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BODC Cruise Metadata Report for RV Clione cruise CLI7/85

Introduction

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

Cruise Inventory Information

Long name RV Clione cruise CLI7/85
Short name CLI7/85
Objectives and Narrative The objectives of this cruise were:
(1) To recover the 6 current meter moorings deployed by RV Clione cruise 5B. Four recovered intact plus another collected from a naval patrol vessel.
(2) To recover the current meter mooring deployed at Nab Tower. Recovered intact.
(3) To make a CTD survey of the North Channel with water samples for nutrients. Three sections worked.
(4) To release sea-bed drifters at each North Channel current meter station. Accomplished.
(5) To collect water samples for analysis of CD, Pb, Cu and Hg. Accomplished.
(6) To take surface water samples from the North Channel and Irish Sea for radiocaesium analysis. Accomplished.
Ship RV Clione
Departure Port Lowestoft, United Kingdom
Departure Date 1985-06-07
Arrival Port Lowestoft, United Kingdom
Arrival Date 1985-06-17
Principal Scientist(s) J Alan Durance (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory)
Responsible Organisation Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory
Associated Project(s)
IHB Sea Areas Visited Irish Sea and St. George's Channel
Marsden Squares Visited 181;144/181;245
Work Area Description North Channel; 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  
CTD stations Quantity: number of stations = 23
Description:  
Current meters Quantity: number of stations = 7
Description: 11 current meters recovered;45 days  
Surface drifters/drifting buoys Quantity: number of deployments = 300
Description: bottom  
Chemical oceanography  
Nitrate Quantity: number of stations = 22
Description:  
Nitrite Quantity: number of stations = 22
Description:  
Oxygen Description:  
Phosphate Quantity: number of stations = 22
Description:  
Radioactivity Quantity: number of samples = 30
Description: caesium (Cs)  
Silicate Quantity: number of stations = 22
Description:  
Contamination  
Trace metals Quantity: number of samples = 31
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
22 CTD/STD cast 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  
179907 CTD/STD cast 1985-06-11 05:54Z 54° 46' N, 5° 4' W Click for more
179919 CTD/STD cast 1985-06-11 07:44Z 54° 44' N, 5° 7' W Click for more
179920 CTD/STD cast 1985-06-11 10:24Z 54° 43' N, 5° 11' W Click for more
179932 CTD/STD cast 1985-06-11 13:08Z 54° 42' N, 5° 12' W Click for more
179944 CTD/STD cast 1985-06-11 17:28Z 54° 41' N, 5° 14' W Click for more
179956 CTD/STD cast 1985-06-11 18:39Z 54° 39' N, 5° 19' W Click for more
179968 CTD/STD cast 1985-06-11 20:19Z 54° 37' N, 5° 22' W Click for more
179981 CTD/STD cast 1985-06-11 21:09Z 54° 36' N, 5° 26' W Click for more
179993 CTD/STD cast 1985-06-12 16:40Z 54° 29' N, 5° 23' W Click for more
180005 CTD/STD cast 1985-06-12 17:19Z 54° 29' N, 5° 21' W Click for more
180017 CTD/STD cast 1985-06-12 18:34Z 54° 29' N, 5° 11' W Click for more
180029 CTD/STD cast 1985-06-12 19:41Z 54° 30' N, 5° 0' W Click for more
180030 CTD/STD cast 1985-06-12 21:00Z 54° 33' N, 4° 57' W Click for more
180042 CTD/STD cast 1985-06-13 05:25Z 54° 36' N, 4° 54' W Click for more
180054 CTD/STD cast 1985-06-13 06:00Z 54° 37' N, 4° 52' W Click for more
180066 CTD/STD cast 1985-06-13 08:36Z 54° 54' N, 5° 11' W Click for more
180078 CTD/STD cast 1985-06-13 09:06Z 54° 54' N, 5° 13' W Click for more
180091 CTD/STD cast 1985-06-13 10:00Z 54° 52' N, 5° 18' W Click for more
180109 CTD/STD cast 1985-06-13 11:39Z 54° 51' N, 5° 26' W Click for more
180110 CTD/STD cast 1985-06-13 12:35Z 54° 50' N, 5° 33' W Click for more
180122 CTD/STD cast 1985-06-13 13:23Z 54° 49' N, 5° 38' W Click for more
180134 CTD/STD cast 1985-06-13 14:05Z 54° 49' N, 5° 40' W Click for more

Project Database

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

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