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BODC Cruise Metadata Report for RRS James Clark Ross (74JC) cruise JR16002

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 JR16002
Short name JR16002
Objectives and Narrative JR16002 is a combined logistic and science cruise. The ship began by opening the base at Signy in the South Orkneys, returned north across Drake Passage and conducted two science projects (SMEs 980 and 993) there, steamed toward Vernadsky Station and Rothera Research Station on the Antarctic Peninsula but was unable to reach either base due to ice conditions, and returned to Port Stanley via a detour in Drake Passage to recover a malfunctioning float. The Drake Passage SME 980 work comprised 30 CTD stations with water samples analysed for salinity and dissolved oxygen and stored for oxygen isotope analysis ashore, as well as deployment of three Deep Apex profiling floats (measuring conductivity, temperature, pressure, and oxygen, as well as time-averaged currents) in southern Drake Passage. One of the floats subsequently leaked and was successfully recovered. For SME 993, three bottom pressure landers were recovered, while two failed to release and were not recovered. Throughout the cruise as ice and weather conditions permitted we made continuous underway measurements of meteorological variables, surface temperature and salinity, upper ocean currents, and bathymetry, along with intermittent sampling of surface water for salinity calibration. The cruise itinerary also allowed for servicing of the tide gauges at Stanley and Signy.
Ship RRS James Clark Ross
Departure Port Stanley, Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
Departure Date 2016-11-10
Arrival Port Stanley, Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
Arrival Date 2016-12-03
Principal Scientist(s) Yvonne L Firing (National Oceanography Centre, Southampton)
Responsible Organisation National Oceanography Centre, Southampton
Associated Project(s) ACCLAIM; ORCHESTRA
IHB Sea Areas Visited Southern Ocean
Marsden Squares Visited 485/521
Work Area Description Drake Passage. Antarctic Peninsula.
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 = 30
Description: CTD/LADCP casts and water samples  
Current profiler (eg ADCP) Quantity: activity duration in days = 27
Description: Routine underway measurements  
Current profiler (eg ADCP) Quantity: number of stations = 30
Description: CTD/LADCP casts and water samples  
Neutrally buoyant floats Quantity: number of deployments = 3
Description: Deep Apex float deployments  
Surface measurements underway (T,S) Quantity: activity duration in days = 27
Description: Routine underway measurements  
Water bottle stations Quantity: number of stations = 30
Description: CTD/LADCP casts and water samples  
Chemical oceanography  
Isotopes Quantity: number of stations = 30
Description: CTD/LADCP casts and water samples  
Oxygen Quantity: number of stations = 30
Description: CTD/LADCP casts and water samples  
Meteorology  
Routine standard measurements Quantity: activity duration in days = 27
Description: Routine underway measurements  
Geology and geophysics  
Multi-beam echosounding Quantity: activity duration in days = 27
Description: Routine underway measurements  
Single-beam echosounding Quantity: activity duration in days = 27
Description: Routine underway measurements  

Cruise Inventory Mooring/Buoy Operations

Latitude Longitude Data type Description
54° 58' S 57° 58' W Sea level (inc. bot. press., inverted echosounder) Bottom pressure, temperature, and conductivity; recovered 18 Nov 2016
55° 2' S 57° 55' W Sea level (inc. bot. press., inverted echosounder) Bottom pressure, temperature, and conductivity; recovered 18 Nov 2016
60° 51' S 54° 41' W Sea level (inc. bot. press., inverted echosounder) Bottom pressure, temperature, and conductivity; recovered 23 Nov 2016

Summary of BODC Data Holdings for the Cruise

National Oceanographic Database

Summary

# Series Instrument Description Parameters
31 Acoustic doppler current profiler Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents)
Reference numbers
Vertical spatial coordinates
30 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
Visible waveband radiance and irradiance measurements in the water column
1 Meteorological data logger Air pressure
Air temperature
Atmospheric humidity
Date and time
Horizontal spatial co-ordinates
Visible waveband radiance and irradiance measurements in the atmosphere
Wind strength and direction
1 Multiple instrument types Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies
Date and time
Electrical conductivity of the water column
Horizontal spatial co-ordinates
Metadata parameters
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Transmittance and attenuance of the water column
1 Single-beam echosounder Bathymetry and Elevation
Date and time
Horizontal platform movement
Horizontal spatial co-ordinates
Platform or instrument orientation

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

Full List

BODC Reference Instrument Description Date/Time Location  
1793850 CTD/STD cast 2016-11-18 22:56Z 54° 40' S, 57° 58' W Click for more
1793862 CTD/STD cast 2016-11-19 01:08Z 54° 55' S, 57° 58' W Click for more
1793874 CTD/STD cast 2016-11-19 02:34Z 54° 58' S, 57° 58' W Click for more
1793886 CTD/STD cast 2016-11-19 04:06Z 55° 0' S, 57° 58' W Click for more
1793898 CTD/STD cast 2016-11-19 06:08Z 55° 4' S, 57° 58' W Click for more
1793905 CTD/STD cast 2016-11-19 08:22Z 55° 7' S, 57° 58' W Click for more
1793917 CTD/STD cast 2016-11-19 10:53Z 55° 10' S, 57° 58' W Click for more
1793929 CTD/STD cast 2016-11-19 13:34Z 55° 12' S, 57° 58' W Click for more
1793930 CTD/STD cast 2016-11-19 18:24Z 55° 31' S, 57° 58' W Click for more
1793942 CTD/STD cast 2016-11-19 23:23Z 55° 49' S, 57° 49' W Click for more
1793954 CTD/STD cast 2016-11-20 04:56Z 56° 9' S, 57° 37' W Click for more
1793966 CTD/STD cast 2016-11-20 09:31Z 56° 28' S, 57° 23' W Click for more
1793978 CTD/STD cast 2016-11-20 14:08Z 56° 46' S, 57° 13' W Click for more
1793991 CTD/STD cast 2016-11-20 18:21Z 57° 6' S, 57° 0' W Click for more
1794005 CTD/STD cast 2016-11-20 22:42Z 57° 25' S, 56° 49' W Click for more
1794017 CTD/STD cast 2016-11-21 03:37Z 57° 44' S, 56° 39' W Click for more
1794029 CTD/STD cast 2016-11-21 08:48Z 58° 3' S, 56° 27' W Click for more
1794030 CTD/STD cast 2016-11-21 14:26Z 58° 22' S, 56° 15' W Click for more
1794042 CTD/STD cast 2016-11-21 19:24Z 58° 40' S, 56° 3' W Click for more
1794054 CTD/STD cast 2016-11-22 03:58Z 59° 0' S, 55° 51' W Click for more
1794066 CTD/STD cast 2016-11-22 07:19Z 59° 19' S, 55° 39' W Click for more
1794078 CTD/STD cast 2016-11-22 13:07Z 59° 39' S, 55° 27' W Click for more
1794091 CTD/STD cast 2016-11-22 20:34Z 59° 59' S, 55° 13' W Click for more
1794109 CTD/STD cast 2016-11-23 02:08Z 60° 19' S, 55° 1' W Click for more
1794110 CTD/STD cast 2016-11-23 06:57Z 60° 40' S, 54° 49' W Click for more
1794122 CTD/STD cast 2016-11-23 19:27Z 60° 48' S, 54° 44' W Click for more
1794134 CTD/STD cast 2016-11-23 22:22Z 60° 49' S, 54° 43' W Click for more
1794146 CTD/STD cast 2016-11-24 00:26Z 60° 51' S, 54° 42' W Click for more
1794158 CTD/STD cast 2016-11-24 02:31Z 60° 58' S, 54° 37' W Click for more
1794171 CTD/STD cast 2016-11-24 04:08Z 61° 3' S, 54° 34' W Click for more
1794668 Acoustic doppler current profiler 2016-11-18 22:56Z 54° 40' S, 57° 58' W Click for more
1794681 Acoustic doppler current profiler 2016-11-19 01:09Z 54° 55' S, 57° 58' W Click for more
1794693 Acoustic doppler current profiler 2016-11-19 02:35Z 54° 58' S, 57° 58' W Click for more
1794700 Acoustic doppler current profiler 2016-11-19 04:05Z 55° 0' S, 57° 58' W Click for more
1794712 Acoustic doppler current profiler 2016-11-19 06:08Z 55° 4' S, 57° 58' W Click for more
1794724 Acoustic doppler current profiler 2016-11-19 08:22Z 55° 7' S, 57° 58' W Click for more
1794736 Acoustic doppler current profiler 2016-11-19 10:53Z 55° 10' S, 57° 58' W Click for more
1794748 Acoustic doppler current profiler 2016-11-19 13:34Z 55° 12' S, 57° 58' W Click for more
1794761 Acoustic doppler current profiler 2016-11-19 18:24Z 55° 31' S, 57° 58' W Click for more
1794773 Acoustic doppler current profiler 2016-11-19 23:23Z 55° 49' S, 57° 49' W Click for more
1794785 Acoustic doppler current profiler 2016-11-20 04:56Z 56° 9' S, 57° 37' W Click for more
1794797 Acoustic doppler current profiler 2016-11-20 09:31Z 56° 28' S, 57° 25' W Click for more
1794804 Acoustic doppler current profiler 2016-11-20 14:08Z 56° 46' S, 57° 13' W Click for more
1794816 Acoustic doppler current profiler 2016-11-20 18:21Z 57° 6' S, 57° 2' W Click for more
1794828 Acoustic doppler current profiler 2016-11-20 22:42Z 57° 25' S, 56° 50' W Click for more
1794841 Acoustic doppler current profiler 2016-11-21 03:37Z 57° 43' S, 56° 38' W Click for more
1794853 Acoustic doppler current profiler 2016-11-21 08:48Z 58° 3' S, 56° 27' W Click for more
1794865 Acoustic doppler current profiler 2016-11-21 14:26Z 58° 22' S, 56° 15' W Click for more
1794877 Acoustic doppler current profiler 2016-11-21 19:24Z 58° 40' S, 56° 3' W Click for more
1794889 Acoustic doppler current profiler 2016-11-22 01:15Z 59° 0' S, 55° 51' W Click for more
1794890 Acoustic doppler current profiler 2016-11-22 07:19Z 59° 19' S, 55° 39' W Click for more
1794908 Acoustic doppler current profiler 2016-11-22 13:07Z 59° 39' S, 55° 27' W Click for more
1794921 Acoustic doppler current profiler 2016-11-22 20:34Z 60° 0' S, 55° 14' W Click for more
1794933 Acoustic doppler current profiler 2016-11-23 02:08Z 60° 19' S, 55° 1' W Click for more
1794945 Acoustic doppler current profiler 2016-11-23 06:57Z 60° 40' S, 54° 49' W Click for more
1794957 Acoustic doppler current profiler 2016-11-23 10:08Z 60° 48' S, 54° 44' W Click for more
1794969 Acoustic doppler current profiler 2016-11-23 22:22Z 60° 49' S, 54° 43' W Click for more
1794970 Acoustic doppler current profiler 2016-11-24 00:26Z 60° 51' S, 54° 42' W Click for more
1794982 Acoustic doppler current profiler 2016-11-24 02:31Z 60° 58' S, 54° 37' W Click for more
1794994 Acoustic doppler current profiler 2016-11-24 04:08Z 61° 3' S, 54° 34' W Click for more
1795008 Acoustic doppler current profiler 2016-11-12 13:53Z 58° 30' S, 49° 29' W Click for more
1836396 Single-beam echosounder 2016-11-10 11:07Z to 2016-12-03 00:00Z 67° 30' S to 51° 54' S; 70° 0' W to 45° 27' W Click for more
1836403 Meteorological data logger 2016-11-10 11:07Z to 2016-12-03 00:00Z 67° 30' S to 51° 54' S; 70° 0' W to 45° 27' W Click for more
1836415 Multiple instrument types 2016-11-10 11:07Z to 2016-12-03 00:00Z 67° 30' S to 51° 54' S; 70° 0' W to 45° 27' W Click for more

Project Database

# Events Gear Type Parameters Held
32 CTD frame plus rosette sampler Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
4 Bottom Lander

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

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