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RV Prince Madog PD16/09
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
Ship name (ship code) | RV Prince Madog (74P2) |
Cruise identifier | PD16/09 |
Cruise period | 2009-05-05 — 2009-05-07 |
Status | Completed |
Port of departure | Birkenhead, United Kingdom |
Port of return | Birkenhead, United Kingdom |
Purpose | Research |
Objectives | A. Deploy an ADCP mooring at 53 27.0 N 3 30.2 W (Coastal Observatory station 12).
B. Perform sidescan sonar survey and obtain sediment grabs in Hilbre Channel. C. Deploy STABLE mooring at 53 22.5 N 3 14.2 W. D. Perform 23-hour station in Hilbre Channel: CTD profiles half-hourly, sediment and chlorophyll filtering hourly. E. Perform sidescan sonar survey and obtain sediment grabs in Welsh Channel. F. Deploy mini-STABLE mooring at 53 22.1 N 3 19.8 W. G. Perform 13-hour station in Welsh Channel: CTD profiles half-hourly, sediment and chlorophyll filtering hourly. This is the deployment leg of the second Dee Experiment cruise of 2009 (FORMOST project). |
Chief scientist | Andrew Lane (Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory) |
Project | FORMOST |
Coordinating body | NERC |
Cruise report | (2.02 MB) |
Ocean/sea areas | |
General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
Specific | Liverpool Bay/ Dee Estuary |
Track charts | (0.22 MB) |
Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
CTD stations | Quantity: number of profiles = 75 Description: SeaBird CTD |
Transparency (eg transmissometer) | Quantity: number of profiles = 75 Description: Transmissometer and LISST on CTD |
Optics (eg underwater light levels) | Quantity: number of profiles = 75 Description: Irradiance sensors on CTD |
Contamination | |
Suspended matter | Quantity: number of stations = 36 Description: Filtration of near surface and near bed water samples (SPM) |
Biology and fisheries | |
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: number of stations = 36 Description: Filtration of near surface and near bed water samples (chlorophyll) |
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: number of profiles = 75 Description: Fluorometer on CTD |
Geology and geophysics | |
Grab | Quantity: number of samples = 2 Description: Day grab samples |
Long/short range side scan sonar | Quantity: number of surveys = 6 Description: Sidescan sonar survey |
Moorings, landers, buoys | |
Physical oceanography | |
Transparency (eg transmissometer) | 53° 22' 30" N 3° 14' 9" W — Marine Electronics 3D ripple profiler on STABLE frame. Recovery. |
Transparency (eg transmissometer) | 53° 22' 30" N 3° 14' 9" W — LISST 100X on STABLE frame. Recovery. |
Transparency (eg transmissometer) | 53° 26' 59" N 3° 30' 14" W — Sea-Bird SBE 16Plus with turbidity, temperature, conductivity & pressure sensor on sea bed frame. Recovery. |
Transparency (eg transmissometer) | 53° 22' 8" N 3° 19' 46" W — LISST 100X on mini-STABLE frame. Recovery. |
Current profiler (eg ADCP) | 53° 26' 59" N 3° 30' 14" W — ADCP on sea bed frame, 10-minute averages 35 × 1-m bins from 2.65m above bed. Recovery. |
Current profiler (eg ADCP) | 53° 22' 30" N 3° 14' 9" W — ADCP 600 kHz in fixed mount on STABLE frame. Recovery. |
Current profiler (eg ADCP) | 53° 22' 8" N 3° 19' 46" W — ADCP on mini-STABLE frame. Recovery. |
Current profiler (eg ADCP) | 53° 22' 30" N 3° 14' 9" W — ADCP 1200 kHz in gimbals mount on STABLE frame. Recovery. |
Current profiler (eg ADCP) | 53° 22' 30" N 3° 14' 9" W — 3× Sontek ADVs on STABLE frame. Recovery. |
Current profiler (eg ADCP) | 53° 22' 8" N 3° 19' 46" W — 3× Sontek ADVs on mini-STABLE frame. Recovery. |
Sea level (inc. bot. press., inverted echosounder) | 53° 26' 59" N 3° 30' 14" W — Sea-Bird SBE 16Plus with turbidity, temperature, conductivity & pressure sensor on sea bed frame. Recovery. |
Other physical oceanographic measurements | 53° 22' 8" N 3° 19' 46" W — 3× Transonics ABS transducers on mini-STABLE frame. Recovery. |
Other physical oceanographic measurements | 53° 22' 8" N 3° 19' 46" W — SeaBird MicroCat temperature & conductivity on mini-STABLE frame. Recovery. |
Other physical oceanographic measurements | 53° 22' 8" N 3° 19' 46" W — SeaBird MicroCat temperature & conductivity on toroid buoy. Recovery. |
Other physical oceanographic measurements | 53° 22' 30" N 3° 14' 9" W — AML logger and 3× AML microCT sensors on STABLE frame. Recovery. |
Other physical oceanographic measurements | 53° 22' 30" N 3° 14' 9" W — POL ABS1 on STABLE frame. Recovery. |
Other physical oceanographic measurements | 53° 22' 30" N 3° 14' 9" W — 3× Transonics ABS transducers on STABLE frame. Recovery. |
Other physical oceanographic measurements | 53° 22' 30" N 3° 14' 9" W — 3× D&A OBSs on STABLE frame. Recovery. |
Other physical oceanographic measurements | 53° 22' 30" N 3° 14' 9" W — SeaBird MicroCat temperature & conductivity on STABLE frame. Recovery. |
Other physical oceanographic measurements | 53° 22' 30" N 3° 14' 9" W — Sea-Bird SBE 16Plus temperature & conductivity on spar buoy. Recovery. |
Other physical oceanographic measurements | 53° 22' 8" N 3° 19' 46" W — POL ABS3 on mini-STABLE frame. Recovery. |
Contamination | |
Suspended matter | 53° 22' 8" N 3° 19' 46" W — Settling tube on mini-STABLE frame. Recovery. |
Suspended matter | 53° 22' 30" N 3° 14' 9" W — Settling tube on STABLE frame. Recovery. |
Geology and geophysics | |
Other geological/geophysical measurements | 53° 22' 8" N 3° 19' 46" W — Marine Electronics 2D ripple profiler on mini-STABLE frame. Recovery. |
Data held at BODC | |
Discrete samples | |
76 CTD frame plus rosette sampler | Transmittance and attenuance of the water column Temperature of the water column Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column Salinity of the water column Concentration of suspended particulate material in the water column Visible waveband radiance and irradiance measurements in the water column Density of the water column Raw light meter output Raw oxygen sensor output Raw suspended particulate material concentration sensor output Electrical conductivity of the water column Raw fluorometer output Phaeopigment concentrations in the water column Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies |