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BODC Cruise Metadata Report for RRS James Clark Ross (74JC) cruise JR20110319 (JR252, JR254C)

Introduction

This report collates information from the BODC cruise inventory and oceanographic databases. It presents

Cruise Inventory Information

Long name RRS James Clark Ross (74JC) cruise JR20110319 (JR252, JR254C)
Short name JR20110319 (JR252, JR254C)
Objectives and Narrative One mooring was recovered and two were deployed in the northern Weddell Sea, to extend long-term measurements of the export of Weddell Sea Deep and Bottom Water in the Weddell Gyre by Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO), Columbia University. Two moorings were recovered and five were deployed in Orkney Passage, to extend long-term time series measuring the export of Weddell Sea Deep Water through Orkney Passage; these moorings are maintained in collaboration between BAS and LDEO, and form part of BAS Long-term Monitoring and Survey project. In addition, CTD profiles were obtained at the locations of deployed and recovered moorings.

During the cruise a tethered and a free-floating spar buoy, as well as a tethered balloon were deployed to measure the effect of breaking waves on air/sea interaction and gas exchange. This was part of the WAGES project, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton and University of Leeds.
Ship RRS James Clark Ross
Departure Port Stanley, Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
Departure Date 2011-03-19
Arrival Port Punta Arenas, Chile
Arrival Date 2011-04-06
Principal Scientist(s) Povl Abrahamsen (British Antarctic Survey)
Responsible Organisation British Antarctic Survey
Associated Project(s)
IHB Sea Areas Visited Southern Ocean
Marsden Squares Visited 520/521/522
Work Area Description Orkney Passage, South Scotia Ridge, Drake Passage
Unable to lookup cruise bounds at this time
Work Area Bounding Polygon
Southern Limit unknown
Northern Limit unknown
Western Limit unknown
Eastern Limit unknown

Cruise Inventory Datasets

Physical oceanography  
CTD stations Quantity: number of stations = 10
Description: CTD casts, using Sea-Bird Electronics 9+ with dual temperature/conductivity sensors, dissolved oxygen, transmissometer, scatterometer, PAR sensor  
Current meters Quantity: number of deployments = 12
Description: Tethered spar buoy measuring surface waves, with current meter attached.  
Current profiler (eg ADCP) Quantity: activity duration in days = 15
Description: Current measurements from ship-mounted ADCP  
Geochemical tracers (eg freons) Quantity: activity duration in days = 15
Description: Underway measurements of dissolved CO2 in the atmosphere and in surface water  
Instrumented wave measurements Quantity: number of deployments = 5
Description: Free-drifting spar buoy measuring surface waves  
Instrumented wave measurements Quantity: activity duration in days = 15
Description: Radar measurements of surface waves  
Instrumented wave measurements Quantity: number of deployments = 7
Description: Tethered balloon, with downward-looking camera to photograph breaking waves on ocean surface  
Instrumented wave measurements Quantity: number of deployments = 12
Description: Tethered spar buoy measuring surface waves, with current meter attached.  
Surface drifters/drifting buoys Quantity: number of deployments = 5
Description: Free-drifting spar buoy measuring surface waves  
Surface drifters/drifting buoys Quantity: number of deployments = 12
Description: Tethered spar buoy measuring surface waves, with current meter attached.  
Surface measurements underway (T,S) Quantity: activity duration in days = 15
Description: Routine underway measurements of temperature and salinity  
Meteorology  
Atmospheric chemistry Quantity: activity duration in days = 15
Description: Underway measurements of dissolved CO2 in the atmosphere and in surface water  
Other meteorological measurements Quantity: activity duration in days = 15
Description: Boundary layer measurements using fast-response sonic anemometer and meteorological sensors mounted on ship's foremast.  

Cruise Inventory Mooring/Buoy Operations

Latitude Longitude Data type Description
62° 37' S 43° 14' W Current meters Mooring M2, deployed 24/3, 1 current meter, 1 temperature/conductivity/pressure recorder, 1 temperature/pressure recorder
63° 31' S 41° 46' W Current meters Mooring M3, deployed 23/3, 2 current meters, 2 temperature/conductivity/pressure recorders, 2 temperature recorders, 1 temperature/pressure recorder
63° 31' S 41° 46' W Current meters Mooring M3, recovered 23/3, 2 current meters, 2 temperature/conductivity/pressure recorders, 2 temperature recorders, 1 temperature/pressure recorder
60° 37' S 42° 5' W Current meters Mooring OP1, deployed 26/3, 4 current meters, 3 temperature/conductivity/pressure recorders, 2 temperature recorders
60° 38' S 42° 10' W Current meters Mooring OP2, deployed 27/3, 3 current meters, 3 temperature/conductivity/pressure recorders
60° 39' S 42° 6' W Current meters Mooring OP2, recovered 25/3, 2 current meters, 4 temperature/pressure recorders
60° 39' S 42° 13' W Current meters Mooring OP3, deployed 25/3, 2 current meters, 2 temperature/conductivity/pressure recorders, 1 temperature/pressure recorder
60° 40' S 42° 12' W Current meters Mooring OP3, recovered 25/3, 2 current meters, 2 temperature/conductivity/pressure recorders
60° 35' S 41° 49' W Current meters Mooring OP4, deployed 26/3, 3 current meters, 2 temperature/conductivity/pressure recorders, 1 temperature recorder
60° 36' S 41° 58' W Current meters Mooring OP5, deployed 27/3, 2 current meters, 2 temperature recorders
62° 37' S 43° 14' W Other physical oceanographic measurements Mooring M2, deployed 24/3, 1 current meter, 1 temperature/conductivity/pressure recorder, 1 temperature/pressure recorder
63° 31' S 41° 46' W Other physical oceanographic measurements Mooring M3, deployed 23/3, 2 current meters, 2 temperature/conductivity/pressure recorders, 2 temperature recorders, 1 temperature/pressure recorder
63° 31' S 41° 46' W Other physical oceanographic measurements Mooring M3, recovered 23/3, 2 current meters, 2 temperature/conductivity/pressure recorders, 2 temperature recorders, 1 temperature/pressure recorder
60° 37' S 42° 5' W Other physical oceanographic measurements Mooring OP1, deployed 26/3, 4 current meters, 3 temperature/conductivity/pressure recorders, 2 temperature recorders
60° 38' S 42° 10' W Other physical oceanographic measurements Mooring OP2, deployed 27/3, 3 current meters, 3 temperature/conductivity/pressure recorders
60° 39' S 42° 6' W Other physical oceanographic measurements Mooring OP2, recovered 25/3, 2 current meters, 4 temperature/pressure recorders
60° 39' S 42° 13' W Other physical oceanographic measurements Mooring OP3, deployed 25/3, 2 current meters, 2 temperature/conductivity/pressure recorders, 1 temperature/pressure recorder
60° 40' S 42° 12' W Other physical oceanographic measurements Mooring OP3, recovered 25/3, 2 current meters, 2 temperature/conductivity/pressure recorders
60° 35' S 41° 49' W Other physical oceanographic measurements Mooring OP4, deployed 26/3, 3 current meters, 2 temperature/conductivity/pressure recorders, 1 temperature recorder
60° 36' S 41° 58' W Other physical oceanographic measurements Mooring OP5, deployed 27/3, 2 current meters, 2 temperature recorders

Summary of BODC Data Holdings for the Cruise

National Oceanographic Database

Summary

# Series Instrument Description Parameters
9 Acoustic current meter Date and time
Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents)
Moored instrument depth
Platform or instrument orientation
Reference numbers
Temperature of the water column
Vertical velocity of the water column (currents)
3 Acoustic current meter Date and time
Electrical conductivity of the water column
Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents)
Platform or instrument orientation
Reference numbers
Temperature of the water column
10 CTD/STD cast Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies
Density of the water column
Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column
Electrical conductivity of the water column
Reference numbers
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Transmittance and attenuance of the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
5 Moored CTD Date and time
Reference numbers
Temperature of the water column
9 Moored CTD Date and time
Electrical conductivity of the water column
Moored instrument depth
Reference numbers
Temperature of the water column
1 Moored CTD Date and time
Reference numbers
Sea level
Temperature of the water column
1 Paddle wheel current meter Date and time
Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents)
Moored instrument depth
Reference numbers
Temperature of the water column
1 Paddle wheel current meter Date and time
Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents)
Reference numbers
Temperature of the water column

Note: Parameter terms are taken from the BODC Parameter Discovery Vocabulary XML (SKOS)

Full List

BODC Reference Instrument Description Date/Time Location  
1223361 Moored CTD 2011-03-26 14:45Z to 2013-04-01 11:45Z 60° 37' S, 42° 5' W Click for more
1223373 Moored CTD 2011-03-26 14:45Z to 2013-04-01 11:45Z 60° 37' S, 42° 5' W Click for more
1223385 Moored CTD 2011-03-26 14:45Z to 2013-04-01 11:45Z 60° 37' S, 42° 5' W Click for more
1223397 Moored CTD 2011-03-26 14:45Z to 2013-04-01 11:45Z 60° 37' S, 42° 5' W Click for more
1223404 Moored CTD 2011-03-26 14:45Z to 2013-04-01 11:45Z 60° 37' S, 42° 5' W Click for more
1223416 Moored CTD 2011-03-27 14:15Z to 2013-03-31 14:30Z 60° 38' S, 42° 10' W Click for more
1223428 Moored CTD 2011-03-27 14:15Z to 2013-03-31 14:30Z 60° 38' S, 42° 10' W Click for more
1223441 Moored CTD 2011-03-25 22:00Z to 2013-03-31 10:45Z 60° 39' S, 42° 13' W Click for more
1223453 Moored CTD 2011-03-25 22:00Z to 2013-03-31 11:00Z 60° 39' S, 42° 13' W Click for more
1223465 Moored CTD 2011-03-25 22:00Z to 2013-03-31 11:00Z 60° 39' S, 42° 13' W Click for more
1223477 Moored CTD 2011-03-27 02:30Z to 2013-04-03 11:15Z 60° 35' S, 41° 49' W Click for more
1223489 Moored CTD 2011-03-27 02:30Z to 2013-04-03 11:15Z 60° 35' S, 41° 49' W Click for more
1223490 Moored CTD 2011-03-27 02:30Z to 2013-04-03 11:15Z 60° 35' S, 41° 49' W Click for more
1223508 Moored CTD 2011-03-27 17:15Z to 2013-03-29 12:45Z 60° 36' S, 41° 58' W Click for more
1223521 Moored CTD 2011-03-27 17:15Z to 2013-03-29 12:43Z 60° 36' S, 41° 58' W Click for more
1226985 CTD/STD cast 2011-03-22 22:33Z 62° 37' S, 43° 17' W Click for more
1226997 CTD/STD cast 2011-03-23 16:46Z 63° 31' S, 41° 46' W Click for more
1227000 CTD/STD cast 2011-03-25 12:51Z 60° 39' S, 42° 6' W Click for more
1227012 CTD/STD cast 2011-03-25 17:35Z 60° 40' S, 42° 11' W Click for more
1227024 CTD/STD cast 2011-03-25 23:26Z 60° 39' S, 42° 12' W Click for more
1227036 CTD/STD cast 2011-03-26 01:34Z 60° 39' S, 42° 11' W Click for more
1227048 CTD/STD cast 2011-03-26 16:06Z 60° 38' S, 42° 4' W Click for more
1227061 CTD/STD cast 2011-03-27 17:24Z 60° 37' S, 41° 58' W Click for more
1227073 CTD/STD cast 2011-03-27 22:44Z 60° 36' S, 41° 49' W Click for more
1227085 CTD/STD cast 2011-03-28 02:24Z 60° 39' S, 42° 10' W Click for more
1362730 Acoustic current meter 2011-03-26 14:45Z to 2013-04-01 11:45Z 60° 37' S, 42° 5' W Click for more
1362742 Acoustic current meter 2011-03-26 14:45Z to 2013-04-01 11:44Z 60° 37' S, 42° 5' W Click for more
1362754 Acoustic current meter 2011-03-26 14:45Z to 2013-04-01 11:45Z 60° 37' S, 42° 5' W Click for more
1362766 Acoustic current meter 2011-03-26 14:45Z to 2013-04-01 11:45Z 60° 37' S, 42° 5' W Click for more
1362778 Acoustic current meter 2011-03-27 14:15Z to 2013-03-31 14:30Z 60° 38' S, 42° 10' W Click for more
1362791 Acoustic current meter 2011-03-27 14:15Z to 2013-03-31 14:30Z 60° 38' S, 42° 10' W Click for more
1362809 Acoustic current meter 2011-03-25 22:00Z to 2013-03-31 10:45Z 60° 39' S, 42° 13' W Click for more
1362810 Acoustic current meter 2011-03-25 22:00Z to 2013-03-31 10:45Z 60° 39' S, 42° 13' W Click for more
1362822 Acoustic current meter 2011-03-27 02:30Z to 2013-04-03 11:15Z 60° 35' S, 41° 49' W Click for more
1368866 Paddle wheel current meter 2011-03-27 18:00Z to 2013-03-29 11:58Z 60° 36' S, 41° 58' W Click for more
1368878 Paddle wheel current meter 2011-03-27 18:00Z to 2013-03-29 11:42Z 60° 36' S, 41° 58' W Click for more
1618209 Acoustic current meter 2011-03-27 15:00Z to 2013-03-31 13:51Z 60° 38' S, 42° 10' W Click for more
1618210 Acoustic current meter 2011-03-27 04:00Z to 2012-06-27 22:16Z 60° 35' S, 41° 49' W Click for more
1618222 Acoustic current meter 2011-03-27 04:00Z to 2012-07-25 21:03Z 60° 35' S, 41° 49' W Click for more

Project Database

No data currently held for this cruise in the BODC Project Database

References

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