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BODC Cruise Metadata Report for RRS Charles Darwin (74AB) cruise CD10B

Introduction

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

Cruise Inventory Information

Long name RRS Charles Darwin (74AB) cruise CD10B
Short name CD10B
Objectives and Narrative 1) To work the Fair Isle-Munken Rock CTD section across the Faroe-Shetland Channel.
2) To work CTD sections radiating from Faroe Bank and across the Wyville-Thompson Ridge overflow channels.
3) To collect silicate samples at a selection of stations and depths in the Faroe-Shetland Channel and northern Rockall Channel.
4) To deploy an IOS mooring in the Faroe Bank Channel.
5) To work the Anton Dohrn Seamount CTD section and recover SMBA mooring B from the southwest flank of the seamount.
6) To collect radio caesium samples and CTD profiles at standard positions between the shelf-edge and the Sound of Mull, west of Islay, in the North Channel and across the Firth of Clyde entrance.
7) To service moorings Y (Tiree Passage) and C5 (off Campbletown) and inspect SMBA/DAFS C1-4 and C6.
8) To make seabird counts to the north and west of Scotland for NCC Seabird Unit.
Ship RRS Charles Darwin
Departure Port Shoreham-by-Sea, United Kingdom
Departure Date 1986-03-08
Arrival Port Barry, United Kingdom
Arrival Date 1986-03-26
Principal Scientist(s) David J Ellett (Scottish Marine Biological Association)
Responsible Organisation Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory, 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;3/181;4/182;370/217;103/217;104/217;205/217;206/217;207/217;208/217;217/217;218
Work Area Description Faeroe Shetland Channel; Rockall Channel; Mull to 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 = 78
Description:  
Current meters Quantity: number of stations = 4
Description: 2 recovered,(Faroe Bank Channel)  
Water bottle stations Quantity: number of stations = 129
Description: S surface 78 T bottom  
Chemical oceanography  
Isotopes Quantity: number of samples = 15
Description: Cs  
Radioactivity Quantity: number of samples = 15
Description: Cs  
Silicate Quantity: number of stations = 9
Description:  
Biology and fisheries  
Birds Description: daily counts  

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
65 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
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  
61018 Savonius rotor current meter 1986-03-21 21:00Z to 1986-06-14 15:28Z 56° 37' N, 6° 24' W Click for more
264504 CTD/STD cast 1986-03-11 18:21Z 59° 47' N, 2° 48' W Click for more
264516 CTD/STD cast 1986-03-11 20:49Z 60° 0' N, 3° 19' W Click for more
264528 CTD/STD cast 1986-03-12 02:20Z 60° 10' N, 3° 44' W Click for more
264541 CTD/STD cast 1986-03-12 03:54Z 60° 16' N, 3° 59' W Click for more
264553 CTD/STD cast 1986-03-12 05:08Z 60° 19' N, 4° 10' W Click for more
264565 CTD/STD cast 1986-03-12 08:05Z 60° 24' N, 4° 20' W Click for more
264577 CTD/STD cast 1986-03-12 09:51Z 60° 28' N, 4° 25' W Click for more
264589 CTD/STD cast 1986-03-12 12:27Z 60° 36' N, 4° 45' W Click for more
264590 CTD/STD cast 1986-03-12 19:14Z 60° 39' N, 4° 54' W Click for more
264608 CTD/STD cast 1986-03-12 21:10Z 60° 43' N, 5° 0' W Click for more
264621 CTD/STD cast 1986-03-12 22:56Z 60° 46' N, 5° 16' W Click for more
264633 CTD/STD cast 1986-03-16 18:19Z 61° 28' N, 7° 16' W Click for more
264645 CTD/STD cast 1986-03-16 19:50Z 61° 25' N, 7° 30' W Click for more
264657 CTD/STD cast 1986-03-16 21:02Z 61° 22' N, 7° 37' W Click for more
264669 CTD/STD cast 1986-03-16 22:13Z 61° 18' N, 7° 45' W Click for more
264670 CTD/STD cast 1986-03-16 23:54Z 61° 17' N, 7° 52' W Click for more
264682 CTD/STD cast 1986-03-17 01:30Z 61° 13' N, 7° 58' W Click for more
264694 CTD/STD cast 1986-03-17 03:20Z 61° 12' N, 8° 4' W Click for more
264701 CTD/STD cast 1986-03-17 04:37Z 61° 10' N, 8° 12' W Click for more
264713 CTD/STD cast 1986-03-17 06:02Z 61° 4' N, 8° 25' W Click for more
264725 CTD/STD cast 1986-03-17 07:23Z 61° 0' N, 8° 40' W Click for more
264737 CTD/STD cast 1986-03-17 08:46Z 60° 55' N, 8° 54' W Click for more
264749 CTD/STD cast 1986-03-17 10:25Z 60° 46' N, 8° 58' W Click for more
264750 CTD/STD cast 1986-03-17 11:49Z 60° 39' N, 9° 1' W Click for more
264762 CTD/STD cast 1986-03-17 13:25Z 60° 31' N, 9° 6' W Click for more
264774 CTD/STD cast 1986-03-17 15:06Z 60° 22' N, 9° 10' W Click for more
264786 CTD/STD cast 1986-03-17 16:25Z 60° 18' N, 9° 11' W Click for more
264798 CTD/STD cast 1986-03-21 17:06Z 56° 34' N, 6° 32' W Click for more
264805 CTD/STD cast 1986-03-21 17:28Z 56° 34' N, 6° 32' W Click for more
264817 CTD/STD cast 1986-03-22 14:58Z 55° 13' N, 5° 38' W Click for more
264829 CTD/STD cast 1986-03-22 15:52Z 55° 9' N, 5° 31' W Click for more
264830 CTD/STD cast 1986-03-22 16:39Z 55° 5' N, 5° 25' W Click for more
264842 CTD/STD cast 1986-03-22 17:25Z 55° 1' N, 5° 19' W Click for more
264854 CTD/STD cast 1986-03-22 18:12Z 54° 56' N, 5° 13' W Click for more
264866 CTD/STD cast 1986-03-22 19:28Z 54° 48' N, 5° 5' W Click for more
264878 CTD/STD cast 1986-03-22 20:06Z 54° 45' N, 5° 10' W Click for more
264891 CTD/STD cast 1986-03-22 20:52Z 54° 44' N, 5° 15' W Click for more
264909 CTD/STD cast 1986-03-22 21:37Z 54° 43' N, 5° 19' W Click for more
264910 CTD/STD cast 1986-03-22 22:28Z 54° 41' N, 5° 25' W Click for more
264922 CTD/STD cast 1986-03-22 23:15Z 54° 39' N, 5° 29' W Click for more
264934 CTD/STD cast 1986-03-23 02:38Z 55° 9' N, 6° 0' W Click for more
264946 CTD/STD cast 1986-03-23 03:32Z 55° 11' N, 5° 56' W Click for more
264958 CTD/STD cast 1986-03-23 04:12Z 55° 13' N, 5° 52' W Click for more
264971 CTD/STD cast 1986-03-23 04:53Z 55° 15' N, 5° 47' W Click for more
264983 CTD/STD cast 1986-03-23 05:31Z 55° 16' N, 5° 45' W Click for more
264995 CTD/STD cast 1986-03-23 18:43Z 55° 42' N, 5° 4' W Click for more
265009 CTD/STD cast 1986-03-23 19:35Z 55° 39' N, 4° 55' W Click for more
265010 CTD/STD cast 1986-03-23 20:17Z 55° 37' N, 5° 0' W Click for more
265022 CTD/STD cast 1986-03-23 21:04Z 55° 36' N, 5° 4' W Click for more
265034 CTD/STD cast 1986-03-23 21:48Z 55° 34' N, 4° 58' W Click for more
265046 CTD/STD cast 1986-03-23 22:56Z 55° 28' N, 4° 49' W Click for more
265058 CTD/STD cast 1986-03-23 23:34Z 55° 28' N, 4° 55' W Click for more
265071 CTD/STD cast 1986-03-24 00:15Z 55° 28' N, 5° 1' W Click for more
265083 CTD/STD cast 1986-03-24 01:16Z 55° 22' N, 5° 4' W Click for more
265095 CTD/STD cast 1986-03-24 02:03Z 55° 22' N, 4° 57' W Click for more
265102 CTD/STD cast 1986-03-24 03:01Z 55° 19' N, 5° 4' W Click for more
265114 CTD/STD cast 1986-03-24 03:36Z 55° 19' N, 5° 7' W Click for more
265126 CTD/STD cast 1986-03-24 04:13Z 55° 22' N, 5° 12' W Click for more
265138 CTD/STD cast 1986-03-24 05:01Z 55° 24' N, 5° 19' W Click for more
265151 CTD/STD cast 1986-03-24 05:43Z 55° 22' N, 5° 26' W Click for more
265163 CTD/STD cast 1986-03-24 06:27Z 55° 19' N, 5° 20' W Click for more
265175 CTD/STD cast 1986-03-24 07:08Z 55° 16' N, 5° 13' W Click for more
265187 CTD/STD cast 1986-03-24 07:46Z 55° 13' N, 5° 12' W Click for more
265199 CTD/STD cast 1986-03-24 08:38Z 55° 13' N, 5° 3' W Click for more
265206 CTD/STD cast 1986-03-24 09:10Z 55° 13' N, 4° 57' W Click for more

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