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BODC Cruise Metadata Report for FRV Scotia (749S) cruise 1091S_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 1091S_2
Short name 1091S_2
Objectives and Narrative 1. To recover six current meter moorings in the northern North Sea to the east of Shetland and one current meter mooring on the NW shelf to the west of Orkney.
2. Conduct hydrographic survey north and west of Orkney, and east of Shetland.
3. Conduct ADCP surveys east of Shetland.
4. To complete hydrographic survey lines across the Faroe-Shetland Channel if these were not completed during Scotia 9/91 due to operating constraints.
Ship FRV Scotia
Departure Port Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Departure Date 1991-10-22
Arrival Port Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Arrival Date 1991-11-01
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, North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W)
Marsden Squares Visited 181;3/216;3/217;1/252;1
Work Area Description North Sea to the east of Shetland and north and west of Orkney
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 = 77
Description:  
Current meters Quantity: number of stations = 5
Description: 10 ACMS recovered  
Current profiler (eg ADCP) Quantity: activity duration in hours = 25
Description:  
Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements Description: whole track  

Cruise Inventory Mooring/Buoy Operations

Latitude Longitude Data type Description
59° 9' N 3° 55' W Current meters recovered 2 ACM 23.10.91
60° 30' N 0° 15' W Current meters recovered 2 ACM 27.10.91
60° 30' N 0° 0' W Current meters recovered 2 ACM 27.10.91
60° 30' N 1° 0' E Current meters recovered 2 ACM 27.10.91
60° 30' N 0° 30' W Current meters recovered 2 ACM 28.10.91

Summary of BODC Data Holdings for the Cruise

National Oceanographic Database

Summary

# Series Instrument Description Parameters
77 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  
404681 CTD/STD cast 1991-10-29 02:48Z 59° 16' N, 1° 29' W Click for more
404693 CTD/STD cast 1991-10-29 03:36Z 59° 16' N, 1° 19' W Click for more
404700 CTD/STD cast 1991-10-29 04:29Z 59° 16' N, 1° 10' W Click for more
404712 CTD/STD cast 1991-10-29 05:34Z 59° 16' N, 1° 0' W Click for more
404724 CTD/STD cast 1991-10-29 07:06Z 59° 16' N, 0° 40' W Click for more
404736 CTD/STD cast 1991-10-29 08:32Z 59° 17' N, 0° 20' W Click for more
404748 CTD/STD cast 1991-10-29 09:59Z 59° 17' N, 0° 0' W Click for more
404761 CTD/STD cast 1991-10-30 12:06Z 57° 41' N, 4° 0' W Click for more
404773 CTD/STD cast 1991-10-30 12:23Z 57° 41' N, 3° 59' W Click for more
404785 CTD/STD cast 1991-10-30 12:38Z 57° 40' N, 3° 58' W Click for more
412355 CTD/STD cast 1991-10-23 08:46Z 59° 9' N, 3° 55' W Click for more
412367 CTD/STD cast 1991-10-23 22:28Z 60° 30' N, 0° 0' W Click for more
412379 CTD/STD cast 1991-10-23 23:28Z 60° 30' N, 0° 15' W Click for more
412380 CTD/STD cast 1991-10-24 00:24Z 60° 30' N, 0° 30' W Click for more
412392 CTD/STD cast 1991-10-24 01:36Z 60° 30' N, 0° 45' W Click for more
412411 CTD/STD cast 1991-10-24 02:14Z 60° 30' N, 0° 55' W Click for more
412423 CTD/STD cast 1991-10-25 06:21Z 60° 30' N, 0° 15' E Click for more
412435 CTD/STD cast 1991-10-25 07:21Z 60° 30' N, 0° 30' E Click for more
412447 CTD/STD cast 1991-10-25 08:33Z 60° 30' N, 0° 45' E Click for more
412459 CTD/STD cast 1991-10-25 09:37Z 60° 30' N, 1° 0' E Click for more
412460 CTD/STD cast 1991-10-25 10:25Z 60° 30' N, 1° 15' E Click for more
412472 CTD/STD cast 1991-10-25 11:13Z 60° 30' N, 1° 30' E Click for more
412484 CTD/STD cast 1991-10-25 13:23Z 60° 49' N, 1° 40' E Click for more
412496 CTD/STD cast 1991-10-25 14:19Z 60° 49' N, 1° 19' E Click for more
412503 CTD/STD cast 1991-10-25 15:34Z 60° 49' N, 1° 0' E Click for more
412515 CTD/STD cast 1991-10-25 16:56Z 60° 49' N, 0° 40' E Click for more
412527 CTD/STD cast 1991-10-25 18:04Z 60° 49' N, 0° 19' E Click for more
412539 CTD/STD cast 1991-10-25 19:14Z 60° 49' N, 0° 0' W Click for more
412540 CTD/STD cast 1991-10-25 20:25Z 60° 49' N, 0° 19' W Click for more
412552 CTD/STD cast 1991-10-25 21:13Z 60° 49' N, 0° 30' W Click for more
412564 CTD/STD cast 1991-10-25 21:58Z 60° 49' N, 0° 40' W Click for more
412576 CTD/STD cast 1991-10-25 22:28Z 60° 50' N, 0° 43' W Click for more
412588 CTD/STD cast 1991-10-26 00:44Z 60° 57' N, 1° 1' W Click for more
412607 CTD/STD cast 1991-10-26 01:07Z 60° 58' N, 1° 18' W Click for more
412619 CTD/STD cast 1991-10-26 02:31Z 61° 1' N, 1° 36' W Click for more
412620 CTD/STD cast 1991-10-26 04:32Z 61° 7' N, 2° 10' W Click for more
412632 CTD/STD cast 1991-10-26 12:57Z 60° 0' N, 1° 0' W Click for more
412644 CTD/STD cast 1991-10-26 13:54Z 60° 0' N, 0° 45' W Click for more
412656 CTD/STD cast 1991-10-26 14:47Z 60° 0' N, 0° 30' W Click for more
412668 CTD/STD cast 1991-10-26 15:40Z 60° 0' N, 0° 15' W Click for more
412681 CTD/STD cast 1991-10-26 16:52Z 60° 0' N, 0° 0' W Click for more
412693 CTD/STD cast 1991-10-26 17:49Z 60° 0' N, 0° 15' E Click for more
412700 CTD/STD cast 1991-10-26 18:45Z 60° 0' N, 0° 30' E Click for more
412712 CTD/STD cast 1991-10-26 19:39Z 60° 0' N, 0° 45' E Click for more
412724 CTD/STD cast 1991-10-26 20:34Z 60° 0' N, 1° 0' E Click for more
412736 CTD/STD cast 1991-10-26 21:27Z 60° 0' N, 1° 15' E Click for more
412748 CTD/STD cast 1991-10-26 22:18Z 60° 0' N, 1° 30' E Click for more
412761 CTD/STD cast 1991-10-28 23:14Z 59° 16' N, 2° 13' W Click for more
412773 CTD/STD cast 1991-10-28 23:58Z 59° 16' N, 2° 4' W Click for more
412785 CTD/STD cast 1991-10-29 00:40Z 59° 16' N, 1° 55' W Click for more
412797 CTD/STD cast 1991-10-29 01:17Z 59° 16' N, 1° 48' W Click for more
412804 CTD/STD cast 1991-10-29 01:58Z 59° 16' N, 1° 40' W Click for more
412816 CTD/STD cast 1991-10-30 12:54Z 57° 40' N, 3° 57' W Click for more
412828 CTD/STD cast 1991-10-30 19:12Z 57° 41' N, 2° 30' W Click for more
412841 CTD/STD cast 1991-10-30 19:32Z 57° 42' N, 2° 30' W Click for more
412853 CTD/STD cast 1991-10-30 19:58Z 57° 43' N, 2° 30' W Click for more
412865 CTD/STD cast 1991-10-30 20:33Z 57° 46' N, 2° 30' W Click for more
412877 CTD/STD cast 1991-10-30 21:00Z 57° 48' N, 2° 30' W Click for more
412889 CTD/STD cast 1991-10-30 21:27Z 57° 49' N, 2° 30' W Click for more
412890 CTD/STD cast 1991-10-30 22:07Z 57° 55' N, 2° 30' W Click for more
412908 CTD/STD cast 1991-10-30 22:44Z 58° 0' N, 2° 30' W Click for more
412921 CTD/STD cast 1991-10-30 23:39Z 58° 2' N, 2° 37' W Click for more
412933 CTD/STD cast 1991-10-31 00:16Z 58° 5' N, 2° 45' W Click for more
412945 CTD/STD cast 1991-10-31 00:50Z 58° 7' N, 2° 52' W Click for more
412957 CTD/STD cast 1991-10-31 01:27Z 58° 10' N, 3° 0' W Click for more
412969 CTD/STD cast 1991-10-31 02:00Z 58° 12' N, 3° 7' W Click for more
412970 CTD/STD cast 1991-10-31 02:57Z 58° 4' N, 3° 15' W Click for more
412982 CTD/STD cast 1991-10-31 03:36Z 58° 0' N, 3° 19' W Click for more
412994 CTD/STD cast 1991-10-31 04:15Z 57° 55' N, 3° 25' W Click for more
413008 CTD/STD cast 1991-10-31 04:54Z 57° 49' N, 3° 30' W Click for more
413021 CTD/STD cast 1991-10-31 06:02Z 57° 42' N, 3° 45' W Click for more
413033 CTD/STD cast 1991-10-31 06:38Z 57° 43' N, 3° 36' W Click for more
413045 CTD/STD cast 1991-10-31 07:40Z 57° 45' N, 3° 29' W Click for more
413057 CTD/STD cast 1991-10-31 08:32Z 57° 48' N, 3° 19' W Click for more
413069 CTD/STD cast 1991-10-31 10:34Z 57° 43' N, 2° 55' W Click for more
413070 CTD/STD cast 1991-10-31 10:55Z 57° 45' N, 2° 55' W Click for more
413082 CTD/STD cast 1991-10-31 11:20Z 57° 46' N, 2° 55' W Click for more

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