Benthic survey for Lucy Abram (University of Liverpool) 2. At site B 53° 27'N, 3° 38.6'W (CTD station 21) To recover a) A sea bed frame for a 600 kHz ADCP (waves ADCP) to measure the mean current profile, pressures and directional waves. A Sea-Bird SBE 16plus with pumped conductivity sensor, digiquartz pressure sensor and a SeaPoint turbidity sensor fitted with a wiper. b) A CEFAS SmartBuoy in a single point mooring. Attached to the mooring wire are Sea-Bird MicroCat temperature, conductivity loggers at 5 and 10m below the surface and miniloggers at 7.5 and 15 m below the surface. AIS (Automatic Identification System), a collision avoidance system, attached to SmartBuoy. To deploy: c) A sea bed frame for a 600 kHz ADCP (waves ADCP) to measure the mean current profile, pressures and directional waves. A Sea-Bird SBE 16plus with pumped conductivity sensor, digiquartz pressure sensor and a SeaPoint turbidity sensor fitted with a wiper. d) A CEFAS SmartBuoy in a single point mooring. Attached to the mooring wire are Sea-Bird MicroCat temperature, conductivity loggers at 5m and 10m below the surface and miniloggers at 7.5 and 15 m below the surface. AIS (Automatic Identification System), a collision avoidance system, attached to SmartBuoy. 3. To conduct a CTD / LISST survey of 34 sites every 5 miles covering the eastern Irish Sea between the North Wales coast and Blackpool, and the Lancashire coast and the Great Orme, to determine the effects of the rivers Dee, Mersey and Ribble on Liverpool Bay. To obtain calibration samples for salinity, transmittance, suspended sediment and for chlorophyll at selected stations. To obtain near surface and bed water samples for nutrient (nitrate, phosphate, silicate) and suspended sediment determination. To obtain surface samples for a Defra pH study by David Hydes (NOCS). To obtain mid-depth water samples for trace metal analysis (on board for Arsenic III and Antimony III). 4. Collect sediment samples at each CTD site with a Day grab for Andy Plater (University of Liverpool). Collect sediment samples (to be sieved) for a benthic survey at sites 1 and 32 for Lucy Abram (University of Liverpool). | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Chief scientist | Jo Hopkins (Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Project | Coastal Observatory | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinating body | POL | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Cruise report |  (0.18 MB) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Ocean/sea areas | |||||||||||||||||||||
| General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Specific | Irish Sea/Liverpool Bay | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Track charts | (0.11 MB) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Data held at BODC | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Series/Profiles | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 CTD/STD cast | Raw suspended particulate material optical sensor output Density of the water column Visible waveband radiance and irradiance measurements in the water column Transmittance and attenuance of the water column Electrical conductivity of the water column Raw fluorometer output Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column Temperature of the water column Salinity of the water column Vertical spatial coordinates Raw suspended particulate material optical sensor output Density of the water column Visible waveband radiance and irradiance measurements in the water column Transmittance and attenuance of the water column Electrical conductivity of the water column Raw fluorometer output Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column Temperature of the water column Salinity of the water column Vertical spatial coordinates
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| 1 Dissolved oxygen sensor | Metadata parameters Date and time Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column Reference numbers Metadata parameters Date and time Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column Reference numbers
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| 2 Fluorometers | Date and time Raw fluorometer output Reference numbers Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in the water column Date and time Raw fluorometer output Reference numbers Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in the water column
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| 1 In-situ nutrient analyser | Date and time Silicate concentration parameters in the water column Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column Reference numbers Date and time Silicate concentration parameters in the water column Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column Reference numbers
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| 2 Moored CTD | Date and time Electrical conductivity of the water column Temperature of the water column Salinity of the water column Reference numbers Date and time Electrical conductivity of the water column Temperature of the water column Salinity of the water column Reference numbers
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| 2 Nephelometers and optical backscatter sensors | Date and time Concentration of suspended particulate material in the water column Reference numbers Date and time Concentration of suspended particulate material in the water column Reference numbers
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| 2 radiometers | Date and time Visible waveband radiance and irradiance measurements in the water column Reference numbers Date and time Visible waveband radiance and irradiance measurements in the water column Reference numbers
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| Discrete samples | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 CTD frame plus rosette sampler | Raw suspended particulate material optical sensor output Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column Density of the water column Visible waveband radiance and irradiance measurements in the water column Transmittance and attenuance of the water column Electrical conductivity of the water column Phaeopigment concentrations in the water column Raw fluorometer output Silicate concentration parameters in the water column Ammonium concentration parameters in the water column Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column Raw oxygen sensor output Temperature of the water column Concentration of suspended particulate material in the water column Raw light meter output Salinity of the water column Nitrite concentration parameters in the water column Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in the water column | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 Sample taken from ship's non-toxic supply | Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column Phaeopigment concentrations in the water column Silicate concentration parameters in the water column Ammonium concentration parameters in the water column Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column Concentration of suspended particulate material in the water column Salinity of the water column Nitrite concentration parameters in the water column Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in the water column |
