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BODC Cruise Metadata Report for FRV Scotia (748S) cruise 0512S

Introduction

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Cruise Inventory Information

Long name FRV Scotia (748S) cruise 0512S
Short name 0512S
Objectives and Narrative Objectives

1. Deploy a current meter mooring off Stonehaven near the inner Long Term Monitoring position.
2. Perform hydrographic surveys along the JONSIS long term monitoring section in the northern North Sea.
3. Perform hydrographic surveys along the long term monitoring Faroe-Shetland Channel sections.
4. Take samples for long term storage at Fair Isle - Munken stations FIM-01 and FIM-06.
5. Service four ADCP moorings in the Faroe-Shetland Channel.
6. Perform CTD surveys at ADCP positions, across the Fair Isle Channel and across the Shelf Edge as time allows.
7. Test and initiate the PCO2 system

Procedure

On sailing from Aberdeen (7 May) Scotia will sail to Stonehaven to deploy an oceanographic instrumented mooring (56° 57.18'N 002° 07.98'W). Once this mooring work has been completed, a suitable position will be selected to carry out trial CTD deployments before proceeding to Leith. On route to Leith, testing the PCO2 system will take place. Scotia will remain in Leith until dignitaries attending the World Fisheries Congress have visited the vessel.

Once the visit is complete, the vessels scientific containers will be loaded and scientific equipment set up. Marine Scotland staff not involved in the Stonehaven mooring work will join the vessel late Tuesday afternoon (8 May) and one member of staff will return to Aberdeen. Scotia will then set sail for the start of sampling the JONSIS long term monitoring section with the CTD and carousel water sampler. Following this work Scotia will make way to the Faroe-Shetland Channel to commence mooring operations. One ADCP mooring, NWSE (60° 16.52'N 004° 19.98'W) will be recovered, data downloaded from the recovered instrument, mooring refurbished and the mooring redeployed. Two ADCP moorings, NWZE and NWZF (59° 54.36'N 006° 10.02'W, 59° 42.30'N 006° 09.94'W) will be recovered, data downloaded from the recovered instruments and moorings refurbished. These moorings will be redeployed, at positions NWSD and NWSF (60° 27.00'N 004° 22.50'W, 60 12.00'N 004 10.00'W). On completion of this mooring work, passage will be made to commence sampling the Fair Isle- Munken, Cape Wrath-Munken and Nolso-Flugga long term monitoring sections using the CTD and carousel water sampler. On completion, the remaining time will be spent carrying out CTD sampling at the ADCP mooring positions, across the shelf edge or the Fair Isle section before returning to Aberdeen.

The thermosalinograph will be run throughout the survey.
Ship FRV Scotia
Departure Port Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Departure Date 2012-05-07
Arrival Port Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Arrival Date 2012-05-22
Principal Scientist(s) George Slesser (Marine Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory)
Responsible Organisation Marine Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory
Associated Project(s) ST03P
IHB Sea Areas Visited North Sea, North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W)
Marsden Squares Visited 181;3/181;4/217;1/217;2
Work Area Description Northern North Sea, Faroe-Shetland Channel, Fair Isle Channel
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Work Area Bounding Polygon
Southern Limit unknown
Northern Limit unknown
Western Limit unknown
Eastern Limit unknown

Cruise Inventory Datasets

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Cruise Inventory Mooring/Buoy Operations

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Summary of BODC Data Holdings for the Cruise

National Oceanographic Database

Summary

# Series Instrument Description Parameters
97 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
Vertical spatial coordinates

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

Full List

BODC Reference Instrument Description Date/Time Location  
1180027 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-07 16:40Z 56° 57' N, 2° 8' W Click for more
1180039 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-07 17:25Z 56° 57' N, 2° 6' W Click for more
1180040 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-09 16:24Z 59° 16' N, 0° 0' W Click for more
1180052 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-09 18:16Z 59° 16' N, 0° 19' W Click for more
1180064 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-09 20:02Z 59° 16' N, 0° 40' W Click for more
1180076 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-09 21:44Z 59° 16' N, 1° 0' W Click for more
1180088 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-09 22:34Z 59° 16' N, 1° 10' W Click for more
1180107 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-09 23:26Z 59° 16' N, 1° 19' W Click for more
1180119 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-10 00:30Z 59° 16' N, 1° 30' W Click for more
1180120 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-10 01:26Z 59° 16' N, 1° 40' W Click for more
1180132 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-10 02:10Z 59° 16' N, 1° 48' W Click for more
1180144 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-10 02:58Z 59° 16' N, 1° 56' W Click for more
1180156 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-10 03:48Z 59° 16' N, 2° 5' W Click for more
1180168 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-10 04:37Z 59° 16' N, 2° 13' W Click for more
1180181 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-10 16:10Z 59° 30' N, 6° 10' W Click for more
1180193 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-10 17:19Z 59° 34' N, 6° 10' W Click for more
1180200 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-10 18:19Z 59° 39' N, 6° 10' W Click for more
1180212 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-10 19:17Z 59° 44' N, 6° 10' W Click for more
1180224 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-11 13:13Z 59° 49' N, 6° 10' W Click for more
1180236 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-11 14:41Z 59° 54' N, 6° 10' W Click for more
1180248 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-11 16:29Z 59° 58' N, 6° 10' W Click for more
1180261 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-11 18:32Z 60° 3' N, 6° 9' W Click for more
1180273 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-11 20:19Z 60° 8' N, 6° 9' W Click for more
1180285 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-11 22:18Z 60° 12' N, 6° 10' W Click for more
1180297 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-12 00:23Z 60° 18' N, 6° 10' W Click for more
1180304 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-12 01:53Z 60° 23' N, 6° 10' W Click for more
1180316 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-12 03:27Z 60° 30' N, 6° 13' W Click for more
1180328 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-12 04:59Z 60° 38' N, 6° 18' W Click for more
1180341 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-12 06:20Z 60° 45' N, 6° 21' W Click for more
1180353 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-12 07:31Z 60° 53' N, 6° 25' W Click for more
1180365 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-12 08:41Z 61° 1' N, 6° 30' W Click for more
1180377 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-12 09:47Z 61° 9' N, 6° 33' W Click for more
1180389 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-12 10:53Z 61° 16' N, 6° 37' W Click for more
1180390 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-12 12:10Z 61° 12' N, 6° 21' W Click for more
1180408 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-12 14:13Z 61° 1' N, 5° 56' W Click for more
1180421 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-12 16:23Z 60° 51' N, 5° 28' W Click for more
1180433 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-12 18:06Z 60° 47' N, 5° 16' W Click for more
1180445 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-12 19:40Z 60° 43' N, 5° 6' W Click for more
1180457 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-15 13:30Z 60° 37' N, 4° 54' W Click for more
1180469 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-15 15:40Z 60° 34' N, 4° 45' W Click for more
1180470 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-15 18:21Z 60° 28' N, 4° 25' W Click for more
1180482 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-15 20:07Z 60° 25' N, 4° 18' W Click for more
1180494 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-15 21:34Z 60° 20' N, 4° 9' W Click for more
1180501 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-15 22:30Z 60° 18' N, 4° 4' W Click for more
1180513 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-15 23:32Z 60° 16' N, 3° 58' W Click for more
1180525 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-16 00:36Z 60° 13' N, 3° 51' W Click for more
1180537 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-16 01:33Z 60° 10' N, 3° 43' W Click for more
1180549 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-17 14:42Z 60° 55' N, 1° 0' W Click for more
1180550 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-17 16:07Z 60° 58' N, 1° 18' W Click for more
1180562 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-17 17:31Z 61° 1' N, 1° 35' W Click for more
1180574 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-17 18:52Z 61° 4' N, 1° 52' W Click for more
1180586 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-17 19:51Z 61° 6' N, 2° 1' W Click for more
1180598 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-17 21:01Z 61° 7' N, 2° 10' W Click for more
1180605 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-17 22:13Z 61° 9' N, 2° 17' W Click for more
1180617 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-17 23:33Z 61° 11' N, 2° 25' W Click for more
1180629 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-18 01:27Z 61° 13' N, 2° 40' W Click for more
1180630 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-18 05:20Z 61° 22' N, 3° 15' W Click for more
1180642 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-18 08:24Z 61° 28' N, 3° 42' W Click for more
1180654 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-18 11:33Z 61° 34' N, 4° 15' W Click for more
1180666 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-18 14:19Z 61° 42' N, 4° 51' W Click for more
1180678 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-18 16:17Z 61° 49' N, 5° 21' W Click for more
1180691 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-18 17:56Z 61° 54' N, 5° 45' W Click for more
1180709 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-18 19:37Z 62° 0' N, 6° 12' W Click for more
1180710 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-19 00:35Z 61° 12' N, 6° 22' W Click for more
1180722 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-19 02:43Z 61° 1' N, 5° 57' W Click for more
1180734 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-19 05:08Z 60° 51' N, 5° 28' W Click for more
1180746 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-19 06:33Z 60° 46' N, 5° 16' W Click for more
1180758 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-19 08:12Z 60° 43' N, 5° 6' W Click for more
1180771 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-19 10:01Z 60° 37' N, 4° 54' W Click for more
1180783 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-19 11:39Z 60° 34' N, 4° 45' W Click for more
1180795 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-19 14:06Z 60° 28' N, 4° 25' W Click for more
1180802 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-19 16:06Z 60° 25' N, 4° 18' W Click for more
1180814 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-19 17:49Z 60° 20' N, 4° 9' W Click for more
1180826 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-19 18:44Z 60° 18' N, 4° 4' W Click for more
1180838 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-19 19:32Z 60° 16' N, 3° 58' W Click for more
1180851 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-19 20:20Z 60° 13' N, 3° 51' W Click for more
1180863 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-19 21:11Z 60° 10' N, 3° 43' W Click for more
1180875 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-19 23:38Z 60° 16' N, 4° 19' W Click for more
1180887 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-20 00:39Z 60° 16' N, 4° 19' W Click for more
1180899 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-20 01:36Z 60° 16' N, 4° 19' W Click for more
1180906 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-20 02:38Z 60° 16' N, 4° 19' W Click for more
1180918 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-20 03:35Z 60° 16' N, 4° 19' W Click for more
1180931 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-20 04:34Z 60° 16' N, 4° 19' W Click for more
1180943 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-20 05:30Z 60° 16' N, 4° 19' W Click for more
1180955 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-20 06:35Z 60° 16' N, 4° 19' W Click for more
1180967 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-20 07:35Z 60° 16' N, 4° 19' W Click for more
1180979 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-20 08:33Z 60° 16' N, 4° 19' W Click for more
1180980 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-20 09:33Z 60° 16' N, 4° 19' W Click for more
1180992 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-20 10:33Z 60° 16' N, 4° 19' W Click for more
1181006 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-20 11:34Z 60° 16' N, 4° 19' W Click for more
1181018 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-20 12:36Z 60° 16' N, 4° 19' W Click for more
1181031 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-20 17:19Z 60° 10' N, 3° 43' W Click for more
1181043 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-20 18:20Z 60° 13' N, 3° 51' W Click for more
1181055 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-20 19:10Z 60° 16' N, 3° 58' W Click for more
1181067 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-20 19:53Z 60° 18' N, 4° 4' W Click for more
1181079 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-20 20:42Z 60° 20' N, 4° 9' W Click for more
1181080 CTD/STD cast 2012-05-20 21:26Z 60° 25' N, 4° 19' W Click for more

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