BODC Cruise Metadata Report for RV Clione cruise CLI5B/87

Introduction

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

Cruise Inventory Information
A summary of BODC data holdings for the cruise from the
- National Oceanographic Database
- Projects Database
References - including cruise tracks and cruise reports

Long name	RV Clione cruise CLI5B/87
Short name	CLI5B/87
Objectives and Narrative	1. To service 6 standard current meter moorings in the Eastern Irish Sea positions M,P,Q,R,V and W, recover mooring S, and establish 2 new moorings at positions U and X. 2. To deploy and recover the Near Bed Velocity recorder (NBVR) and its 3 guard buoys at position 7. 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 two anchored stations. 5. To undertake CTD sections between the Isle of Man and the Scottish/English/Welsh coast. 6. To release Sea Bed Drifters at two sites east of the Isle of Wight.
Ship	RV Clione
Departure Port	Stranraer, United Kingdom
Departure Date	1987-04-21
Arrival Port	Lowestoft, United Kingdom
Arrival Date	1987-04-30
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	English Channel
Marsden Squares Visited	181;1
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

Physical oceanography
CTD stations	Quantity: number of stations = 44 Description:
Current meters	Quantity: number of stations = 2 Description: new current meter stations south of station W were established.
Current meters	Quantity: number of stations = 2 Description: DRCM;12 deployed;12 recovered;50 days
Other physical oceanographic measurements	Quantity: number of deployments = 1 Description: Near Bed Velocity recorder.
Transparency (eg transmissometer)	Quantity: number of samples = 2 Description:
Contamination
Suspended matter	Quantity: number of samples = 2 Description:
Trace metals	Quantity: number of samples = 8 Description:
Geology and geophysics
Core - soft bottom	Quantity: number of cores = 8 Description: box core stations.
Other geological/geophysical measurements	Quantity: number of profiles = 8 Description: transmissometer profiles