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BODC Cruise Metadata Report for RRS Challenger (74CH) cruise CH4/85

Introduction

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

Cruise Inventory Information

Long name RRS Challenger (74CH) cruise CH4/85
Short name CH4/85
Objectives and Narrative The objectives of this cruise were:
(1) To make CTD transects across the shelf between the Mull of Galloway and the Butt of Lewis, with radiocaesium water sampling. Accomplished.
(2) To check out North Channel current meter moorings and take any necessary action. Moorings in good condition so no action taken.
(3) To deploy an electromagnetic current meter at site S off SE Isaly for the duration of the cruise. Deployment done but problems with EMCM mooring configuration.
(4) To service mooring Y (Tiree Passage) and recover a UCNW shelf mooring. Accomplished.
(5) To work the Rockall via Anton Dohrn Seamount (Ellett Line) CTD section. Accomplished.
(6) To work a grid of CTD stations in the Firth of Clyde and Kilbrannan Sound. Accomplished.
Ship RRS Challenger
Departure Port Dunstaffnage, United Kingdom
Departure Date 1985-05-02
Arrival Port Oban, United Kingdom
Arrival Date 1985-05-16
Principal Scientist(s) David J Ellett (Scottish Marine Biological Association)
Responsible Organisation Scottish Marine Biological Association
Associated Project(s)
IHB Sea Areas Visited Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland, Irish Sea and St. George's Channel, North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W)
Marsden Squares Visited 181;245/181;354/181;4/182;370/182;371/182;372/182;373
Work Area Description North Channel; Hebridean Seas; Rockall; Firth of Clyde
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 = 199
Description:  
Current meters Quantity: number of recoveries = 11
Description: 11 recovered;3 days-3,5 months  
Water bottle stations Quantity: number of stations = 204
Description: 199 bottom  
Chemical oceanography  
Radioactivity Quantity: number of samples = 70
Description: water samples for radio-caesium analysis.  

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
182 CTD/STD cast Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
1 Savonius rotor current meter Date and time
Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents)
Moored instrument depth
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  
249396 Savonius rotor current meter 1985-05-07 22:00Z to 1985-08-19 07:27Z 56° 37' N, 6° 24' W Click for more
252957 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-02 19:34Z 56° 16' N, 6° 5' W Click for more
252969 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-02 20:17Z 56° 14' N, 6° 1' W Click for more
252970 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-02 21:05Z 56° 10' N, 5° 58' W Click for more
252982 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-02 21:51Z 56° 8' N, 5° 55' W Click for more
252994 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-02 22:35Z 56° 5' N, 5° 52' W Click for more
253008 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-03 03:50Z 55° 34' N, 5° 45' W Click for more
253021 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-03 04:27Z 55° 36' N, 5° 49' W Click for more
253033 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-03 05:03Z 55° 37' N, 5° 52' W Click for more
253045 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-03 05:50Z 55° 38' N, 5° 57' W Click for more
253057 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-03 06:26Z 55° 39' N, 6° 1' W Click for more
253069 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-03 11:40Z 55° 31' N, 6° 7' W Click for more
253070 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-03 20:28Z 55° 19' N, 5° 27' W Click for more
253082 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-03 22:33Z 55° 24' N, 5° 20' W Click for more
253094 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-03 23:32Z 55° 27' N, 5° 28' W Click for more
253101 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-04 00:38Z 55° 31' N, 5° 22' W Click for more
253113 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-04 01:19Z 55° 31' N, 5° 27' W Click for more
253125 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-04 02:12Z 55° 34' N, 5° 24' W Click for more
253137 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-04 03:06Z 55° 38' N, 5° 26' W Click for more
253149 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-04 03:52Z 55° 41' N, 5° 22' W Click for more
253150 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-04 04:28Z 55° 43' N, 5° 22' W Click for more
253162 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-04 05:12Z 55° 44' N, 5° 18' W Click for more
253174 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-04 05:50Z 55° 46' N, 5° 14' W Click for more
253186 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-04 06:31Z 55° 49' N, 5° 16' W Click for more
253198 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-04 07:37Z 55° 54' N, 5° 22' W Click for more
253205 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-04 08:33Z 55° 57' N, 5° 22' W Click for more
253217 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-04 11:09Z 55° 41' N, 5° 7' W Click for more
253229 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-04 12:02Z 55° 42' N, 5° 4' W Click for more
253230 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-04 13:11Z 55° 39' N, 4° 55' W Click for more
253242 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-04 13:57Z 55° 37' N, 5° 0' W Click for more
253254 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-04 14:48Z 55° 36' N, 5° 5' W Click for more
253266 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-04 15:56Z 55° 34' N, 5° 0' W Click for more
253278 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-04 16:58Z 55° 31' N, 4° 52' W Click for more
253291 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-04 18:04Z 55° 27' N, 4° 45' W Click for more
253309 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-04 18:54Z 55° 28' N, 4° 52' W Click for more
253310 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-04 19:47Z 55° 28' N, 5° 0' W Click for more
253322 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-04 20:52Z 55° 22' N, 4° 58' W Click for more
253334 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-04 21:55Z 55° 16' N, 4° 56' W Click for more
253346 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-04 22:49Z 55° 19' N, 5° 4' W Click for more
253358 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-04 23:47Z 55° 21' N, 5° 12' W Click for more
253371 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-05 01:06Z 55° 14' N, 5° 11' W Click for more
253383 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-05 02:29Z 55° 12' N, 5° 27' W Click for more
253395 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-05 03:49Z 55° 9' N, 5° 18' W Click for more
253402 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-05 06:46Z 54° 48' N, 5° 4' W Click for more
253414 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-05 07:33Z 54° 46' N, 5° 10' W Click for more
253426 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-05 09:08Z 54° 44' N, 5° 15' W Click for more
253438 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-05 10:04Z 54° 43' N, 5° 19' W Click for more
253451 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-05 11:22Z 54° 41' N, 5° 25' W Click for more
253463 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-05 12:01Z 54° 40' N, 5° 28' W Click for more
253475 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-05 17:11Z 54° 57' N, 5° 13' W Click for more
253487 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-05 18:30Z 55° 1' N, 5° 18' W Click for more
253499 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-05 19:38Z 55° 4' N, 5° 25' W Click for more
253506 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-05 20:50Z 55° 9' N, 5° 31' W Click for more
253518 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-05 22:02Z 55° 13' N, 5° 37' W Click for more
253531 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-05 22:58Z 55° 16' N, 5° 43' W Click for more
253543 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-05 23:34Z 55° 15' N, 5° 47' W Click for more
253555 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-06 00:40Z 55° 13' N, 5° 52' W Click for more
253567 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-06 01:26Z 55° 11' N, 5° 56' W Click for more
253579 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-06 03:31Z 55° 10' N, 6° 0' W Click for more
253580 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-06 06:54Z 55° 13' N, 6° 45' W Click for more
253592 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-06 07:50Z 55° 18' N, 6° 41' W Click for more
253611 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-06 08:42Z 55° 23' N, 6° 37' W Click for more
253623 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-06 09:43Z 55° 28' N, 6° 33' W Click for more
253635 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-06 15:29Z 55° 42' N, 6° 22' W Click for more
253647 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-06 16:25Z 55° 37' N, 6° 25' W Click for more
253659 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-06 17:39Z 55° 32' N, 6° 29' W Click for more
253660 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-06 21:53Z 55° 46' N, 6° 32' W Click for more
253672 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-06 22:29Z 55° 46' N, 6° 37' W Click for more
253684 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-06 23:23Z 55° 46' N, 6° 46' W Click for more
253696 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-07 00:19Z 55° 46' N, 6° 55' W Click for more
253703 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-07 01:12Z 55° 46' N, 7° 4' W Click for more
253715 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-07 02:16Z 55° 46' N, 7° 16' W Click for more
253727 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-07 03:18Z 55° 46' N, 7° 28' W Click for more
253739 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-07 04:26Z 55° 46' N, 7° 41' W Click for more
253740 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-07 06:04Z 55° 46' N, 7° 59' W Click for more
253752 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-07 17:24Z 56° 40' N, 6° 7' W Click for more
253764 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-07 22:14Z 56° 40' N, 6° 16' W Click for more
253776 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-07 23:22Z 56° 43' N, 6° 27' W Click for more
253788 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-08 01:38Z 56° 43' N, 6° 45' W Click for more
253807 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-08 02:54Z 56° 43' N, 7° 0' W Click for more
253819 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-08 05:00Z 56° 43' N, 7° 19' W Click for more
253820 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-08 06:32Z 56° 43' N, 7° 30' W Click for more
253832 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-08 07:37Z 56° 43' N, 7° 40' W Click for more
253844 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-08 09:57Z 56° 46' N, 8° 0' W Click for more
253856 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-08 11:36Z 56° 51' N, 8° 19' W Click for more
253868 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-08 12:34Z 56° 52' N, 8° 30' W Click for more
253881 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-08 14:36Z 56° 57' N, 8° 46' W Click for more
253893 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-08 15:53Z 57° 0' N, 9° 0' W Click for more
253900 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-08 17:43Z 57° 3' N, 9° 13' W Click for more
253912 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-08 19:00Z 57° 6' N, 9° 25' W Click for more
253924 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-08 20:47Z 57° 9' N, 9° 42' W Click for more
253936 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-08 23:03Z 57° 14' N, 10° 3' W Click for more
253948 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-09 01:33Z 57° 18' N, 10° 22' W Click for more
253961 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-09 03:55Z 57° 22' N, 10° 40' W Click for more
253973 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-09 05:45Z 57° 24' N, 10° 52' W Click for more
253985 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-09 07:24Z 57° 27' N, 11° 5' W Click for more
253997 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-09 08:57Z 57° 28' N, 11° 19' W Click for more
254000 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-09 10:27Z 57° 28' N, 11° 31' W Click for more
254012 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-09 12:49Z 57° 29' N, 11° 51' W Click for more
254024 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-09 15:23Z 57° 30' N, 12° 15' W Click for more
254036 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-09 18:12Z 57° 31' N, 12° 37' W Click for more
254048 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-09 19:54Z 57° 32' N, 12° 52' W Click for more
254061 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-09 20:57Z 57° 33' N, 13° 0' W Click for more
254073 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-09 22:33Z 57° 34' N, 13° 19' W Click for more
254085 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-10 00:05Z 57° 34' N, 13° 37' W Click for more
254097 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-10 14:08Z 57° 55' N, 9° 48' W Click for more
254104 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-10 15:58Z 57° 52' N, 9° 33' W Click for more
254116 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-10 17:16Z 57° 49' N, 9° 21' W Click for more
254128 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-10 18:44Z 57° 45' N, 9° 7' W Click for more
254141 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-10 20:12Z 57° 42' N, 8° 50' W Click for more
254153 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-10 21:45Z 57° 39' N, 8° 33' W Click for more
254165 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-10 23:20Z 57° 34' N, 8° 15' W Click for more
254177 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-11 00:50Z 57° 31' N, 7° 58' W Click for more
254189 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-11 02:31Z 57° 28' N, 7° 40' W Click for more
254190 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-11 08:18Z 58° 4' N, 7° 10' W Click for more
254208 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-11 09:19Z 58° 7' N, 7° 19' W Click for more
254221 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-11 10:52Z 58° 10' N, 7° 33' W Click for more
254233 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-11 12:14Z 58° 13' N, 7° 46' W Click for more
254245 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-11 13:48Z 58° 18' N, 8° 3' W Click for more
254257 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-11 15:30Z 58° 22' N, 8° 20' W Click for more
254269 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-11 17:12Z 58° 27' N, 8° 37' W Click for more
254270 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-11 18:51Z 58° 31' N, 8° 53' W Click for more
254282 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-12 00:34Z 59° 2' N, 7° 40' W Click for more
254294 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-12 01:52Z 59° 0' N, 7° 31' W Click for more
254301 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-12 02:43Z 58° 58' N, 7° 27' W Click for more
254313 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-12 03:56Z 58° 53' N, 7° 16' W Click for more
254325 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-12 05:10Z 58° 48' N, 7° 6' W Click for more
254337 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-12 06:20Z 58° 43' N, 6° 55' W Click for more
254349 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-12 07:31Z 58° 38' N, 6° 44' W Click for more
254350 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-12 08:38Z 58° 33' N, 6° 34' W Click for more
254362 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-12 09:43Z 58° 28' N, 6° 23' W Click for more
254374 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-12 12:53Z 58° 16' N, 6° 10' W Click for more
254386 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-12 13:54Z 58° 16' N, 6° 0' W Click for more
254398 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-12 14:50Z 58° 17' N, 5° 49' W Click for more
254405 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-12 15:44Z 58° 16' N, 5° 39' W Click for more
254417 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-12 16:36Z 58° 16' N, 5° 29' W Click for more
254429 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-12 17:35Z 58° 16' N, 5° 18' W Click for more
254430 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-12 22:18Z 57° 43' N, 5° 48' W Click for more
254442 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-12 23:00Z 57° 43' N, 5° 45' W Click for more
254454 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-12 23:47Z 57° 42' N, 6° 1' W Click for more
254466 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-13 00:34Z 57° 43' N, 6° 8' W Click for more
254478 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-13 01:18Z 57° 45' N, 6° 13' W Click for more
254491 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-13 02:03Z 57° 46' N, 6° 19' W Click for more
254509 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-13 02:48Z 57° 49' N, 6° 24' W Click for more
254510 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-13 03:29Z 57° 49' N, 6° 30' W Click for more
254522 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-13 04:39Z 57° 52' N, 6° 35' W Click for more
254534 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-13 07:23Z 57° 30' N, 6° 40' W Click for more
254546 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-13 08:00Z 57° 31' N, 6° 44' W Click for more
254558 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-13 08:35Z 57° 32' N, 6° 49' W Click for more
254571 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-13 09:16Z 57° 33' N, 6° 54' W Click for more
254583 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-13 09:59Z 57° 34' N, 6° 59' W Click for more
254595 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-13 10:31Z 57° 35' N, 7° 3' W Click for more
254602 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-13 14:00Z 57° 8' N, 7° 10' W Click for more
254614 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-13 15:07Z 57° 5' N, 7° 4' W Click for more
254626 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-13 16:15Z 57° 2' N, 6° 49' W Click for more
254638 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-13 17:07Z 57° 6' N, 6° 44' W Click for more
254651 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-13 18:02Z 57° 10' N, 6° 38' W Click for more
254663 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-13 18:50Z 57° 13' N, 6° 34' W Click for more
254675 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-13 19:26Z 57° 16' N, 6° 33' W Click for more
254687 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-13 20:00Z 57° 18' N, 6° 32' W Click for more
254699 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-13 22:28Z 56° 58' N, 6° 38' W Click for more
254706 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-13 23:28Z 56° 56' N, 6° 29' W Click for more
254718 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-14 00:27Z 56° 54' N, 6° 21' W Click for more
254731 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-14 01:20Z 56° 51' N, 6° 12' W Click for more
254743 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-14 02:07Z 56° 49' N, 6° 4' W Click for more
254755 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-14 02:55Z 56° 48' N, 5° 56' W Click for more
254767 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-14 08:34Z 56° 17' N, 7° 5' W Click for more
254779 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-14 09:30Z 56° 13' N, 6° 58' W Click for more
254780 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-14 10:26Z 56° 9' N, 6° 53' W Click for more
254792 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-14 11:27Z 56° 4' N, 6° 46' W Click for more
254811 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-14 12:24Z 56° 1' N, 6° 40' W Click for more
254823 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-14 13:22Z 55° 57' N, 6° 34' W Click for more
254835 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-14 14:15Z 55° 48' N, 6° 28' W Click for more
254847 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-14 20:02Z 55° 33' N, 6° 5' W Click for more
254859 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-14 21:45Z 55° 37' N, 5° 52' W Click for more
254860 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-14 22:25Z 55° 40' N, 5° 51' W Click for more
254872 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-14 22:57Z 55° 43' N, 5° 50' W Click for more
254884 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-14 23:46Z 55° 47' N, 5° 48' W Click for more
254896 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-15 00:18Z 55° 49' N, 5° 47' W Click for more
254903 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-15 01:07Z 55° 52' N, 5° 43' W Click for more
254915 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-15 01:40Z 55° 52' N, 5° 47' W Click for more
254927 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-15 02:22Z 55° 52' N, 5° 51' W Click for more
254939 CTD/STD cast 1985-05-15 07:05Z 56° 9' N, 5° 58' W Click for more

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