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BODC Cruise Metadata Report for Liverpool Seaways cruise LV_DUB_BIRK_21Jan2011

Introduction

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

Cruise Inventory Information

Long name Liverpool Seaways cruise LV_DUB_BIRK_21Jan2011
Short name LV_DUB_BIRK_21Jan2011
Objectives and Narrative Collection of surface oceanographic measurements using a Ferrybox on a commercial vessel.
Ship Liverpool Seaways
Departure Port Dublin, Ireland
Departure Date 2011-01-21
Arrival Port Liverpool, United Kingdom
Arrival Date 2011-01-22
Principal Scientist(s) M John Howarth (National Oceanography Centre, Liverpool)
Responsible Organisation National Oceanography Centre, Liverpool
Associated Project(s)
IHB Sea Areas Visited Irish Sea and St. George's Channel
Marsden Squares Visited 181
Work Area Description Central Irish Sea
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  
Surface measurements underway (T,S) Description: Ferrybox with temperature, salinity, chlorophyll, turbidity and dissolved oxygen sensors.  
Chemical oceanography  
Oxygen Description: Ferrybox with temperature, salinity, chlorophyll, turbidity and dissolved oxygen sensors.  
Contamination  
Suspended matter Description: Ferrybox with temperature, salinity, chlorophyll, turbidity and dissolved oxygen sensors.  
Biology and fisheries  
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) Description: Ferrybox with temperature, salinity, chlorophyll, turbidity and dissolved oxygen sensors.  

Cruise Inventory Mooring/Buoy Operations

No information on datasets is currently available

Summary of BODC Data Holdings for the Cruise

National Oceanographic Database

Summary

# Series Instrument Description Parameters
1 Surface water sample (pumped) Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies
Concentration of suspended particulate material in the water column
Date and time
Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column
Horizontal spatial co-ordinates
Reference numbers
Salinity of the water column
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  
1192004 Surface water sample (pumped) 2011-01-21 21:58Z to 2011-01-22 04:35Z 53° 19' N to 53° 36' N; 6° 10' W to 3° 3' W Click for more

Project Database

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

References

Track Charts

No track charts currently available

Reports

No reports currently available