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BODC Cruise Metadata Report for RRS Challenger (74CH) cruise CH14

Introduction

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

Cruise Inventory Information

Long name RRS Challenger (74CH) cruise CH14
Short name CH14
Objectives and Narrative 1. To work the Anton Dohrn Seamount (Ellett Line) CTD section.
2. To make CTD and radiocaesium observations at sections across the Scottish continental shelf between Cape Wrath and the Mull of Galloway.
3. To sample benthos at station M (57 18'N, 10 23'W) and at a second site in the northern Rockall Channel.
4. To service SMBA current meter mooring Y in the Tiree Passage, and mooring MJ off Loch Spelve.
5. To make CTD lowerings at stations in the Arran Deep.
Ship RRS Challenger
Departure Port Ardrossan, United Kingdom
Departure Date 1987-04-24
Arrival Port Ardrossan, United Kingdom
Arrival Date 1987-05-07
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, North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W)
Marsden Squares Visited 181;245/181;4/182;3
Work Area Description North Atlantic/ W. & N. of Scotland
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 profiles = 145
Description:  
Current meters Quantity: number of deployments = 1
Description: 1 deployed;3 month  
Water bottle stations Quantity: number of samples = 146
Description: S surface only  
Chemical oceanography  
Isotopes Quantity: number of samples = 23
Description:  
Radioactivity Quantity: number of samples = 23
Description:  
Biology and fisheries  
Zoobenthos Quantity: number of hauls = 3
Description: survey for taxonomy and biomass determination.  

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
138 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  
249102 Savonius rotor current meter 1987-05-01 13:00Z to 1987-09-01 06:27Z 56° 37' N, 6° 25' W Click for more
249790 CTD/STD cast 1987-04-24 19:13Z 55° 26' N, 5° 1' W Click for more
249808 CTD/STD cast 1987-04-25 00:47Z 54° 40' N, 5° 29' W Click for more
249821 CTD/STD cast 1987-04-25 01:26Z 54° 42' N, 5° 25' W Click for more
249833 CTD/STD cast 1987-04-25 03:25Z 54° 43' N, 5° 19' W Click for more
249845 CTD/STD cast 1987-04-25 04:21Z 54° 44' N, 5° 15' W Click for more
249857 CTD/STD cast 1987-04-25 06:17Z 54° 46' N, 5° 9' W Click for more
249869 CTD/STD cast 1987-04-25 07:15Z 54° 48' N, 5° 5' W Click for more
249870 CTD/STD cast 1987-04-25 08:43Z 54° 57' N, 5° 14' W Click for more
249882 CTD/STD cast 1987-04-25 09:36Z 55° 1' N, 5° 20' W Click for more
249894 CTD/STD cast 1987-04-25 10:30Z 55° 5' N, 5° 26' W Click for more
249901 CTD/STD cast 1987-04-25 11:22Z 55° 9' N, 5° 32' W Click for more
249913 CTD/STD cast 1987-04-25 12:11Z 55° 13' N, 5° 38' W Click for more
249925 CTD/STD cast 1987-04-25 13:42Z 55° 19' N, 5° 28' W Click for more
249937 CTD/STD cast 1987-04-25 14:23Z 55° 22' N, 5° 27' W Click for more
249949 CTD/STD cast 1987-04-25 15:20Z 55° 27' N, 5° 29' W Click for more
249950 CTD/STD cast 1987-04-25 16:13Z 55° 31' N, 5° 23' W Click for more
249962 CTD/STD cast 1987-04-25 16:46Z 55° 31' N, 5° 27' W Click for more
249974 CTD/STD cast 1987-04-25 17:28Z 55° 34' N, 5° 25' W Click for more
249986 CTD/STD cast 1987-04-25 18:19Z 55° 39' N, 5° 26' W Click for more
249998 CTD/STD cast 1987-04-25 19:09Z 55° 42' N, 5° 21' W Click for more
250011 CTD/STD cast 1987-04-25 19:48Z 55° 43' N, 5° 22' W Click for more
250023 CTD/STD cast 1987-04-25 20:32Z 55° 45' N, 5° 16' W Click for more
250035 CTD/STD cast 1987-04-25 20:39Z 55° 45' N, 5° 16' W Click for more
250047 CTD/STD cast 1987-04-25 21:22Z 55° 47' N, 5° 13' W Click for more
250059 CTD/STD cast 1987-04-25 22:38Z 55° 42' N, 5° 9' W Click for more
250060 CTD/STD cast 1987-04-25 23:53Z 55° 37' N, 5° 0' W Click for more
250072 CTD/STD cast 1987-04-26 00:48Z 55° 34' N, 4° 58' W Click for more
250084 CTD/STD cast 1987-04-26 01:47Z 55° 28' N, 5° 1' W Click for more
250096 CTD/STD cast 1987-04-26 02:49Z 55° 22' N, 5° 4' W Click for more
250103 CTD/STD cast 1987-04-26 03:36Z 55° 19' N, 5° 7' W Click for more
250115 CTD/STD cast 1987-04-26 04:56Z 55° 13' N, 4° 58' W Click for more
250127 CTD/STD cast 1987-04-26 05:36Z 55° 13' N, 5° 3' W Click for more
250139 CTD/STD cast 1987-04-26 06:33Z 55° 13' N, 5° 12' W Click for more
250140 CTD/STD cast 1987-04-26 07:04Z 55° 16' N, 5° 13' W Click for more
250152 CTD/STD cast 1987-04-26 08:01Z 55° 19' N, 5° 19' W Click for more
250164 CTD/STD cast 1987-04-26 10:14Z 55° 16' N, 5° 43' W Click for more
250176 CTD/STD cast 1987-04-26 10:57Z 55° 15' N, 5° 47' W Click for more
250188 CTD/STD cast 1987-04-26 12:18Z 55° 13' N, 5° 52' W Click for more
250207 CTD/STD cast 1987-04-26 13:21Z 55° 12' N, 5° 56' W Click for more
250219 CTD/STD cast 1987-04-26 14:42Z 55° 9' N, 6° 0' W Click for more
250220 CTD/STD cast 1987-04-26 17:55Z 55° 18' N, 6° 41' W Click for more
250232 CTD/STD cast 1987-04-26 18:45Z 55° 23' N, 6° 37' W Click for more
250244 CTD/STD cast 1987-04-26 19:45Z 55° 28' N, 6° 33' W Click for more
250256 CTD/STD cast 1987-04-26 20:52Z 55° 33' N, 6° 29' W Click for more
250268 CTD/STD cast 1987-04-26 21:52Z 55° 37' N, 6° 26' W Click for more
250281 CTD/STD cast 1987-04-26 23:18Z 55° 46' N, 6° 31' W Click for more
250293 CTD/STD cast 1987-04-27 00:07Z 55° 46' N, 6° 37' W Click for more
250300 CTD/STD cast 1987-04-27 00:59Z 55° 46' N, 6° 46' W Click for more
250312 CTD/STD cast 1987-04-27 01:50Z 55° 46' N, 6° 55' W Click for more
250324 CTD/STD cast 1987-04-27 02:37Z 55° 46' N, 7° 4' W Click for more
250336 CTD/STD cast 1987-04-27 03:41Z 55° 46' N, 7° 16' W Click for more
250348 CTD/STD cast 1987-04-27 04:44Z 55° 46' N, 7° 29' W Click for more
250361 CTD/STD cast 1987-04-27 05:54Z 55° 46' N, 7° 42' W Click for more
250373 CTD/STD cast 1987-04-27 07:25Z 55° 46' N, 8° 0' W Click for more
250385 CTD/STD cast 1987-04-28 06:51Z 57° 34' N, 13° 37' W Click for more
250397 CTD/STD cast 1987-04-28 08:09Z 57° 34' N, 13° 19' W Click for more
250404 CTD/STD cast 1987-04-28 09:42Z 57° 33' N, 13° 0' W Click for more
250416 CTD/STD cast 1987-04-28 10:49Z 57° 31' N, 12° 51' W Click for more
250428 CTD/STD cast 1987-04-28 12:50Z 57° 31' N, 12° 37' W Click for more
250441 CTD/STD cast 1987-04-28 15:37Z 57° 30' N, 12° 15' W Click for more
250453 CTD/STD cast 1987-04-28 18:03Z 57° 30' N, 11° 49' W Click for more
250465 CTD/STD cast 1987-04-28 20:56Z 57° 29' N, 11° 31' W Click for more
250477 CTD/STD cast 1987-04-28 23:04Z 57° 28' N, 11° 18' W Click for more
250489 CTD/STD cast 1987-04-29 00:39Z 57° 27' N, 11° 4' W Click for more
250490 CTD/STD cast 1987-04-29 02:13Z 57° 24' N, 10° 52' W Click for more
250508 CTD/STD cast 1987-04-29 03:53Z 57° 22' N, 10° 40' W Click for more
250521 CTD/STD cast 1987-04-29 06:47Z 57° 18' N, 10° 22' W Click for more
250533 CTD/STD cast 1987-04-30 01:03Z 57° 13' N, 10° 3' W Click for more
250545 CTD/STD cast 1987-04-30 04:03Z 57° 9' N, 9° 41' W Click for more
250557 CTD/STD cast 1987-04-30 06:12Z 57° 6' N, 9° 24' W Click for more
250569 CTD/STD cast 1987-04-30 08:27Z 57° 3' N, 9° 13' W Click for more
250570 CTD/STD cast 1987-04-30 09:49Z 57° 0' N, 9° 0' W Click for more
250582 CTD/STD cast 1987-04-30 11:29Z 56° 57' N, 8° 46' W Click for more
250594 CTD/STD cast 1987-04-30 13:00Z 56° 52' N, 8° 30' W Click for more
250601 CTD/STD cast 1987-04-30 14:29Z 56° 51' N, 8° 19' W Click for more
250613 CTD/STD cast 1987-04-30 16:14Z 56° 47' N, 7° 59' W Click for more
250625 CTD/STD cast 1987-04-30 18:18Z 56° 43' N, 7° 39' W Click for more
250637 CTD/STD cast 1987-04-30 19:09Z 56° 44' N, 7° 30' W Click for more
250649 CTD/STD cast 1987-04-30 20:31Z 56° 44' N, 7° 20' W Click for more
250650 CTD/STD cast 1987-04-30 22:58Z 56° 44' N, 7° 0' W Click for more
250662 CTD/STD cast 1987-05-01 00:26Z 56° 43' N, 6° 45' W Click for more
250674 CTD/STD cast 1987-05-01 02:22Z 56° 43' N, 6° 27' W Click for more
250686 CTD/STD cast 1987-05-01 03:53Z 56° 41' N, 6° 16' W Click for more
250698 CTD/STD cast 1987-05-01 05:34Z 56° 40' N, 6° 7' W Click for more
250705 CTD/STD cast 1987-05-01 16:19Z 56° 16' N, 6° 5' W Click for more
250717 CTD/STD cast 1987-05-01 16:52Z 56° 13' N, 6° 1' W Click for more
250729 CTD/STD cast 1987-05-02 09:09Z 57° 53' N, 6° 35' W Click for more
250730 CTD/STD cast 1987-05-02 09:52Z 57° 51' N, 6° 30' W Click for more
250742 CTD/STD cast 1987-05-02 10:44Z 57° 48' N, 6° 24' W Click for more
250754 CTD/STD cast 1987-05-02 11:22Z 57° 46' N, 6° 19' W Click for more
250766 CTD/STD cast 1987-05-03 08:05Z 57° 45' N, 6° 13' W Click for more
250778 CTD/STD cast 1987-05-03 08:48Z 57° 43' N, 6° 7' W Click for more
250791 CTD/STD cast 1987-05-03 09:31Z 57° 43' N, 6° 1' W Click for more
250809 CTD/STD cast 1987-05-03 10:15Z 57° 43' N, 5° 54' W Click for more
250810 CTD/STD cast 1987-05-03 11:14Z 57° 43' N, 5° 48' W Click for more
250822 CTD/STD cast 1987-05-03 16:23Z 58° 16' N, 5° 18' W Click for more
250834 CTD/STD cast 1987-05-03 17:14Z 58° 16' N, 5° 29' W Click for more
250846 CTD/STD cast 1987-05-03 18:00Z 58° 16' N, 5° 39' W Click for more
250858 CTD/STD cast 1987-05-03 18:52Z 58° 16' N, 5° 49' W Click for more
250871 CTD/STD cast 1987-05-03 19:44Z 58° 16' N, 6° 0' W Click for more
250883 CTD/STD cast 1987-05-03 20:42Z 58° 16' N, 6° 11' W Click for more
250895 CTD/STD cast 1987-05-04 02:54Z 57° 36' N, 7° 4' W Click for more
250902 CTD/STD cast 1987-05-04 03:43Z 57° 35' N, 6° 58' W Click for more
250914 CTD/STD cast 1987-05-04 04:30Z 57° 34' N, 6° 53' W Click for more
250926 CTD/STD cast 1987-05-04 05:06Z 57° 33' N, 6° 48' W Click for more
250938 CTD/STD cast 1987-05-04 05:42Z 57° 32' N, 6° 44' W Click for more
250951 CTD/STD cast 1987-05-04 06:19Z 57° 31' N, 6° 40' W Click for more
250963 CTD/STD cast 1987-05-04 09:14Z 57° 18' N, 6° 31' W Click for more
250975 CTD/STD cast 1987-05-04 09:52Z 57° 16' N, 6° 33' W Click for more
250987 CTD/STD cast 1987-05-04 10:29Z 57° 13' N, 6° 34' W Click for more
250999 CTD/STD cast 1987-05-04 11:20Z 57° 10' N, 6° 38' W Click for more
251002 CTD/STD cast 1987-05-04 12:21Z 57° 6' N, 6° 44' W Click for more
251014 CTD/STD cast 1987-05-04 14:18Z 57° 8' N, 7° 10' W Click for more
251026 CTD/STD cast 1987-05-04 15:18Z 57° 5' N, 7° 0' W Click for more
251038 CTD/STD cast 1987-05-04 16:17Z 57° 2' N, 6° 49' W Click for more
251051 CTD/STD cast 1987-05-04 17:15Z 56° 58' N, 6° 37' W Click for more
251063 CTD/STD cast 1987-05-04 18:02Z 56° 56' N, 6° 28' W Click for more
251075 CTD/STD cast 1987-05-04 18:52Z 56° 54' N, 6° 21' W Click for more
251087 CTD/STD cast 1987-05-04 19:45Z 56° 52' N, 6° 12' W Click for more
251099 CTD/STD cast 1987-05-04 20:27Z 56° 49' N, 6° 4' W Click for more
251106 CTD/STD cast 1987-05-04 21:16Z 56° 48' N, 5° 56' W Click for more
251118 CTD/STD cast 1987-05-05 02:46Z 56° 16' N, 7° 4' W Click for more
251131 CTD/STD cast 1987-05-05 03:41Z 56° 13' N, 6° 57' W Click for more
251143 CTD/STD cast 1987-05-05 04:28Z 56° 9' N, 6° 52' W Click for more
251155 CTD/STD cast 1987-05-05 05:17Z 56° 4' N, 6° 46' W Click for more
251167 CTD/STD cast 1987-05-05 06:05Z 56° 1' N, 6° 40' W Click for more
251179 CTD/STD cast 1987-05-05 06:56Z 55° 57' N, 6° 34' W Click for more
251180 CTD/STD cast 1987-05-05 07:47Z 55° 52' N, 6° 28' W Click for more
251192 CTD/STD cast 1987-05-05 11:12Z 55° 39' N, 6° 1' W Click for more
251211 CTD/STD cast 1987-05-05 11:45Z 55° 38' N, 5° 57' W Click for more
251223 CTD/STD cast 1987-05-05 12:28Z 55° 37' N, 5° 52' W Click for more
251235 CTD/STD cast 1987-05-05 13:08Z 55° 36' N, 5° 49' W Click for more
251247 CTD/STD cast 1987-05-05 13:42Z 55° 35' N, 5° 45' W Click for more
251259 CTD/STD cast 1987-05-05 17:42Z 56° 8' N, 5° 52' W Click for more
251260 CTD/STD cast 1987-05-05 18:38Z 56° 7' N, 5° 55' W Click for more
251272 CTD/STD cast 1987-05-05 19:20Z 56° 11' N, 5° 59' W Click for more
251284 CTD/STD cast 1987-05-05 20:06Z 56° 13' N, 6° 1' W Click for more
251296 CTD/STD cast 1987-05-05 20:48Z 56° 16' N, 6° 5' W Click for more

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