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BODC Cruise Metadata Report for FRV Scotia (749S) cruise 0987S

Introduction

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

Cruise Inventory Information

Long name FRV Scotia (749S) cruise 0987S
Short name 0987S
Objectives and Narrative 1. To lay 13 current meter moorings, eight in the North Sea, four west of Orkney and one west of Shetland as part of the "ACE" project.
2. To recover two current meter moorings from the Faroe-Shetland Channel and work hydrographic sections.
3. To do an extensive hydrographic survey adjaent to the Fair Isle and Dooley currents.
4. To release and recover an Argos satellite buoy in the Fair Isle area.
5. To collect radio-caesium samples.
Ship FRV Scotia
Departure Port Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Departure Date 1987-09-09
Arrival Port Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Arrival Date 1987-09-29
Principal Scientist(s) J H Anthony Martin (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory)
Responsible Organisation Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory
Associated Project(s) ACE/NANSEN
IHB Sea Areas Visited North Sea, Norwegian Sea, North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W)
Marsden Squares Visited 181;3/216;3/217;1/217;2
Work Area Description NW North Sea, Orkney, Shetland, Faroe-Shetland Channel
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 = 67
Description: data rejected by ICES  
Current meters Description: 4 deployed; 786 hours  
Surface measurements underway (T,S) Description:  
Water bottle stations Quantity: number of stations = 101
Description: 27 surface and bottom only; 22 in NANSEN data set  
Chemical oceanography  
Phosphate Quantity: number of stations = 10
Description:  
Silicate Quantity: number of stations = 21
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
67 CTD/STD cast Electrical conductivity of the water column
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  
86915 CTD/STD cast 1987-09-10 20:22Z 57° 57' N, 1° 35' W Click for more
86927 CTD/STD cast 1987-09-10 21:36Z 57° 59' N, 1° 23' W Click for more
86939 CTD/STD cast 1987-09-10 22:31Z 58° 0' N, 1° 14' W Click for more
86940 CTD/STD cast 1987-09-10 23:42Z 58° 3' N, 1° 3' W Click for more
86952 CTD/STD cast 1987-09-13 07:55Z 59° 0' N, 2° 28' W Click for more
86964 CTD/STD cast 1987-09-13 09:45Z 58° 57' N, 2° 0' W Click for more
86976 CTD/STD cast 1987-09-13 11:44Z 58° 54' N, 1° 28' W Click for more
86988 CTD/STD cast 1987-09-13 13:32Z 58° 52' N, 0° 59' W Click for more
87003 CTD/STD cast 1987-09-13 15:27Z 58° 49' N, 0° 29' W Click for more
87015 CTD/STD cast 1987-09-13 17:20Z 58° 47' N, 0° 0' E Click for more
87027 CTD/STD cast 1987-09-13 18:53Z 58° 45' N, 0° 23' E Click for more
87039 CTD/STD cast 1987-09-13 20:30Z 58° 42' N, 0° 46' E Click for more
87040 CTD/STD cast 1987-09-13 21:49Z 58° 47' N, 1° 6' E Click for more
87052 CTD/STD cast 1987-09-15 19:51Z 58° 24' N, 0° 8' W Click for more
87064 CTD/STD cast 1987-09-15 21:27Z 58° 30' N, 0° 3' E Click for more
87076 CTD/STD cast 1987-09-15 22:20Z 58° 33' N, 0° 9' E Click for more
87088 CTD/STD cast 1987-09-15 23:38Z 58° 36' N, 0° 27' E Click for more
87107 CTD/STD cast 1987-09-16 00:56Z 58° 40' N, 0° 46' E Click for more
87119 CTD/STD cast 1987-09-16 01:46Z 58° 42' N, 0° 52' E Click for more
87120 CTD/STD cast 1987-09-16 13:34Z 58° 52' N, 1° 20' E Click for more
87132 CTD/STD cast 1987-09-16 14:16Z 58° 54' N, 1° 27' E Click for more
87144 CTD/STD cast 1987-09-16 16:13Z 59° 0' N, 1° 46' E Click for more
87156 CTD/STD cast 1987-09-16 17:35Z 59° 4' N, 2° 5' E Click for more
87168 CTD/STD cast 1987-09-16 18:24Z 59° 7' N, 2° 11' E Click for more
87181 CTD/STD cast 1987-09-16 20:41Z 59° 18' N, 2° 45' E Click for more
87193 CTD/STD cast 1987-09-16 23:25Z 59° 30' N, 2° 0' E Click for more
87200 CTD/STD cast 1987-09-17 01:11Z 59° 30' N, 1° 30' E Click for more
87212 CTD/STD cast 1987-09-17 03:00Z 59° 30' N, 1° 0' E Click for more
87224 CTD/STD cast 1987-09-17 04:59Z 59° 30' N, 0° 30' E Click for more
87236 CTD/STD cast 1987-09-17 06:57Z 59° 30' N, 0° 0' E Click for more
87248 CTD/STD cast 1987-09-17 08:52Z 59° 30' N, 0° 29' W Click for more
87261 CTD/STD cast 1987-09-17 10:54Z 59° 30' N, 1° 0' W Click for more
87273 CTD/STD cast 1987-09-17 12:46Z 59° 30' N, 1° 30' W Click for more
87285 CTD/STD cast 1987-09-17 14:42Z 59° 30' N, 2° 0' W Click for more
87297 CTD/STD cast 1987-09-17 16:56Z 59° 30' N, 2° 29' W Click for more
87304 CTD/STD cast 1987-09-17 22:23Z 59° 29' N, 3° 0' W Click for more
87316 CTD/STD cast 1987-09-18 01:34Z 59° 30' N, 3° 30' W Click for more
87328 CTD/STD cast 1987-09-18 03:48Z 59° 30' N, 3° 59' W Click for more
87341 CTD/STD cast 1987-09-18 08:52Z 59° 19' N, 4° 0' W Click for more
87353 CTD/STD cast 1987-09-19 10:46Z 59° 16' N, 4° 0' W Click for more
87365 CTD/STD cast 1987-09-19 11:41Z 59° 12' N, 4° 4' W Click for more
87377 CTD/STD cast 1987-09-19 15:55Z 59° 2' N, 4° 11' W Click for more
87389 CTD/STD cast 1987-09-19 16:54Z 59° 7' N, 4° 7' W Click for more
87390 CTD/STD cast 1987-09-19 18:35Z 59° 19' N, 3° 57' W Click for more
87408 CTD/STD cast 1987-09-19 19:52Z 59° 20' N, 3° 39' W Click for more
87421 CTD/STD cast 1987-09-19 21:08Z 59° 20' N, 3° 19' W Click for more
87433 CTD/STD cast 1987-09-20 11:28Z 60° 7' N, 2° 9' W Click for more
87445 CTD/STD cast 1987-09-20 12:55Z 60° 7' N, 2° 34' W Click for more
87457 CTD/STD cast 1987-09-20 14:25Z 60° 7' N, 3° 0' W Click for more
87469 CTD/STD cast 1987-09-20 17:02Z 59° 45' N, 2° 50' W Click for more
87470 CTD/STD cast 1987-09-20 19:27Z 59° 45' N, 2° 9' W Click for more
87482 CTD/STD cast 1987-09-20 21:32Z 59° 45' N, 1° 29' W Click for more
87494 CTD/STD cast 1987-09-27 13:18Z 59° 0' N, 2° 28' W Click for more
87501 CTD/STD cast 1987-09-27 14:43Z 58° 57' N, 2° 0' W Click for more
87513 CTD/STD cast 1987-09-27 16:14Z 58° 54' N, 1° 30' W Click for more
87525 CTD/STD cast 1987-09-27 17:50Z 58° 52' N, 1° 0' W Click for more
87537 CTD/STD cast 1987-09-27 19:29Z 58° 49' N, 0° 30' W Click for more
87549 CTD/STD cast 1987-09-27 21:30Z 58° 48' N, 0° 0' W Click for more
87550 CTD/STD cast 1987-09-27 23:13Z 58° 36' N, 0° 27' E Click for more
87562 CTD/STD cast 1987-09-28 01:18Z 58° 24' N, 0° 8' W Click for more
87574 CTD/STD cast 1987-09-28 03:05Z 58° 13' N, 0° 37' W Click for more
87586 CTD/STD cast 1987-09-28 04:42Z 58° 3' N, 1° 3' W Click for more
87598 CTD/STD cast 1987-09-28 06:44Z 57° 56' N, 1° 36' W Click for more
87605 CTD/STD cast 1987-09-28 08:04Z 57° 50' N, 2° 0' W Click for more
87617 CTD/STD cast 1987-09-28 18:02Z 58° 4' N, 0° 45' W Click for more
87629 CTD/STD cast 1987-09-28 19:53Z 58° 11' N, 0° 10' W Click for more
87630 CTD/STD cast 1987-09-28 20:47Z 58° 9' N, 0° 21' W Click for more

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