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BODC Cruise Metadata Report for RV Clione cruise CLI1/87

Introduction

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

Cruise Inventory Information

Long name RV Clione cruise CLI1/87
Short name CLI1/87
Objectives and Narrative 1. To deploy the near bed velocity recorder and its three guard buoys.
2. To deploy six current meter moorings.
3. To collect bottom and surface water samples for thorium analysis plus ancillary sediment samples using box corer and transmissometer profiles at up to 8 stations.
4. To make DCRM, CTD and turbidity measurements and collect suspended sediment samples at hourly intervals for one tidal cycle at anchored stations.
5. To undertake CTD sections between the Isle of Man and the Scottish/English/Welsh coast.
6. To release seabed drifters at two locations east of the Isle of Wight.
7. To collect near suface and near bed water samples for caesium analysis.
Ship RV Clione
Departure Port Lowestoft, United Kingdom
Departure Date 1987-01-07
Arrival Port Lowestoft, United Kingdom
Arrival Date 1987-01-18
Principal Scientist(s) Kenneth J Medler (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;1
Work Area Description Eastern Irish Sea/ east of Isle of Wight
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 = 19
Description:  
Current meters Quantity: number of deployments = 12
Description: deployed only  
Other physical oceanographic measurements Quantity: number of deployments = 1
Description: nearbed velocity recorder  
Surface drifters/drifting buoys Quantity: number of deployments = 100
Description: bottom  
Contamination  
Trace metals Quantity: number of samples = 2
Description:  
Geology and geophysics  
Core - soft bottom 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
19 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  
178989 CTD/STD cast 1987-01-13 10:00Z 54° 30' N, 3° 39' W Click for more
178990 CTD/STD cast 1987-01-13 13:55Z 54° 25' N, 3° 33' W Click for more
179004 CTD/STD cast 1987-01-13 15:19Z 54° 23' N, 3° 36' W Click for more
179016 CTD/STD cast 1987-01-13 17:45Z 54° 21' N, 3° 39' W Click for more
179028 CTD/STD cast 1987-01-14 09:05Z 54° 29' N, 3° 42' W Click for more
179041 CTD/STD cast 1987-01-14 10:56Z 54° 33' N, 3° 41' W Click for more
179053 CTD/STD cast 1987-01-15 07:00Z 54° 25' N, 3° 49' W Click for more
179065 CTD/STD cast 1987-01-15 07:33Z 54° 25' N, 3° 49' W Click for more
179077 CTD/STD cast 1987-01-15 08:32Z 54° 25' N, 3° 49' W Click for more
179089 CTD/STD cast 1987-01-15 09:30Z 54° 25' N, 3° 49' W Click for more
179090 CTD/STD cast 1987-01-15 10:30Z 54° 25' N, 3° 49' W Click for more
179108 CTD/STD cast 1987-01-15 11:30Z 54° 25' N, 3° 49' W Click for more
179121 CTD/STD cast 1987-01-15 12:30Z 54° 25' N, 3° 49' W Click for more
179133 CTD/STD cast 1987-01-15 13:31Z 54° 25' N, 3° 49' W Click for more
179145 CTD/STD cast 1987-01-15 14:29Z 54° 25' N, 3° 49' W Click for more
179157 CTD/STD cast 1987-01-15 15:30Z 54° 25' N, 3° 49' W Click for more
179169 CTD/STD cast 1987-01-15 16:30Z 54° 25' N, 3° 49' W Click for more
179170 CTD/STD cast 1987-01-15 17:31Z 54° 25' N, 3° 49' W Click for more
179182 CTD/STD cast 1987-01-15 18:31Z 54° 25' N, 3° 49' W Click for more

Project Database

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

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