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BODC Cruise Metadata Report for RV Corystes (74RY) cruise COR13/94

Introduction

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

Cruise Inventory Information

Long name RV Corystes (74RY) cruise COR13/94
Short name COR13/94
Objectives and Narrative The work is directed at a better understanding of the dynamics of the North Channel which control the flushing characteristics of the Irish Sea. Net outflow from the Irish Sea is northward but there are apparently long periods of inflow on the western side of the channel. It is not known to what extent outflowing water recirculates and extends southward along the Irish coast or what importance inflows of Atlantic water have on flushing characteristics of the region. Variability in the flow regime and factors governing it are poorly understood. The main sampling aims of the cruise were:
1. To deploy and recover mooring arrays in the North Channel and western Irish Sea.
2. Deploy and retrieve free floating ARGOS buoys in the North Channel and western Irish Sea to determine the Lagrangian circulation.
3. Undertake associated physical and biological surveys of the region in support of 1) and 2).
4. Perform trials of the new Valeport, MAFF sponsored, U-Tow.
5. Lay a short period (1-2 weeks) mooring at a site currently occupied, in order to evaluate the performance of the new Valeport BFM308 current meter in a comparison with an Aanderaa current meter.
6. Conduct a test deployment of a NAS 2 nitrate analyser on the same mooring as the Valeport.
7. Recover POL ADCP and perfom a 12 hour trial of a second ADCP in the North Channel.
Ship RV Corystes
Departure Port Lowestoft, United Kingdom
Departure Date 1994-10-24
Arrival Port Lowestoft, United Kingdom
Arrival Date 1994-11-17
Principal Scientist(s) Juan Brown (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory)
Responsible Organisation Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory
Associated Project(s)
IHB Sea Areas Visited Irish Sea and St. George's Channel
Marsden Squares Visited 181;2/181;4
Work Area Description Irish Sea, North Channel and Malin Shelf
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 = 159
Description:  
Current meters Quantity: number of recoveries = 5
Description: 5 current meters recovered  
Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements Quantity: track kilometres = 592
Description: undulating CTD  
Surface drifters/drifting buoys Quantity: number of deployments = 5
Description: Argos drifting buoys  
Chemical oceanography  
Ammonia Quantity: number of samples = 159
Description:  
Nitrate Quantity: number of samples = 159
Description:  
Nitrite Quantity: number of samples = 159
Description:  
Phosphate Quantity: number of samples = 159
Description:  
Silicate Quantity: number of samples = 159
Description:  
Contamination  
Suspended matter Quantity: number of samples = 159
Description:  

Cruise Inventory Mooring/Buoy Operations

Latitude Longitude Data type Description
54° 51' N 5° 13' W Current meters recover cm
54° 46' N 5° 33' W Current meters recover cm
54° 48' N 5° 18' W Current meters recover cm
54° 37' N 5° 22' W Current meters recover cm
55° 24' N 6° 13' W Current meters recover cm

Summary of BODC Data Holdings for the Cruise

National Oceanographic Database

Summary

# Series Instrument Description Parameters
154 CTD/STD cast Concentration of suspended particulate material in the water column
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Transmittance and attenuance of the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
3 CTD/STD cast 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  
599556 CTD/STD cast 1994-10-27 18:50Z 53° 49' N, 5° 0' W Click for more
599568 CTD/STD cast 1994-10-27 21:05Z 53° 43' N, 5° 24' W Click for more
599581 CTD/STD cast 1994-10-27 22:26Z 53° 46' N, 5° 31' W Click for more
599593 CTD/STD cast 1994-10-27 23:47Z 53° 46' N, 5° 43' W Click for more
599600 CTD/STD cast 1994-10-28 01:17Z 53° 46' N, 5° 52' W Click for more
599612 CTD/STD cast 1994-10-28 18:03Z 55° 3' N, 5° 56' W Click for more
599624 CTD/STD cast 1994-10-28 19:08Z 55° 6' N, 5° 52' W Click for more
599636 CTD/STD cast 1994-10-28 20:18Z 55° 7' N, 5° 49' W Click for more
599648 CTD/STD cast 1994-10-28 21:26Z 55° 10' N, 5° 45' W Click for more
599661 CTD/STD cast 1994-10-28 22:23Z 55° 12' N, 5° 40' W Click for more
599673 CTD/STD cast 1994-10-28 23:38Z 55° 14' N, 5° 37' W Click for more
599685 CTD/STD cast 1994-10-29 00:56Z 55° 16' N, 5° 34' W Click for more
599697 CTD/STD cast 1994-10-29 17:52Z 54° 49' N, 5° 40' W Click for more
599704 CTD/STD cast 1994-10-29 18:55Z 54° 51' N, 5° 34' W Click for more
599716 CTD/STD cast 1994-10-29 19:45Z 54° 53' N, 5° 28' W Click for more
599728 CTD/STD cast 1994-10-29 20:26Z 54° 54' N, 5° 23' W Click for more
599741 CTD/STD cast 1994-10-29 21:09Z 54° 56' N, 5° 18' W Click for more
599753 CTD/STD cast 1994-10-29 21:49Z 54° 58' N, 5° 13' W Click for more
599765 CTD/STD cast 1994-10-29 23:40Z 54° 46' N, 5° 5' W Click for more
599777 CTD/STD cast 1994-10-30 00:16Z 54° 45' N, 5° 9' W Click for more
599789 CTD/STD cast 1994-10-30 01:10Z 54° 43' N, 5° 13' W Click for more
599790 CTD/STD cast 1994-10-30 02:04Z 54° 41' N, 5° 16' W Click for more
599808 CTD/STD cast 1994-10-30 02:47Z 54° 40' N, 5° 19' W Click for more
599821 CTD/STD cast 1994-10-30 03:41Z 54° 37' N, 5° 24' W Click for more
599833 CTD/STD cast 1994-10-30 04:15Z 54° 36' N, 5° 27' W Click for more
599845 CTD/STD cast 1994-10-31 19:06Z 53° 34' N, 6° 3' W Click for more
599857 CTD/STD cast 1994-10-31 19:38Z 53° 34' N, 6° 1' W Click for more
599869 CTD/STD cast 1994-10-31 20:07Z 53° 34' N, 6° 0' W Click for more
599870 CTD/STD cast 1994-10-31 20:37Z 53° 35' N, 5° 58' W Click for more
599882 CTD/STD cast 1994-10-31 21:09Z 53° 36' N, 5° 56' W Click for more
599894 CTD/STD cast 1994-10-31 23:06Z 53° 48' N, 6° 11' W Click for more
599901 CTD/STD cast 1994-10-31 23:33Z 53° 48' N, 6° 9' W Click for more
599913 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-01 00:12Z 53° 48' N, 6° 6' W Click for more
599925 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-01 00:47Z 53° 48' N, 6° 3' W Click for more
599937 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-01 01:22Z 53° 48' N, 5° 57' W Click for more
599949 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-01 03:21Z 54° 3' N, 5° 55' W Click for more
599950 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-01 04:02Z 54° 2' N, 5° 53' W Click for more
599962 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-01 04:35Z 54° 1' N, 5° 51' W Click for more
599974 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-01 05:14Z 54° 0' N, 5° 46' W Click for more
599986 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-01 05:57Z 53° 58' N, 5° 45' W Click for more
599998 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-06 10:14Z 54° 36' N, 5° 27' W Click for more
600006 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-06 10:52Z 54° 37' N, 5° 24' W Click for more
600018 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-06 11:31Z 54° 40' N, 5° 19' W Click for more
600031 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-06 12:10Z 54° 41' N, 5° 16' W Click for more
600043 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-06 13:25Z 54° 43' N, 5° 13' W Click for more
600055 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-06 14:43Z 54° 45' N, 5° 9' W Click for more
600067 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-06 15:43Z 54° 47' N, 5° 5' W Click for more
600079 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-06 17:03Z 54° 58' N, 5° 13' W Click for more
600080 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-06 17:55Z 54° 56' N, 5° 18' W Click for more
600092 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-06 18:38Z 54° 54' N, 5° 23' W Click for more
600111 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-06 19:26Z 54° 52' N, 5° 28' W Click for more
600123 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-06 20:14Z 54° 51' N, 5° 34' W Click for more
600135 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-06 21:16Z 54° 50' N, 5° 40' W Click for more
600147 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-06 23:04Z 54° 58' N, 5° 54' W Click for more
600159 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-06 23:41Z 55° 0' N, 5° 50' W Click for more
600160 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-07 00:26Z 55° 2' N, 5° 45' W Click for more
600172 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-07 01:23Z 55° 4' N, 5° 39' W Click for more
600184 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-07 02:19Z 55° 7' N, 5° 34' W Click for more
600196 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-07 03:19Z 55° 9' N, 5° 28' W Click for more
600203 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-07 04:12Z 55° 12' N, 5° 23' W Click for more
600215 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-07 05:03Z 55° 15' N, 5° 18' W Click for more
600227 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-07 13:40Z 55° 15' N, 6° 31' W Click for more
600239 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-07 14:22Z 55° 18' N, 6° 28' W Click for more
600240 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-07 15:17Z 55° 21' N, 6° 27' W Click for more
600252 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-07 16:07Z 55° 24' N, 6° 24' W Click for more
600264 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-07 17:15Z 55° 27' N, 6° 22' W Click for more
600276 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-07 18:00Z 55° 30' N, 6° 20' W Click for more
600288 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-07 18:45Z 55° 33' N, 6° 17' W Click for more
600307 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-08 08:27Z 55° 20' N, 4° 50' W Click for more
600319 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-08 08:58Z 55° 22' N, 4° 53' W Click for more
600320 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-08 09:28Z 55° 23' N, 4° 57' W Click for more
600332 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-08 09:59Z 55° 25' N, 5° 0' W Click for more
600344 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-08 10:42Z 55° 27' N, 5° 3' W Click for more
600356 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-08 12:25Z 55° 27' N, 5° 20' W Click for more
600368 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-08 12:55Z 55° 26' N, 5° 24' W Click for more
600381 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-08 13:35Z 55° 24' N, 5° 27' W Click for more
600393 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-08 14:12Z 55° 23' N, 5° 30' W Click for more
600400 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-08 14:55Z 55° 21' N, 5° 29' W Click for more
600412 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-08 15:37Z 55° 19' N, 5° 25' W Click for more
600424 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-08 17:59Z 55° 12' N, 5° 22' W Click for more
600436 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-08 18:52Z 55° 15' N, 5° 18' W Click for more
600448 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-08 19:39Z 55° 13' N, 5° 13' W Click for more
600461 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-08 20:31Z 55° 11' N, 5° 9' W Click for more
600473 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-08 21:10Z 55° 9' N, 5° 6' W Click for more
600485 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-08 21:52Z 55° 7' N, 5° 1' W Click for more
600497 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-09 09:35Z 55° 1' N, 5° 11' W Click for more
600504 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-09 10:06Z 55° 3' N, 5° 15' W Click for more
600516 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-09 10:45Z 55° 4' N, 5° 18' W Click for more
600528 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-09 11:23Z 55° 6' N, 5° 22' W Click for more
600541 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-09 12:07Z 55° 9' N, 5° 27' W Click for more
600553 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-09 17:37Z 55° 11' N, 5° 31' W Click for more
600565 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-09 18:23Z 55° 13' N, 5° 35' W Click for more
600577 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-09 19:03Z 55° 15' N, 5° 39' W Click for more
600589 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-09 19:35Z 55° 16' N, 5° 42' W Click for more
600590 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-09 20:16Z 55° 15' N, 5° 46' W Click for more
600608 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-09 21:00Z 55° 13' N, 5° 49' W Click for more
600621 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-09 21:38Z 55° 12' N, 5° 52' W Click for more
600633 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-09 22:17Z 55° 11' N, 5° 56' W Click for more
600645 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-09 22:57Z 55° 10' N, 6° 0' W Click for more
600657 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-10 01:25Z 55° 25' N, 5° 49' W Click for more
600669 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-10 02:03Z 55° 26' N, 5° 54' W Click for more
600670 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-10 02:42Z 55° 28' N, 5° 58' W Click for more
600682 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-10 03:28Z 55° 29' N, 6° 3' W Click for more
600694 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-10 04:14Z 55° 31' N, 6° 8' W Click for more
600701 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-10 04:52Z 55° 32' N, 6° 13' W Click for more
600713 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-10 14:38Z 54° 34' N, 5° 26' W Click for more
600725 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-10 15:13Z 54° 36' N, 5° 23' W Click for more
600737 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-10 15:53Z 54° 37' N, 5° 20' W Click for more
600749 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-10 16:43Z 54° 39' N, 5° 15' W Click for more
600750 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-10 17:32Z 54° 41' N, 5° 11' W Click for more
600762 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-10 21:04Z 54° 16' N, 5° 33' W Click for more
600774 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-10 21:32Z 54° 15' N, 5° 30' W Click for more
600786 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-10 22:00Z 54° 13' N, 5° 28' W Click for more
600798 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-10 22:28Z 54° 11' N, 5° 24' W Click for more
600805 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-10 22:55Z 54° 9' N, 5° 21' W Click for more
600817 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-11 01:26Z 54° 3' N, 5° 55' W Click for more
600829 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-11 02:05Z 54° 2' N, 5° 53' W Click for more
600830 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-11 02:40Z 54° 1' N, 5° 51' W Click for more
600842 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-11 03:16Z 54° 0' N, 5° 46' W Click for more
600854 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-11 03:58Z 53° 58' N, 5° 45' W Click for more
600866 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-11 04:40Z 53° 56' N, 5° 40' W Click for more
600878 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-11 13:38Z 53° 48' N, 6° 11' W Click for more
600891 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-11 14:16Z 53° 48' N, 6° 9' W Click for more
600909 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-11 15:17Z 53° 48' N, 6° 6' W Click for more
600910 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-11 15:53Z 53° 48' N, 6° 3' W Click for more
600922 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-11 16:32Z 53° 48' N, 5° 57' W Click for more
600934 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-11 17:12Z 53° 47' N, 5° 51' W Click for more
600946 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-11 17:52Z 53° 47' N, 5° 45' W Click for more
600958 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-11 18:41Z 53° 47' N, 5° 39' W Click for more
600971 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-11 21:06Z 53° 34' N, 6° 3' W Click for more
600983 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-11 21:23Z 53° 34' N, 6° 1' W Click for more
600995 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-11 21:42Z 53° 34' N, 6° 0' W Click for more
601009 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-12 08:36Z 53° 35' N, 5° 58' W Click for more
601010 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-12 08:58Z 53° 36' N, 5° 56' W Click for more
601022 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-12 09:34Z 53° 37' N, 5° 52' W Click for more
601034 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-12 10:08Z 53° 37' N, 5° 46' W Click for more
601046 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-12 10:43Z 53° 39' N, 5° 42' W Click for more
601058 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-12 11:16Z 53° 39' N, 5° 37' W Click for more
601071 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-12 15:05Z 53° 11' N, 6° 1' W Click for more
601083 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-12 15:42Z 53° 11' N, 5° 58' W Click for more
601095 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-12 17:02Z 53° 16' N, 5° 52' W Click for more
601102 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-12 17:32Z 53° 16' N, 5° 49' W Click for more
601114 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-12 18:03Z 53° 16' N, 5° 46' W Click for more
601126 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-12 18:34Z 53° 16' N, 5° 43' W Click for more
601138 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-12 19:03Z 53° 16' N, 5° 38' W Click for more
601151 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-12 19:34Z 53° 16' N, 5° 34' W Click for more
601163 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-12 20:17Z 53° 16' N, 5° 27' W Click for more
601175 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-12 22:36Z 52° 55' N, 5° 16' W Click for more
601187 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-12 23:26Z 52° 55' N, 5° 22' W Click for more
601199 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-13 00:26Z 52° 55' N, 5° 30' W Click for more
601206 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-13 01:09Z 52° 55' N, 5° 34' W Click for more
601218 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-13 01:59Z 52° 55' N, 5° 40' W Click for more
601231 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-13 02:45Z 52° 55' N, 5° 45' W Click for more
601243 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-13 03:29Z 52° 55' N, 5° 50' W Click for more
601255 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-13 04:07Z 52° 55' N, 5° 54' W Click for more
601267 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-13 04:44Z 52° 55' N, 5° 58' W Click for more
601279 CTD/STD cast 1994-11-13 07:52Z 52° 34' N, 6° 7' W Click for more

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