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BODC Cruise Metadata Report for RV Clione cruise CLI5A/86

Introduction

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Cruise Inventory Information

Long name RV Clione cruise CLI5A/86
Short name CLI5A/86
Objectives and Narrative The objectives of this cruise were:
(1) To service six current meter moorings in the Eastern Irish Sea. Two serviced and four new stations established to replace moorings presumed destroyed.
(2) To service the Near-bed Velocity recorder tetrapod mooring. Recovered but not re-deployed.
(3) To work a 15-hour anchor station near the tetrapod collecting water samples for SPM particle size analysis and making DRCM and CTD measurements. Accomplished.
(4) To work CTD sections between the Isle of Man and the Scottish and English coasts. No sections worked.
(5) To collect surface water samples for radiocaesium analysis. Accomplished.
Ship RV Clione
Departure Port Lowestoft, United Kingdom
Departure Date 1986-04-07
Arrival Port Fleetwood, United Kingdom
Arrival Date 1986-04-14
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;134/181;143/181;144
Work Area Description Eastern 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 = 16
Description:  
Current meters Quantity: number of recoveries = 12
Description: 4 recovered;20 days  
Biology and fisheries  
Other biological/fisheries measurement Quantity: number of samples = 16
Description: water samples for particle size 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
16 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  
179735 CTD/STD cast 1986-04-12 15:31Z 54° 39' N, 3° 43' W Click for more
179747 CTD/STD cast 1986-04-12 16:32Z 54° 39' N, 3° 43' W Click for more
179759 CTD/STD cast 1986-04-12 17:31Z 54° 39' N, 3° 43' W Click for more
179760 CTD/STD cast 1986-04-12 18:33Z 54° 39' N, 3° 43' W Click for more
179772 CTD/STD cast 1986-04-12 19:33Z 54° 39' N, 3° 43' W Click for more
179784 CTD/STD cast 1986-04-12 20:30Z 54° 39' N, 3° 43' W Click for more
179796 CTD/STD cast 1986-04-12 21:30Z 54° 39' N, 3° 43' W Click for more
179803 CTD/STD cast 1986-04-12 22:30Z 54° 39' N, 3° 43' W Click for more
179815 CTD/STD cast 1986-04-12 23:30Z 54° 39' N, 3° 43' W Click for more
179827 CTD/STD cast 1986-04-13 00:32Z 54° 39' N, 3° 43' W Click for more
179839 CTD/STD cast 1986-04-13 01:31Z 54° 39' N, 3° 43' W Click for more
179840 CTD/STD cast 1986-04-13 02:31Z 54° 39' N, 3° 43' W Click for more
179852 CTD/STD cast 1986-04-13 03:30Z 54° 39' N, 3° 43' W Click for more
179864 CTD/STD cast 1986-04-13 04:31Z 54° 39' N, 3° 43' W Click for more
179876 CTD/STD cast 1986-04-13 05:31Z 54° 39' N, 3° 43' W Click for more
179888 CTD/STD cast 1986-04-13 06:32Z 54° 39' N, 3° 43' W Click for more

Project Database

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

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