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BODC Cruise Metadata Report for FRV Clupea (74CU) cruise 0694C

Introduction

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

Cruise Inventory Information

Long name FRV Clupea (74CU) cruise 0694C
Short name 0694C
Objectives and Narrative 1. To deploy two oceanographic buoy moorings off St Andrews in the Scottish coastal zone.
2. To carry out a CTD and water bottle survey on four lines of stations in the Scottish coastal zone between Arbroath and Fife Ness to establish the temperature and salinity patterns and the nutrient concentrations in the area.
Ship FRV Clupea
Departure Port Fraserburgh, United Kingdom
Departure Date 1994-03-30
Arrival Port Fraserburgh, United Kingdom
Arrival Date 1994-04-04
Principal Scientist(s) Rodney Payne (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
Work Area Description Scottish coastal zone off St.Andrews and between Arbroath and Fife Ness
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 = 25
Description: Dips STD 12  
Current meters Quantity: number of stations = 2
Description: 3 ACM  
Water bottle stations Quantity: number of samples = 24
Description:  
Chemical oceanography  
Nitrate Quantity: number of samples = 24
Description:  
Phosphate Quantity: number of samples = 24
Description:  
Silicate Quantity: number of samples = 24
Description:  
Biology and fisheries  
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) Quantity: number of samples = 24
Description: Surface samples Chl.  

Cruise Inventory Mooring/Buoy Operations

Latitude Longitude Data type Description
56° 22' N 2° 37' W Current meters 1 ACM
56° 22' N 2° 18' W Current meters 2 ACM
56° 22' N 2° 37' W Other chemical oceanographic measurements 1 Nutrient Analyser
56° 22' N 2° 18' W Other chemical oceanographic measurements 1 Nutrient Analyser deployed 02 Apr 1994
56° 22' N 2° 18' W Sea level (inc. bot. press., inverted echosounder) 1 WLR
56° 22' N 2° 37' W Sea level (inc. bot. press., inverted echosounder) 1 WLR

Summary of BODC Data Holdings for the Cruise

National Oceanographic Database

Summary

# Series Instrument Description Parameters
25 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  
397222 CTD/STD cast 1994-04-02 10:12Z 56° 22' N, 2° 17' W Click for more
397234 CTD/STD cast 1994-04-02 10:57Z 56° 22' N, 2° 19' W Click for more
397246 CTD/STD cast 1994-04-02 11:49Z 56° 22' N, 2° 23' W Click for more
397258 CTD/STD cast 1994-04-02 12:29Z 56° 22' N, 2° 28' W Click for more
397271 CTD/STD cast 1994-04-02 13:04Z 56° 22' N, 2° 32' W Click for more
397283 CTD/STD cast 1994-04-02 13:30Z 56° 22' N, 2° 35' W Click for more
397295 CTD/STD cast 1994-04-02 13:55Z 56° 22' N, 2° 37' W Click for more
397302 CTD/STD cast 1994-04-02 14:25Z 56° 22' N, 2° 41' W Click for more
397314 CTD/STD cast 1994-04-02 14:48Z 56° 22' N, 2° 44' W Click for more
397326 CTD/STD cast 1994-04-02 16:11Z 56° 16' N, 2° 24' W Click for more
397338 CTD/STD cast 1994-04-02 16:58Z 56° 16' N, 2° 28' W Click for more
397351 CTD/STD cast 1994-04-02 17:37Z 56° 16' N, 2° 31' W Click for more
397363 CTD/STD cast 1994-04-02 18:08Z 56° 16' N, 2° 34' W Click for more
397375 CTD/STD cast 1994-04-02 18:38Z 56° 16' N, 2° 33' W Click for more
397387 CTD/STD cast 1994-04-02 18:58Z 56° 16' N, 2° 32' W Click for more
397399 CTD/STD cast 1994-04-03 09:29Z 56° 27' N, 2° 18' W Click for more
397406 CTD/STD cast 1994-04-03 10:08Z 56° 27' N, 2° 23' W Click for more
397418 CTD/STD cast 1994-04-03 11:15Z 56° 27' N, 2° 28' W Click for more
397431 CTD/STD cast 1994-04-03 11:57Z 56° 27' N, 2° 32' W Click for more
397443 CTD/STD cast 1994-04-03 12:37Z 56° 27' N, 2° 35' W Click for more
397455 CTD/STD cast 1994-04-03 13:04Z 56° 27' N, 2° 37' W Click for more
397467 CTD/STD cast 1994-04-03 13:40Z 56° 31' N, 2° 37' W Click for more
397479 CTD/STD cast 1994-04-03 13:55Z 56° 31' N, 2° 35' W Click for more
397480 CTD/STD cast 1994-04-03 14:42Z 56° 31' N, 2° 32' W Click for more
397492 CTD/STD cast 1994-04-03 15:04Z 56° 31' N, 2° 27' W Click for more

Project Database

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

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