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BODC Cruise Metadata Report for RRS Challenger (74CH) cruise CH119B

Introduction

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

Cruise Inventory Information

Long name RRS Challenger (74CH) cruise CH119B
Short name CH119B
Objectives and Narrative Benthic study off the UK east coast from Great Yarmouth to Berwick on Tweed looking at sediment characteristics and chemistry, zoobenthos and chemical fluxes between sediment and the water column.
Ship RRS Challenger
Departure Port Grimsby, United Kingdom
Departure Date 1995-06-13
Arrival Port Grimsby, United Kingdom
Arrival Date 1995-06-28
Principal Scientist(s) Peter G Watson (Plymouth Marine Laboratory)
Responsible Organisation Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Associated Project(s) LOIS - RACS
IHB Sea Areas Visited North Sea
Marsden Squares Visited 181;1/181;3/216;1
Work Area Description Humber-Wash grid, Humber-Tweed grid
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 profiles = 61
Description:  
Current profiler (eg ADCP) Quantity: track kilometres = 2778
Description: underway ADCP  
Optics (eg underwater light levels) Quantity: track kilometres = 2778
Description: underway measurements  
Optics (eg underwater light levels) Quantity: number of profiles = 61
Description: upwelling and downwelling PAR sensors on CTD  
Surface measurements underway (T,S) Quantity: track kilometres = 2778
Description: underway measurements  
Transparency (eg transmissometer) Quantity: number of profiles = 61
Description: transmissometer on CTD  
Transparency (eg transmissometer) Quantity: track kilometres = 2778
Description: underway measurements  
Chemical oceanography  
Ammonia Quantity: track kilometres = 2778
Description: continuous underway measurements  
Nitrate Quantity: track kilometres = 2778
Description: continuous underway sampling  
Nitrite Quantity: track kilometres = 2778
Description: continuous underway measurements  
Other dissolved gases Quantity: track kilometres = 2778
Description: continuous underway DMS  
Phosphate Quantity: track kilometres = 2778
Description: continuous underway measurements  
Silicate Quantity: track kilometres = 2778
Description: continuous underway measurements  
Biology and fisheries  
Phytobenthos Quantity: number of deployments = 106
Description: box cores - biota, porosity, redox  
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) Quantity: number of profiles = 61
Description: fluorometer on CTD  
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) Quantity: track kilometres = 2778
Description: underway measurements  
Zoobenthos Quantity: number of deployments = 106
Description: box cores - biota, porosity, redox  
Geology and geophysics  
Core - soft bottom Quantity: number of deployments = 6
Description: multicores  
Core - soft bottom Quantity: number of deployments = 106
Description: box cores - biota, porosity, redox  
Grab Quantity: number of deployments = 17
Description: Day grabs  

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 Bottle station Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies
Phaeopigment concentrations in the water column
Quality control flags
Reference numbers
Vertical spatial coordinates
60 CTD/STD cast Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies
Concentration of suspended particulate material in the water column
Density of the water column
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Transmittance and attenuance of the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
Visible waveband radiance and irradiance measurements in the water column
1 CTD/STD cast Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies
Density of the water column
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
Visible waveband radiance and irradiance measurements in the water column
1 Meteorological data logger Date and time
Horizontal spatial co-ordinates
Solar Radiation
Visible waveband radiance and irradiance measurements in the atmosphere
1 Pumped water sample Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies
Date and time
Horizontal spatial co-ordinates
Phaeopigment concentrations in the water column
1 Ship's non-toxic supply Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies
Concentration of suspended particulate material in the water column
Date and time
Horizontal spatial co-ordinates
Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column
Nitrite concentration parameters in the water column
Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column
Salinity of the water column
Silicate concentration parameters in the water column
Temperature of the water column
Transmittance and attenuance of the water column
1 Single-beam echosounder Bathymetry and Elevation
Date and time
Horizontal spatial co-ordinates

Note: Parameter terms are taken from the BODC Parameter Discovery Vocabulary XML (SKOS)

Full List

BODC Reference Instrument Description Date/Time Location  
841813 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-14 08:58Z 55° 9' N, 1° 25' W Click for more
841825 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-15 08:07Z 55° 9' N, 1° 24' W Click for more
841837 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-15 15:19Z 55° 9' N, 1° 28' W Click for more
841849 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-15 18:33Z 55° 4' N, 1° 3' W Click for more
841850 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-15 21:47Z 54° 57' N, 0° 55' W Click for more
841862 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-16 19:30Z 55° 12' N, 1° 1' W Click for more
841874 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-16 21:25Z 55° 12' N, 1° 27' W Click for more
841886 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-19 11:11Z 55° 23' N, 1° 30' W Click for more
841898 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-19 16:37Z 55° 45' N, 1° 15' W Click for more
841905 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-19 20:44Z 55° 54' N, 1° 34' W Click for more
841917 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-20 12:39Z 55° 55' N, 2° 5' W Click for more
841929 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-20 13:59Z 56° 0' N, 2° 16' W Click for more
841930 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-19 13:16Z 55° 29' N, 1° 4' W Click for more
841942 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-20 11:21Z 55° 48' N, 1° 51' W Click for more
841954 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-20 16:39Z 56° 0' N, 1° 36' W Click for more
841966 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-21 12:43Z 54° 45' N, 0° 18' W Click for more
841978 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-27 10:13Z 54° 38' N, 0° 13' W Click for more
841991 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-25 15:06Z 53° 7' N, 0° 33' E Click for more
842005 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-16 16:24Z 55° 9' N, 1° 16' W Click for more
842017 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-16 23:17Z 55° 20' N, 1° 3' W Click for more
842029 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-27 17:03Z 54° 31' N, 0° 3' E Click for more
842030 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-27 22:05Z 53° 51' N, 0° 4' E Click for more
842042 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-28 00:16Z 53° 45' N, 0° 24' E Click for more
842054 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-28 14:13Z 53° 28' N, 0° 24' E Click for more
842066 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-20 19:32Z 55° 42' N, 1° 3' W Click for more
842078 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-21 08:44Z 54° 46' N, 1° 0' W Click for more
842091 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-21 10:40Z 54° 53' N, 0° 45' W Click for more
842109 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-26 10:00Z 53° 33' N, 0° 7' E Click for more
842110 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-26 11:02Z 53° 33' N, 0° 7' E Click for more
842122 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-26 13:02Z 53° 33' N, 0° 7' E Click for more
842134 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-26 14:58Z 53° 33' N, 0° 7' E Click for more
842146 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-26 15:59Z 53° 33' N, 0° 7' E Click for more
842158 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-26 16:58Z 53° 33' N, 0° 7' E Click for more
842171 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-26 21:35Z 53° 53' N, 0° 40' E Click for more
842183 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-27 06:21Z 54° 22' N, 0° 3' E Click for more
842195 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-27 12:23Z 54° 34' N, 0° 43' W Click for more
842202 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-25 16:16Z 53° 0' N, 0° 24' E Click for more
842214 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-25 19:45Z 53° 23' N, 0° 46' E Click for more
842226 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-25 20:59Z 53° 28' N, 1° 0' E Click for more
842238 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-23 12:24Z 53° 35' N, 0° 52' E Click for more
842251 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-23 18:14Z 53° 39' N, 0° 58' E Click for more
842263 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-23 21:15Z 53° 18' N, 1° 21' E Click for more
842275 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-24 11:00Z 52° 42' N, 2° 18' E Click for more
842287 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-24 11:56Z 52° 47' N, 2° 11' E Click for more
842299 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-24 15:34Z 52° 54' N, 1° 31' E Click for more
842306 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-22 17:08Z 54° 1' N, 0° 30' E Click for more
842318 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-22 17:53Z 54° 0' N, 0° 22' E Click for more
842331 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-22 20:51Z 53° 43' N, 0° 8' E Click for more
842343 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-17 19:35Z 55° 8' N, 1° 4' W Click for more
842355 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-18 22:37Z 54° 48' N, 0° 36' W Click for more
842367 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-26 11:58Z 53° 33' N, 0° 7' E Click for more
842379 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-26 13:57Z 53° 33' N, 0° 7' E Click for more
842380 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-26 20:25Z 53° 46' N, 0° 50' E Click for more
842392 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-25 09:07Z 53° 4' N, 1° 0' E Click for more
842411 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-25 18:26Z 53° 15' N, 0° 39' E Click for more
842423 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-25 23:40Z 53° 19' N, 0° 24' E Click for more
842435 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-23 16:48Z 53° 33' N, 0° 43' E Click for more
842447 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-24 13:37Z 52° 43' N, 1° 48' E Click for more
842459 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-22 19:35Z 53° 52' N, 0° 1' E Click for more
842460 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-18 12:46Z 55° 9' N, 1° 11' W Click for more
842472 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-18 18:48Z 54° 52' N, 0° 50' W Click for more
952941 Single-beam echosounder 1995-06-13 15:00Z to 1995-06-28 15:37Z 52° 41' N to 56° 0' N; 2° 16' W to 2° 24' E Click for more
952953 Meteorological data logger 1995-06-13 15:00Z to 1995-06-28 15:37Z 52° 41' N to 56° 0' N; 2° 16' W to 2° 24' E Click for more
952965 Ship's non-toxic supply 1995-06-13 15:00Z to 1995-06-28 15:37Z 52° 41' N to 56° 0' N; 2° 16' W to 2° 24' E Click for more
1669210 Pumped water sample 1995-06-15 20:10Z to 1995-06-27 20:33Z 54° 0' N to 55° 55' N; 2° 4' W to 0° 22' E Click for more
1672611 Bottle station 1995-06-18 18:53Z 54° 52' N, 0° 50' W Click for more
1672623 Bottle station 1995-06-18 22:42Z 54° 48' N, 0° 36' W Click for more
1672635 Bottle station 1995-06-19 11:20Z 55° 23' N, 1° 30' W Click for more
1672647 Bottle station 1995-06-19 13:22Z 55° 29' N, 1° 4' W Click for more
1672659 Bottle station 1995-06-19 16:43Z 55° 45' N, 1° 15' W Click for more
1672660 Bottle station 1995-06-19 20:50Z 55° 54' N, 1° 34' W Click for more
1672672 Bottle station 1995-06-20 12:45Z 55° 55' N, 2° 5' W Click for more
1672684 Bottle station 1995-06-20 14:04Z 56° 0' N, 2° 16' W Click for more
1672696 Bottle station 1995-06-20 16:47Z 56° 0' N, 1° 36' W Click for more
1672703 Bottle station 1995-06-20 19:37Z 55° 42' N, 1° 3' W Click for more
1672715 Bottle station 1995-06-21 10:46Z 54° 53' N, 0° 45' W Click for more
1672727 Bottle station 1995-06-21 12:49Z 54° 45' N, 0° 18' W Click for more
1672739 Bottle station 1995-06-22 19:38Z 53° 52' N, 0° 1' E Click for more
1672740 Bottle station 1995-06-23 16:52Z 53° 33' N, 0° 43' E Click for more
1672752 Bottle station 1995-06-23 18:18Z 53° 39' N, 0° 58' E Click for more
1672764 Bottle station 1995-06-23 21:18Z 53° 17' N, 1° 21' E Click for more
1672776 Bottle station 1995-06-24 12:00Z 52° 47' N, 2° 11' E Click for more
1672788 Bottle station 1995-06-24 13:40Z 52° 43' N, 1° 48' E Click for more
1672807 Bottle station 1995-06-24 15:38Z 52° 54' N, 1° 31' E Click for more
1672819 Bottle station 1995-06-25 09:09Z 53° 4' N, 1° 0' E Click for more
1672820 Bottle station 1995-06-25 15:09Z 53° 7' N, 0° 33' E Click for more
1672832 Bottle station 1995-06-15 18:36Z 55° 4' N, 1° 3' W Click for more
1672844 Bottle station 1995-06-25 16:19Z 53° 0' N, 0° 24' E Click for more
1672856 Bottle station 1995-06-25 18:27Z 53° 15' N, 0° 39' E Click for more
1672868 Bottle station 1995-06-25 19:48Z 53° 23' N, 0° 46' E Click for more
1672881 Bottle station 1995-06-25 21:01Z 53° 28' N, 1° 0' E Click for more
1672893 Bottle station 1995-06-25 23:43Z 53° 19' N, 0° 24' E Click for more
1672900 Bottle station 1995-06-26 10:08Z 53° 33' N, 0° 7' E Click for more
1672912 Bottle station 1995-06-26 11:11Z 53° 33' N, 0° 7' E Click for more
1672924 Bottle station 1995-06-26 12:05Z 53° 33' N, 0° 7' E Click for more
1672936 Bottle station 1995-06-26 13:11Z 53° 33' N, 0° 7' E Click for more
1672948 Bottle station 1995-06-26 14:06Z 53° 33' N, 0° 7' E Click for more
1672961 Bottle station 1995-06-15 21:52Z 54° 57' N, 0° 55' W Click for more
1672973 Bottle station 1995-06-26 15:07Z 53° 33' N, 0° 7' E Click for more
1672985 Bottle station 1995-06-26 16:08Z 53° 33' N, 0° 7' E Click for more
1672997 Bottle station 1995-06-26 17:06Z 53° 33' N, 0° 7' E Click for more
1673000 Bottle station 1995-06-26 20:28Z 53° 46' N, 0° 50' E Click for more
1673012 Bottle station 1995-06-26 21:37Z 53° 53' N, 0° 40' E Click for more
1673024 Bottle station 1995-06-27 06:26Z 54° 22' N, 0° 3' E Click for more
1673036 Bottle station 1995-06-27 10:17Z 54° 38' N, 0° 13' W Click for more
1673048 Bottle station 1995-06-27 12:27Z 54° 34' N, 0° 43' W Click for more
1673061 Bottle station 1995-06-27 17:07Z 54° 31' N, 0° 3' E Click for more
1673073 Bottle station 1995-06-27 22:07Z 53° 51' N, 0° 4' E Click for more
1673085 Bottle station 1995-06-28 00:14Z 53° 45' N, 0° 24' E Click for more
1673097 Bottle station 1995-06-28 14:17Z 53° 28' N, 0° 24' E Click for more
1673104 Bottle station 1995-06-16 19:38Z 55° 12' N, 1° 1' W Click for more
1673116 Bottle station 1995-06-16 21:30Z 55° 12' N, 1° 27' W Click for more
1673128 Bottle station 1995-06-16 23:24Z 55° 20' N, 1° 3' W Click for more

Project Database

# Events Gear Type Parameters Held
61 CTD frame plus rosette sampler Transmittance and attenuance of the water column
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Concentration of suspended particulate material in the water column
Visible waveband radiance and irradiance measurements in the water column
Density of the water column
Phaeopigment concentrations in the water column
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies
106 Box core Zoobenthos taxonomic abundance
Other fluxes between the bed and the water column
Redox potential in sediment
Nutrient concentrations in sediment pore waters

Nutrient fluxes between the bed and the water column
Sediment water content, porosity and surface area
Metal fluxes between the bed and the water column
Metadata parameters
Carbon concentrations in sediment
Nitrogen concentrations in sediment
Metal concentrations in sediment pore waters
Sediment grain size parameters
17 Day grab
6 Multicorer Other fluxes between the bed and the water column
118 Sample taken from ship's non-toxic supply Organosulphur and organoselenium species concentration parameters in water bodies
Concentration of suspended particulate material in the water column

Phaeopigment concentrations in the water column
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies

Note: Parameter terms are taken from the BODC Parameter Discovery Vocabulary XML (SKOS)

References

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