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BODC Cruise Metadata Report for FRV Scotia (749S) cruise 0189S_2

Introduction

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

Cruise Inventory Information

Long name FRV Scotia (749S) cruise 0189S_2
Short name 0189S_2
Objectives and Narrative (1) To recover 3 current meter moorings deployed in the North Sea in September 1988.
(2) To creep for one mooring whose surface marker has been removed.
(3) To carry out a hydrographic survey in the area of the Fair Isle and Dooley currents in the North Sea and in the area west of Orkney and Shetland.
(4) To work hydrogaphic stations along the JONSIS line, and to collect benthich samples along this line.
Ship FRV Scotia
Departure Port Greenock, United Kingdom
Departure Date 1989-01-17
Arrival Port Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Arrival Date 1989-01-25
Principal Scientist(s) Bill Turrell (Scottish Office Agriculture and Fisheries Department Aberdeen Marine Laboratory)
Responsible Organisation Scottish Office Agriculture and Fisheries Department Aberdeen Marine Laboratory
Associated Project(s)
IHB Sea Areas Visited North Sea
Marsden Squares Visited 181;3/181;4
Work Area Description EC line North Sea; Fair Ile, Orkney and Shetland; JONSIS line
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 = 41
Description:  
Current meters Quantity: number of stations = 4
Description: 7 cms recovered  
Surface measurements underway (T,S) Description: run throughout cruise  
Water bottle stations Quantity: number of stations = 27
Description:  
Chemical oceanography  
Nitrate Quantity: number of stations = 27
Description:  
Phosphate Quantity: number of stations = 24
Description:  
Silicate Quantity: number of stations = 24
Description:  

Cruise Inventory Mooring/Buoy Operations

Latitude Longitude Data type Description
58° 18' N 0° 24' W Current meters rec. 1cm and parts of mooring ec4 (laid 18.9.88)
58° 32' N 0° 6' E Current meters rec. mooring EC5 with 2cm and WLR (laid 19.9.88)
57° 59' N 1° 19' W Current meters rec. mooring ec2 with 2cm (laid 18.9.88)
58° 9' N 0° 48' W Current meters rec. mooring ec3 with 2cm (laid 18.9.88)
58° 32' N 0° 6' E Sea level (inc. bot. press., inverted echosounder) rec. mooring EC5 with 2cm and WLR (laid 19.9.88)

Summary of BODC Data Holdings for the Cruise

National Oceanographic Database

Summary

# Series Instrument Description Parameters
41 CTD/STD cast Density of the water column
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  
404797 CTD/STD cast 1989-01-19 15:32Z 58° 10' N, 0° 40' W Click for more
404804 CTD/STD cast 1989-01-19 18:16Z 58° 0' N, 1° 10' W Click for more
404816 CTD/STD cast 1989-01-19 20:41Z 57° 49' N, 1° 39' W Click for more
404828 CTD/STD cast 1989-01-20 20:51Z 58° 19' N, 0° 10' W Click for more
404841 CTD/STD cast 1989-01-20 23:09Z 58° 30' N, 0° 19' E Click for more
404853 CTD/STD cast 1989-01-21 01:06Z 58° 39' N, 0° 50' E Click for more
404865 CTD/STD cast 1989-01-21 03:06Z 58° 40' N, 0° 19' E Click for more
404877 CTD/STD cast 1989-01-21 05:35Z 58° 40' N, 0° 9' W Click for more
404889 CTD/STD cast 1989-01-21 07:36Z 58° 40' N, 0° 39' W Click for more
404890 CTD/STD cast 1989-01-21 09:52Z 58° 40' N, 1° 10' W Click for more
404908 CTD/STD cast 1989-01-21 11:50Z 58° 40' N, 1° 40' W Click for more
404921 CTD/STD cast 1989-01-21 13:28Z 58° 40' N, 2° 10' W Click for more
404933 CTD/STD cast 1989-01-21 14:57Z 58° 40' N, 2° 40' W Click for more
404945 CTD/STD cast 1989-01-21 17:36Z 58° 19' N, 3° 6' W Click for more
404957 CTD/STD cast 1989-01-21 18:03Z 58° 19' N, 3° 9' W Click for more
404969 CTD/STD cast 1989-01-21 19:12Z 58° 19' N, 3° 3' W Click for more
404970 CTD/STD cast 1989-01-21 19:52Z 58° 19' N, 3° 0' W Click for more
404982 CTD/STD cast 1989-01-21 20:40Z 58° 19' N, 2° 54' W Click for more
404994 CTD/STD cast 1989-01-21 21:14Z 58° 19' N, 2° 46' W Click for more
405008 CTD/STD cast 1989-01-21 21:48Z 58° 19' N, 2° 40' W Click for more
405021 CTD/STD cast 1989-01-21 22:32Z 58° 19' N, 2° 30' W Click for more
405033 CTD/STD cast 1989-01-23 08:54Z 59° 30' N, 2° 58' W Click for more
405045 CTD/STD cast 1989-01-23 09:45Z 59° 30' N, 2° 39' W Click for more
405057 CTD/STD cast 1989-01-23 10:41Z 59° 30' N, 2° 19' W Click for more
405069 CTD/STD cast 1989-01-23 11:38Z 59° 30' N, 1° 59' W Click for more
405070 CTD/STD cast 1989-01-24 04:33Z 58° 0' N, 2° 18' W Click for more
405082 CTD/STD cast 1989-01-24 05:11Z 57° 57' N, 2° 18' W Click for more
405094 CTD/STD cast 1989-01-24 05:51Z 57° 54' N, 2° 18' W Click for more
405101 CTD/STD cast 1989-01-24 06:33Z 57° 50' N, 2° 18' W Click for more
405113 CTD/STD cast 1989-01-24 07:09Z 57° 47' N, 2° 18' W Click for more
405125 CTD/STD cast 1989-01-24 08:02Z 57° 45' N, 2° 18' W Click for more
405137 CTD/STD cast 1989-01-24 09:03Z 57° 44' N, 2° 17' W Click for more
405149 CTD/STD cast 1989-01-24 09:43Z 57° 42' N, 2° 17' W Click for more
405150 CTD/STD cast 1989-01-24 15:37Z 57° 0' N, 1° 31' W Click for more
405162 CTD/STD cast 1989-01-24 16:14Z 57° 0' N, 1° 38' W Click for more
405174 CTD/STD cast 1989-01-24 16:47Z 57° 0' N, 1° 45' W Click for more
405186 CTD/STD cast 1989-01-24 17:20Z 57° 0' N, 1° 51' W Click for more
405198 CTD/STD cast 1989-01-24 17:54Z 57° 0' N, 1° 58' W Click for more
405205 CTD/STD cast 1989-01-24 18:32Z 57° 0' N, 2° 0' W Click for more
405217 CTD/STD cast 1989-01-24 19:13Z 57° 0' N, 2° 3' W Click for more
405229 CTD/STD cast 1989-01-24 19:55Z 57° 0' N, 2° 7' W Click for more

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