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BODC Cruise Metadata Report for RRS Challenger (74CH) cruise CH8/85

Introduction

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

Cruise Inventory Information

Long name RRS Challenger (74CH) cruise CH8/85
Short name CH8/85
Objectives and Narrative 1. To make CTD transects across the shelf between the Mull of Galloway and Cape Wrath, and to collect radiocaesium samples for analysis by Glasgow University and the Fisheries Radiobiological Laboratory, Lowestoft, on certain transects.
2. To collect bottom cores in the North Channel and Sea of the Hebrides for the Fisheries Radiobiological Laboratory, Lowestoft.
3. To repeat a CTD survey of the Firth of Clyde and Kilbrannan Soung.
4. To service SMBA mooring Y in the Tiree Passage, and to deploy a deep mooring on the eastern flank of Anton Dohrn Seamount for recovery in December or March.
5. To work the Anton Dohrn Seamount (Ellett Line) CTD section.
6. To make instrument tests of the Neil Brown 'Smart' CTD and the Bissett-Berman CTDs in a variety of environments, including the Norwegian Sea deep water.
7. To test the suitability of the Interocean S4 current meter for obtaining depth profiles of currents at the shelf edges.
8. To observe seabirds around the Hebrides for the Nature Conservancy Council Seabirds at Sea Programme.
Ship RRS Challenger
Departure Port Ardrossan, United Kingdom
Departure Date 1985-08-14
Arrival Port Dunstaffnage, United Kingdom
Arrival Date 1985-08-28
Principal Scientist(s) David T Meldrum (Scottish Marine Biological Association)
Responsible Organisation University of Wales, Bangor School of Ocean Sciences, Scottish Marine Biological Association
Associated Project(s)
IHB Sea Areas Visited Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland, North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W)
Marsden Squares Visited 181;245/181;354/181;370/181;4/182;3/182;479/217;206/217;207
Work Area Description Rockall Channel/ Scottish Cont. Shelf/ North Channel
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 = 177
Description: 3 without S  
Current meters Quantity: number of stations = 1
Description: 4 deployed;3 months  
Water bottle stations Quantity: number of stations = 177
Description:  
Chemical oceanography  
Radioactivity Quantity: number of samples = 62
Description: water samples for radiocaesium analysis.  
Biology and fisheries  
Birds Quantity: number of stations = 25
Description: observed for the identification and distribution of seabirds.  
Geology and geophysics  
Core - soft bottom Quantity: number of cores = 10
Description:  

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
174 CTD/STD cast Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
3 CTD/STD cast 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
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  
60863 Savonius rotor current meter 1985-08-19 09:00Z to 1985-12-03 13:29Z 56° 37' N, 6° 24' W Click for more
260214 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-14 12:37Z 55° 28' N, 5° 0' W Click for more
260226 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-14 13:31Z 55° 28' N, 4° 52' W Click for more
260238 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-14 14:26Z 55° 28' N, 4° 44' W Click for more
260251 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-14 15:20Z 55° 31' N, 4° 52' W Click for more
260263 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-14 16:17Z 55° 34' N, 5° 0' W Click for more
260275 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-14 17:06Z 55° 36' N, 5° 8' W Click for more
260287 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-14 17:47Z 55° 37' N, 5° 0' W Click for more
260299 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-14 18:32Z 55° 39' N, 4° 55' W Click for more
260306 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-14 19:37Z 55° 42' N, 5° 4' W Click for more
260318 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-14 20:15Z 55° 41' N, 5° 7' W Click for more
260331 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-14 21:23Z 55° 46' N, 5° 14' W Click for more
260343 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-14 22:05Z 55° 49' N, 5° 16' W Click for more
260355 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-14 23:08Z 55° 54' N, 5° 22' W Click for more
260367 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-14 23:56Z 55° 57' N, 5° 22' W Click for more
260379 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-15 02:21Z 55° 44' N, 5° 18' W Click for more
260380 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-15 03:03Z 55° 43' N, 5° 22' W Click for more
260392 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-15 03:45Z 55° 41' N, 5° 22' W Click for more
260411 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-15 04:31Z 55° 38' N, 5° 25' W Click for more
260423 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-15 05:38Z 55° 34' N, 5° 24' W Click for more
260435 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-15 06:36Z 55° 31' N, 5° 27' W Click for more
260447 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-15 07:12Z 55° 31' N, 5° 22' W Click for more
260459 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-15 08:17Z 55° 27' N, 5° 31' W Click for more
260460 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-15 09:19Z 55° 24' N, 5° 20' W Click for more
260472 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-15 10:37Z 55° 19' N, 5° 27' W Click for more
260484 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-15 12:14Z 55° 12' N, 5° 27' W Click for more
260496 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-15 13:48Z 55° 9' N, 5° 18' W Click for more
260503 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-15 14:53Z 55° 14' N, 5° 11' W Click for more
260515 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-15 16:09Z 55° 22' N, 5° 12' W Click for more
260527 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-15 21:37Z 55° 22' N, 4° 58' W Click for more
260539 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-15 22:35Z 55° 19' N, 5° 4' W Click for more
260540 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-15 23:33Z 55° 16' N, 4° 56' W Click for more
260552 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-16 04:56Z 54° 45' N, 5° 7' W Click for more
260564 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-16 06:17Z 54° 44' N, 5° 10' W Click for more
260576 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-16 07:45Z 54° 43' N, 5° 12' W Click for more
260588 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-16 10:23Z 54° 43' N, 5° 19' W Click for more
260607 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-16 12:01Z 54° 40' N, 5° 29' W Click for more
260619 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-16 12:44Z 54° 41' N, 5° 25' W Click for more
260620 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-16 14:31Z 54° 45' N, 5° 15' W Click for more
260632 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-16 15:30Z 54° 46' N, 5° 10' W Click for more
260644 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-16 16:29Z 54° 47' N, 5° 4' W Click for more
260656 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-16 18:25Z 54° 57' N, 5° 13' W Click for more
260668 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-16 19:35Z 55° 0' N, 5° 19' W Click for more
260681 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-16 21:03Z 55° 4' N, 5° 26' W Click for more
260693 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-16 22:16Z 55° 9' N, 5° 31' W Click for more
260700 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-16 23:22Z 55° 13' N, 5° 37' W Click for more
260712 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-17 00:18Z 55° 16' N, 5° 43' W Click for more
260724 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-17 00:56Z 55° 15' N, 5° 48' W Click for more
260736 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-17 01:42Z 55° 13' N, 5° 52' W Click for more
260748 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-17 02:30Z 55° 11' N, 5° 55' W Click for more
260761 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-17 03:33Z 55° 9' N, 6° 0' W Click for more
260773 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-17 07:33Z 55° 34' N, 5° 45' W Click for more
260785 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-17 08:11Z 55° 36' N, 5° 49' W Click for more
260797 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-17 08:44Z 55° 37' N, 5° 53' W Click for more
260804 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-17 09:33Z 55° 38' N, 5° 57' W Click for more
260816 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-17 10:15Z 55° 39' N, 6° 1' W Click for more
260828 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-17 13:05Z 55° 42' N, 6° 22' W Click for more
260841 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-17 14:03Z 55° 37' N, 6° 25' W Click for more
260853 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-17 15:12Z 55° 32' N, 6° 30' W Click for more
260865 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-17 16:17Z 55° 28' N, 6° 33' W Click for more
260877 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-17 17:19Z 55° 23' N, 6° 37' W Click for more
260889 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-17 18:20Z 55° 18' N, 6° 41' W Click for more
260890 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-17 19:20Z 55° 13' N, 6° 45' W Click for more
260908 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-18 02:29Z 55° 46' N, 8° 0' W Click for more
260921 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-18 04:07Z 55° 46' N, 7° 40' W Click for more
260933 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-18 05:20Z 55° 46' N, 7° 28' W Click for more
260945 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-18 06:32Z 55° 46' N, 7° 15' W Click for more
260957 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-18 07:35Z 55° 46' N, 7° 4' W Click for more
260969 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-18 08:19Z 55° 46' N, 6° 55' W Click for more
260970 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-18 09:09Z 55° 45' N, 6° 46' W Click for more
260982 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-18 10:15Z 55° 46' N, 6° 37' W Click for more
260994 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-18 10:55Z 55° 46' N, 6° 31' W Click for more
261008 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-18 15:08Z 56° 5' N, 5° 52' W Click for more
261021 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-18 16:05Z 56° 7' N, 5° 56' W Click for more
261033 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-18 16:49Z 56° 11' N, 5° 58' W Click for more
261045 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-18 17:34Z 56° 14' N, 6° 1' W Click for more
261057 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-18 18:17Z 56° 16' N, 6° 5' W Click for more
261069 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-18 23:51Z 56° 40' N, 6° 7' W Click for more
261070 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-19 01:25Z 56° 40' N, 6° 16' W Click for more
261082 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-19 02:30Z 56° 44' N, 6° 27' W Click for more
261094 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-19 11:59Z 56° 43' N, 6° 45' W Click for more
261101 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-19 13:17Z 56° 43' N, 7° 0' W Click for more
261113 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-19 16:11Z 56° 43' N, 7° 20' W Click for more
261125 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-19 17:26Z 56° 43' N, 7° 30' W Click for more
261137 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-19 18:42Z 56° 43' N, 7° 40' W Click for more
261149 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-19 21:17Z 56° 48' N, 8° 0' W Click for more
261150 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-19 22:18Z 56° 48' N, 8° 10' W Click for more
261162 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-20 00:00Z 56° 51' N, 8° 19' W Click for more
261174 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-20 01:01Z 56° 52' N, 8° 30' W Click for more
261186 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-20 02:58Z 56° 57' N, 8° 46' W Click for more
261198 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-20 04:22Z 57° 0' N, 9° 0' W Click for more
261205 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-20 06:43Z 57° 3' N, 9° 13' W Click for more
261217 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-20 08:05Z 57° 6' N, 9° 25' W Click for more
261229 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-20 10:11Z 57° 9' N, 9° 41' W Click for more
261230 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-20 13:04Z 57° 13' N, 10° 3' W Click for more
261242 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-20 19:56Z 57° 16' N, 10° 54' W Click for more
261254 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-20 22:53Z 57° 18' N, 10° 23' W Click for more
261266 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-21 01:27Z 57° 22' N, 10° 40' W Click for more
261278 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-21 03:39Z 57° 24' N, 10° 52' W Click for more
261291 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-21 05:21Z 57° 27' N, 11° 4' W Click for more
261309 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-21 07:06Z 57° 29' N, 11° 19' W Click for more
261310 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-21 08:45Z 57° 29' N, 11° 31' W Click for more
261322 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-21 11:27Z 57° 29' N, 11° 51' W Click for more
261334 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-21 14:25Z 57° 30' N, 12° 15' W Click for more
261346 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-21 17:19Z 57° 31' N, 12° 37' W Click for more
261358 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-21 19:36Z 57° 32' N, 12° 51' W Click for more
261371 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-21 20:51Z 57° 33' N, 13° 0' W Click for more
261383 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-21 22:56Z 57° 34' N, 13° 19' W Click for more
261395 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-22 01:03Z 57° 34' N, 13° 37' W Click for more
261402 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-22 19:23Z 58° 37' N, 9° 18' W Click for more
261414 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-22 20:51Z 58° 36' N, 9° 9' W Click for more
261426 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-23 00:12Z 58° 34' N, 9° 1' W Click for more
261438 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-23 01:14Z 58° 33' N, 8° 58' W Click for more
261451 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-23 03:48Z 58° 31' N, 8° 52' W Click for more
261463 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-23 05:28Z 58° 27' N, 8° 37' W Click for more
261475 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-23 08:37Z 58° 22' N, 8° 20' W Click for more
261487 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-23 10:11Z 58° 18' N, 8° 3' W Click for more
261499 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-23 12:03Z 58° 13' N, 7° 46' W Click for more
261506 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-23 13:24Z 58° 10' N, 7° 33' W Click for more
261518 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-23 14:55Z 58° 7' N, 7° 19' W Click for more
261531 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-23 16:09Z 58° 4' N, 7° 10' W Click for more
261543 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-23 20:58Z 58° 28' N, 6° 23' W Click for more
261555 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-23 22:10Z 58° 33' N, 6° 33' W Click for more
261567 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-23 23:27Z 58° 38' N, 6° 44' W Click for more
261579 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-24 00:54Z 58° 43' N, 6° 55' W Click for more
261580 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-24 02:18Z 58° 48' N, 7° 5' W Click for more
261592 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-24 03:41Z 58° 52' N, 7° 17' W Click for more
261611 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-24 04:54Z 58° 58' N, 7° 27' W Click for more
261623 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-24 05:43Z 59° 0' N, 7° 32' W Click for more
261635 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-24 07:04Z 59° 2' N, 7° 41' W Click for more
261647 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-24 13:47Z 59° 48' N, 7° 9' W Click for more
261659 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-24 16:32Z 59° 52' N, 7° 6' W Click for more
261660 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-24 19:19Z 59° 55' N, 7° 3' W Click for more
261672 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-24 21:10Z 60° 0' N, 7° 0' W Click for more
261684 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-25 08:48Z 60° 16' N, 6° 49' W Click for more
261696 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-25 09:01Z 60° 15' N, 6° 49' W Click for more
261703 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-25 09:47Z 60° 15' N, 6° 51' W Click for more
261715 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-25 09:59Z 60° 15' N, 6° 52' W Click for more
261727 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-25 12:54Z 60° 12' N, 6° 27' W Click for more
261739 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-25 13:14Z 60° 12' N, 6° 27' W Click for more
261740 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-25 14:08Z 60° 12' N, 6° 28' W Click for more
261752 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-25 16:37Z 60° 8' N, 6° 4' W Click for more
261764 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-25 18:28Z 60° 0' N, 6° 0' W Click for more
261776 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-25 20:24Z 59° 52' N, 5° 54' W Click for more
261788 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-25 21:56Z 59° 43' N, 5° 48' W Click for more
261807 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-25 23:31Z 59° 35' N, 5° 41' W Click for more
261819 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-26 01:25Z 59° 24' N, 5° 33' W Click for more
261820 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-26 03:24Z 59° 12' N, 5° 24' W Click for more
261832 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-26 05:13Z 59° 1' N, 5° 16' W Click for more
261844 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-26 07:07Z 58° 49' N, 5° 8' W Click for more
261856 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-26 08:56Z 58° 39' N, 5° 0' W Click for more
261868 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-26 12:16Z 58° 17' N, 5° 18' W Click for more
261881 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-26 13:19Z 58° 17' N, 5° 30' W Click for more
261893 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-26 14:12Z 58° 16' N, 5° 39' W Click for more
261900 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-26 15:09Z 58° 16' N, 5° 49' W Click for more
261912 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-26 16:16Z 58° 16' N, 6° 0' W Click for more
261924 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-26 17:20Z 58° 17' N, 6° 11' W Click for more
261936 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-26 22:14Z 57° 43' N, 5° 48' W Click for more
261948 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-26 22:55Z 57° 43' N, 5° 54' W Click for more
261961 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-26 23:51Z 57° 43' N, 6° 1' W Click for more
261973 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-27 00:39Z 57° 43' N, 6° 8' W Click for more
261985 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-27 01:36Z 57° 45' N, 6° 13' W Click for more
261997 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-27 02:22Z 57° 46' N, 6° 19' W Click for more
262000 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-27 03:34Z 57° 49' N, 6° 22' W Click for more
262012 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-27 04:36Z 57° 50' N, 6° 30' W Click for more
262024 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-27 06:04Z 57° 53' N, 6° 34' W Click for more
262036 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-27 09:31Z 57° 36' N, 7° 4' W Click for more
262048 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-27 10:04Z 57° 35' N, 6° 59' W Click for more
262061 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-27 10:44Z 57° 34' N, 6° 54' W Click for more
262073 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-27 11:23Z 57° 33' N, 6° 48' W Click for more
262085 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-27 12:00Z 57° 32' N, 6° 44' W Click for more
262097 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-27 12:38Z 57° 31' N, 6° 40' W Click for more
262104 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-27 17:33Z 57° 8' N, 7° 10' W Click for more
262116 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-27 18:49Z 57° 4' N, 7° 0' W Click for more
262128 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-27 20:12Z 57° 2' N, 6° 49' W Click for more
262141 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-27 21:21Z 56° 58' N, 6° 37' W Click for more
262153 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-27 22:18Z 56° 56' N, 6° 29' W Click for more
262165 CTD/STD cast 1985-08-27 23:24Z 56° 54' N, 6° 21' W Click for more

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