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BODC Cruise Metadata Report for FRV Scotia (749S) cruise 1693S

Introduction

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

Cruise Inventory Information

Long name FRV Scotia (749S) cruise 1693S
Short name 1693S
Objectives and Narrative 1. To collect hydrographic and chemical samples along the Fair Isle-Munken and Nolso-Flugga standard sections.
2. To survey the standard JONSIS, East Shetland (ES) and northern North Sea (EC) sections.
3. To conduct a restricted survey of the north east coastal zone.
4. To collect samples of common dab as selected locations with the GOV trawl in support of the Braer oil spill investigations.
5. To collect sediment samples at selected locations with the Day grab in support of the Braer oil spill investigations.
6. To collect live sandell specimens for return to the Laboratory.
Ship FRV Scotia
Departure Port Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Departure Date 1993-12-13
Arrival Port Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Arrival Date 1993-12-20
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;3/217;1/252;1
Work Area Description Fair Isle to Munken (Faroe), Nolso (Faroe) to Flugga (Shetland)
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 = 48
Description: Seabird  
Current profiler (eg ADCP) Quantity: track kilometres = 1852
Description: RDI ADCP  
Surface measurements underway (T,S) Quantity: track kilometres = 1852
Description: thermosalinograph  
Water bottle stations Quantity: number of stations = 46
Description: Knudsen on CTD for cal.  
Chemical oceanography  
Ammonia Quantity: number of stations = 10
Description:  
Nitrate Quantity: number of stations = 14
Description:  
Phosphate Quantity: number of stations = 14
Description:  
Radioactivity Quantity: number of samples = 2
Description:  
Silicate Quantity: number of stations = 14
Description:  
Contamination  
Petroleum residues Description: all biological work  
Biology and fisheries  
Demersal fish Quantity: number of hauls = 3
Description: GOV trawl hauls  
Other biological/fisheries measurement Description: live sandeels  
Geology and geophysics  
Dredge Quantity: number of deployments = 3
Description: drags  
Grab Description: day grabs (LOT)  

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
48 CTD/STD cast Density of the water column
Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column
Electrical conductivity of the water column
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Transmittance and attenuance 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  
420287 CTD/STD cast 1993-12-15 13:15Z 60° 49' N, 0° 43' W Click for more
420299 CTD/STD cast 1993-12-15 13:41Z 60° 49' N, 0° 40' W Click for more
420306 CTD/STD cast 1993-12-15 16:32Z 60° 49' N, 0° 30' W Click for more
420318 CTD/STD cast 1993-12-15 17:23Z 60° 49' N, 0° 20' W Click for more
420331 CTD/STD cast 1993-12-15 18:52Z 60° 50' N, 0° 0' E Click for more
420343 CTD/STD cast 1993-12-15 20:24Z 60° 49' N, 0° 19' E Click for more
420355 CTD/STD cast 1993-12-15 21:39Z 60° 49' N, 0° 40' E Click for more
420367 CTD/STD cast 1993-12-15 22:50Z 60° 49' N, 1° 0' E Click for more
420379 CTD/STD cast 1993-12-16 00:04Z 60° 49' N, 1° 19' E Click for more
420380 CTD/STD cast 1993-12-16 01:20Z 60° 50' N, 1° 37' W Click for more
420392 CTD/STD cast 1993-12-16 07:03Z 60° 0' N, 1° 39' E Click for more
420411 CTD/STD cast 1993-12-16 08:19Z 60° 0' N, 1° 19' E Click for more
420423 CTD/STD cast 1993-12-16 09:30Z 60° 6' N, 1° 0' E Click for more
420435 CTD/STD cast 1993-12-16 10:43Z 60° 0' N, 0° 39' E Click for more
420447 CTD/STD cast 1993-12-16 11:50Z 60° 0' N, 0° 19' E Click for more
420459 CTD/STD cast 1993-12-16 13:27Z 59° 59' N, 0° 0' E Click for more
420460 CTD/STD cast 1993-12-16 14:42Z 60° 0' N, 0° 19' W Click for more
420472 CTD/STD cast 1993-12-16 15:35Z 60° 0' N, 0° 30' W Click for more
420484 CTD/STD cast 1993-12-16 16:24Z 60° 0' N, 0° 40' W Click for more
420496 CTD/STD cast 1993-12-16 17:13Z 60° 0' N, 0° 50' W Click for more
420503 CTD/STD cast 1993-12-16 18:05Z 60° 0' N, 1° 0' W Click for more
420515 CTD/STD cast 1993-12-17 16:27Z 59° 17' N, 2° 15' W Click for more
420527 CTD/STD cast 1993-12-17 17:48Z 59° 17' N, 2° 5' W Click for more
420539 CTD/STD cast 1993-12-17 18:53Z 59° 17' N, 1° 55' W Click for more
420540 CTD/STD cast 1993-12-17 20:00Z 59° 16' N, 1° 48' W Click for more
420552 CTD/STD cast 1993-12-17 20:50Z 59° 16' N, 1° 40' W Click for more
420564 CTD/STD cast 1993-12-17 21:39Z 59° 16' N, 1° 30' W Click for more
420576 CTD/STD cast 1993-12-17 22:30Z 59° 16' N, 1° 19' W Click for more
420588 CTD/STD cast 1993-12-17 23:20Z 59° 16' N, 1° 9' W Click for more
420607 CTD/STD cast 1993-12-18 00:13Z 59° 16' N, 1° 0' W Click for more
420619 CTD/STD cast 1993-12-19 00:22Z 58° 0' N, 2° 0' W Click for more
420620 CTD/STD cast 1993-12-19 01:10Z 57° 55' N, 2° 0' W Click for more
420632 CTD/STD cast 1993-12-19 01:55Z 57° 49' N, 2° 0' W Click for more
420644 CTD/STD cast 1993-12-19 02:27Z 57° 47' N, 2° 0' W Click for more
420656 CTD/STD cast 1993-12-19 02:55Z 57° 45' N, 2° 0' W Click for more
420668 CTD/STD cast 1993-12-19 03:18Z 57° 43' N, 1° 59' W Click for more
420681 CTD/STD cast 1993-12-19 03:40Z 57° 42' N, 1° 59' W Click for more
420693 CTD/STD cast 1993-12-19 06:02Z 58° 0' N, 2° 30' W Click for more
420700 CTD/STD cast 1993-12-19 06:51Z 57° 55' N, 2° 30' W Click for more
420712 CTD/STD cast 1993-12-19 07:43Z 57° 49' N, 2° 30' W Click for more
420724 CTD/STD cast 1993-12-19 08:15Z 57° 48' N, 2° 30' W Click for more
420736 CTD/STD cast 1993-12-19 08:40Z 57° 46' N, 2° 30' W Click for more
420748 CTD/STD cast 1993-12-19 09:07Z 57° 43' N, 2° 30' W Click for more
420761 CTD/STD cast 1993-12-19 09:33Z 57° 42' N, 2° 30' W Click for more
420773 CTD/STD cast 1993-12-19 09:54Z 57° 41' N, 2° 30' W Click for more
420785 CTD/STD cast 1993-12-19 11:55Z 57° 41' N, 3° 5' W Click for more
420797 CTD/STD cast 1993-12-19 12:18Z 57° 42' N, 3° 6' W Click for more
420804 CTD/STD cast 1993-12-19 12:44Z 57° 42' N, 3° 5' W Click for more

Project Database

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

References

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