RV Prince Madog PD37/06

Cruise summary report

Search the Cruise Inventory

Cruise Info.

Ship name (ship code)

RV Prince Madog (74P2)

Cruise identifier

PD37/06

Cruise period

2006-12-14 — 2006-12-15

Status

Completed

Port of departure

Menai Bridge, United Kingdom

Port of return

Menai Bridge, United Kingdom

Objectives

A. To service an ADCP mooring and a Smartbuoy at 53 32N 3 22W.
B. To service an ADCP mooring and a Smartbuoy at 53 27N 3 39W.
C. To obtain CTD profiles and water samples at the Coastal Observatory sites.

The cruise is the 41st in a series starting in August 2002 to maintain the moorings in objective (A+B) and to steam round a CTD grid in Liverpool Bay / the eastern Irish Sea, objective C.

Chief scientist

Phil J Knight (Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory)

Project

Coastal Observatory Cruises

Coordinating body

POL

Cruise report

(0.09 MB)

Ocean/sea areas

General

Irish Sea and St. George's Channel

Specific

Liverpool Bay/Eastern Irish Sea

Track charts

(0.05 MB)

Measurements

Physical oceanography

CTD stations

Quantity: number of profiles = 2
Description: SeaBird CTD

Transparency (eg transmissometer)

Quantity: number of profiles = 2
Description: Transmissometer and LISST on CTD

Optics (eg underwater light levels)

Quantity: number of profiles = 2
Description: Irradiance sensors on CTD

Chemical oceanography

Trace elements

Quantity: number of stations = 2
Description: Water collected for trace metal analysis

Other chemical oceanographic measurements

Quantity: number of stations = 2
Description: Water collected for trace metal analysis

Biology and fisheries

Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence)

Quantity: number of profiles = 2
Description: Fluorometer on CTD

Phytoplankton

Quantity: number of stations = 2
Description: Lab analysis for phytoplankton from water bottle samples

Moorings, landers, buoys

Physical oceanography

Transparency (eg transmissometer)

53° 31' 59" N 3° 21' 59" W — Sea-Bird SBE 16Plus with turbidity, temperature, conductivity & pressure sensor. Recovery and deployment.

Transparency (eg transmissometer)

53° 27' 0" N 3° 38' 59" W — Sea-Bird SBE 16Plus with turbidity, temperature, conductivity & pressure sensor. Recovery and deployment.

Current meters

53° 31' 59" N 3° 21' 59" W — SonTek ADV. Single point current readings at 16Hz. Burst mode. Recovey and deployment.

Current profiler (eg ADCP)

53° 31' 59" N 3° 21' 59" W — ADCP in a sea bed frame, 10 minute averages 35x1 bins from 2.65m above bed. Recovery and deployment.

Current profiler (eg ADCP)

53° 27' 0" N 3° 38' 59" W — ADCPx2 in a sea bed frame, 10 minute averages 35x1 bins from 2.65m above bed. Recovery and deployment.

Sea level (inc. bot. press., inverted echosounder)

53° 27' 0" N 3° 38' 59" W — Sea-Bird SBE 16Plus with turbidity, temperature, conductivity & pressure sensor. Recovery and deployment.

Sea level (inc. bot. press., inverted echosounder)

53° 31' 59" N 3° 21' 59" W — Sea-Bird SBE 16Plus with turbidity, temperature, conductivity & pressure sensor. Recovery and deployment.

Other physical oceanographic measurements

53° 27' 0" N 3° 38' 59" W — Sea-Bird Micro-Cat x2 temperature and conductivity. Deployment.

Other physical oceanographic measurements

53° 31' 59" N 3° 21' 59" W — Sea-Bird Micro-Cat x2 temperature and conductivity. Recovery and deployment.

Chemical oceanography

Nitrate

53° 27' 0" N 3° 38' 59" W — Buoy mounted water sampler. Recovery and deployment.

Nitrate

53° 31' 59" N 3° 21' 59" W — Buoy mounted nutrient analyser and water sampler. Recovery and deployment.

Nitrite

53° 31' 59" N 3° 21' 59" W — Buoy mounted nutrient analyser and water sampler. Recovery and deployment.

Nitrite

53° 27' 0" N 3° 38' 59" W — Buoy mounted water sampler. Recovery and deployment.

Silicate

53° 27' 0" N 3° 38' 59" W — Buoy mounted water sampler. Recovery and deployment.

Silicate

53° 31' 59" N 3° 21' 59" W — Buoy mounted nutrient analyser and water sampler. Recovery and deployment.

Trace elements

53° 27' 0" N 3° 38' 59" W — Trace metal sensor system. Deployment.

Other chemical oceanographic measurements

53° 27' 0" N 3° 38' 59" W — Trace metal sensor system. Deployment.

Biology and fisheries

Other biological/fisheries measurement

53° 27' 0" N 3° 38' 59" W — Cellulose bags. Recovery and deployment.

Other biological/fisheries measurement

53° 31' 59" N 3° 21' 59" W — Cellulose bags. Recovery and deployment.

Data held at BODC

Get data

Series/Profiles

2 Acoustic doppler current profiler

Date and time
Vertical spatial coordinates
Vertical velocity of the water column (currents)
Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents)
Metadata parameters
Sea level

[Show series]

Date and time
Vertical spatial coordinates
Vertical velocity of the water column (currents)
Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents)
Metadata parameters
Sea level

[Hide series]

BODC id	Date/Time	Location	Doc.
1623408	2006-12-15 09:10 — 2007-02-14 12:09:35	53° 32' 2" N 3° 21' 28" W
1623421	2006-12-15 14:39:57 — 2007-02-14 15:19:41	53° 26' 58" N 3° 38' 37" W

4 Bottle station

Reference numbers
Nitrite concentration parameters in the water column
Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
Silicate concentration parameters in the water column
Ammonium and ammonia concentration parameters in water bodies
Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column
Phaeopigment concentrations in the water column
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies
Quality control flags

[Show series]

[Hide series]

BODC id	Date/Time	Location
1315000	2006-12-15 15:27	53° 26' 49" N 3° 38' 39" W
1680094	2006-12-15 10:16	53° 32' 1" N 3° 21' 58" W
1680101	2006-12-15 15:27	53° 26' 49" N 3° 38' 39" W
1314997	2006-12-15 10:16	53° 32' 1" N 3° 21' 58" W

4 CTD/STD cast

Transmittance and attenuance of the water column
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
Visible waveband radiance and irradiance measurements in the water column
Density of the water column
Raw fluorometer output
Raw suspended particulate material concentration sensor output

[Show series]

[Hide series]

BODC id	Date/Time	Location
1003634	2006-12-15 08:04	53° 31' 58" N 3° 21' 56" W
1003671	2006-12-15 15:25	53° 26' 49" N 3° 38' 39" W
1003646	2006-12-15 10:14	53° 32' 1" N 3° 21' 58" W
1003658	2006-12-15 11:32	53° 27' 1" N 3° 38' 28" W

2 Fluorometers

Reference numbers
Date and time
Raw fluorometer output
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies

[Show series]

Reference numbers
Date and time
Raw fluorometer output
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies

[Hide series]

BODC id	Date/Time	Location	Doc.
747162	2006-12-15 10:00 — 2007-01-27 23:30	53° 31' 59" N 3° 21' 38" W
747101	2006-12-15 15:00 — 2007-01-25 21:30	53° 26' 56" N 3° 38' 53" W

1 In-situ dissolved gas analyser

Reference numbers
Date and time
Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column

[Show series]

Reference numbers
Date and time
Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column

[Hide series]

BODC id	Date/Time	Location	Doc.
747334	2006-12-15 10:00 — 2007-02-14 13:00	53° 31' 59" N 3° 21' 38" W

1 In-situ nutrient analyser

Reference numbers
Date and time
Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column

[Show series]

Reference numbers
Date and time
Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column

[Hide series]

BODC id	Date/Time	Location	Doc.
747499	2006-12-15 10:08 — 2007-02-14 12:08	53° 31' 59" N 3° 21' 38" W

6 Moored CTD

Moored instrument depth
Reference numbers
Date and time
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Concentration of suspended particulate material in the water column
Electrical conductivity of the water column
Sea level

[Show series]

[Hide series]

BODC id	Date/Time	Location
747057	2006-12-15 10:00 — 2007-02-14 13:00	53° 31' 59" N 3° 21' 38" W
753131	2006-12-15 14:40:03 — 2007-02-14 15:10:03	53° 26' 58" N 3° 38' 37" W
752951	2006-12-15 09:50:01 — 2007-02-14 13:10	53° 31' 59" N 3° 21' 38" W
753118	2006-12-15 09:10:03 — 2007-02-14 12:00:03	53° 32' 2" N 3° 21' 28" W
746982	2006-12-15 15:00 — 2007-01-25 21:30	53° 26' 56" N 3° 38' 53" W
753026	2006-12-15 09:50:01 — 2007-02-14 13:10	53° 31' 59" N 3° 21' 38" W

2 Nephelometers and optical backscatter sensors

Reference numbers
Date and time
Concentration of suspended particulate material in the water column

[Show series]

Reference numbers
Date and time
Concentration of suspended particulate material in the water column

[Hide series]

BODC id	Date/Time	Location	Doc.
747266	2006-12-15 10:00 — 2007-02-14 13:00	53° 31' 59" N 3° 21' 38" W
747217	2006-12-15 15:00 — 2007-01-25 21:30	53° 26' 56" N 3° 38' 53" W

1 Surface water sample (unspecified)

Reference numbers
Date and time
Silicate concentration parameters in the water column

[Show series]

Reference numbers
Date and time
Silicate concentration parameters in the water column

[Hide series]

BODC id	Date/Time	Location	Doc.
747506	2006-12-22 00:02 — 2007-02-12 00:02	53° 31' 59" N 3° 21' 38" W

2 radiometers

Reference numbers
Light extinction and diffusion coefficients
Date and time
Visible waveband radiance and irradiance measurements in the water column

[Show series]

Reference numbers
Light extinction and diffusion coefficients
Date and time
Visible waveband radiance and irradiance measurements in the water column

[Hide series]

BODC id	Date/Time	Location	Doc.
747451	2006-12-15 10:00 — 2007-02-14 13:00	53° 31' 59" N 3° 21' 38" W
747395	2006-12-15 10:00 — 2007-02-14 13:00	53° 31' 59" N 3° 21' 38" W

Discrete samples

4 CTD frame plus rosette sampler

Transmittance and attenuance of the water column
Nitrite concentration parameters in the water column
Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column
Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Concentration of suspended particulate material in the water column
Silicate concentration parameters in the water column
Visible waveband radiance and irradiance measurements in the water column
Raw light meter output
Density of the water column
Ammonium and ammonia concentration parameters in water bodies
Raw fluorometer output
Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column
Phaeopigment concentrations in the water column
Raw suspended particulate material concentration sensor output
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies

4 Instrument mooring

Resources

RV Prince Madog PD37/06

Cruise summary report

Quick links

BODC holdings

EDMED