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BODC Cruise Metadata Report for RRS Charles Darwin (74AB) cruise CD94

Introduction

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

Cruise Inventory Information

Long name RRS Charles Darwin (74AB) cruise CD94
Short name CD94
Objectives and Narrative Part of and extensive study on exchanges of water and associated materials across the shelf break. This cruise focused on collection of water column and sedimentary material at stations across the shelf break between the Goban Spur and La Chapelle Bank.
Ship RRS Charles Darwin
Departure Port Fairlie, United Kingdom
Departure Date 1995-06-03
Arrival Port Barry, United Kingdom
Arrival Date 1995-06-20
Principal Scientist(s) Peter J Statham (University of Southampton Department of Oceanography)
Responsible Organisation University of Southampton Department of Oceanography
Associated Project(s) OMEX/MAST
IHB Sea Areas Visited North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W)
Marsden Squares Visited 145/181
Work Area Description NE Atlantic, Goban Spur to La Chapelle Bank
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 = 57
Description: 3 with T only +B02,H16,H21  
Current meters Quantity: number of stations = 2
Description: 1 depl. & 1 rec.  
Surface measurements underway (T,S) Quantity: track kilometres = 1852
Description: +H16,B02 (transmissometer, fluorescence)  
Transparency (eg transmissometer) Quantity: track kilometres = 1852
Description: +H16,B02 (transmissometer, fluorescence)  
Transparency (eg transmissometer) Quantity: number of stations = 57
Description: 3 with T only +B02,H16,H21  
Chemical oceanography  
Oxygen Quantity: number of stations = 57
Description: 3 with T only +B02,H16,H21  
Oxygen Quantity: number of samples = 300
Description: Dissolved oxygen on CTD bottles  
Phosphate Quantity: number of samples = 500
Description: CTD and underway samples  
Radioactivity Quantity: number of samples = 6
Description: Radionuclide samples  
Silicate Quantity: number of samples = 500
Description: CTD and underway samples  
Total - N Quantity: number of samples = 500
Description: CTD and underway samples  
Total - N Quantity: number of samples = 100
Description: Nitrate samples on CTD samples (nitrate sensor)  
Contamination  
Suspended matter Quantity: number of samples = 25
Description: SPM determinations on surface underway and CTD samples  
Trace metals Quantity: number of samples = 201
Description: Trace metals on CTD bottles  
Trace metals Quantity: number of samples = 23
Description: SAP samples for particulate trace metals  
Trace metals Quantity: number of samples = 126
Description: Trace metals on CTD bottles  
Trace metals Quantity: number of samples = 126
Description: Trace metals on CTD bottles  
Biology and fisheries  
Dissolved organic matter (inc DOC) Quantity: number of samples = 180
Description: Dissolved organic carbon on CTD samples  
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) Quantity: number of samples = 63
Description: HPLC pigments on bottle samples  
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) Quantity: track kilometres = 1852
Description: +H16,B02 (transmissometer, fluorescence)  
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) Quantity: number of stations = 57
Description: 3 with T only +B02,H16,H21  
Meteorology  
Atmospheric chemistry Quantity: number of samples = 9
Description: atmospheric particulate samples  
Geology and geophysics  
Core - soft bottom Quantity: number of cores = 13
Description: organic C;magnetic suscept.;water content;grain size;18O,13C on benthic forams  

Cruise Inventory Mooring/Buoy Operations

Latitude Longitude Data type Description
49° 9' N 10° 30' W Current meters CM mooring depl. in 146m (#150)
49° 6' N 12° 10' W Current meters CM mooring in 1500m, rec. (#154)

Summary of BODC Data Holdings for the Cruise

National Oceanographic Database

Summary

# Series Instrument Description Parameters
43 Bottle station Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column
Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column
Quality control flags
Reference numbers
Silicate concentration parameters in the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
28 Bottle station Ammonium and ammonia concentration parameters in water bodies
Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column
Nitrite concentration parameters in the water column
Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column
Quality control flags
Reference numbers
Silicate concentration parameters in the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
13 Bottle station Carotenoid and flavenoid pigment concentrations in water bodies
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies
Phaeopigment concentrations in the water column
Quality control flags
Reference numbers
Vertical spatial coordinates
8 CTD/STD cast Density of the water column
Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
3 CTD/STD cast Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies
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
37 CTD/STD cast Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies
Density of the water column
Dissolved oxygen parameters 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 Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column
Temperature of the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
2 Paddle wheel current meter Date and time
Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents)
Moored instrument depth
Temperature of the water column
2 Pumped water sample Carotenoid and flavenoid pigment concentrations in water bodies
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies
Date and time
Horizontal spatial co-ordinates
Phaeopigment concentrations in the water column

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

Full List

BODC Reference Instrument Description Date/Time Location  
444056 Paddle wheel current meter 1995-06-14 14:30Z to 1995-09-03 07:30Z 49° 9' N, 10° 30' W Click for more
444093 Paddle wheel current meter 1995-06-14 14:30Z to 1995-09-03 07:30Z 49° 9' N, 10° 30' W Click for more
884991 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-10 19:06Z 48° 49' N, 13° 40' W Click for more
885005 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-13 18:05Z 48° 55' N, 11° 50' W Click for more
885017 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-13 22:59Z 48° 19' N, 11° 19' W Click for more
885029 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-14 02:28Z 48° 20' N, 11° 19' W Click for more
885030 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-15 01:12Z 48° 1' N, 10° 27' W Click for more
885042 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-15 07:25Z 47° 28' N, 9° 35' W Click for more
885054 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-15 12:05Z 47° 28' N, 9° 34' W Click for more
885066 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-15 13:37Z 47° 28' N, 9° 34' W Click for more
885078 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-15 15:14Z 47° 28' N, 9° 34' W Click for more
885091 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-15 18:16Z 47° 28' N, 9° 35' W Click for more
885109 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-16 02:35Z 48° 20' N, 8° 15' W Click for more
885110 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-16 15:23Z 47° 24' N, 7° 16' W Click for more
885122 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-07 21:30Z 49° 30' N, 11° 0' W Click for more
885134 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-08 14:43Z 49° 12' N, 12° 35' W Click for more
885146 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-09 12:20Z 49° 0' N, 13° 12' W Click for more
885158 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-10 15:27Z 48° 49' N, 13° 40' W Click for more
885171 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-10 20:15Z 48° 49' N, 13° 40' W Click for more
885183 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-18 07:35Z 48° 40' N, 9° 19' W Click for more
885195 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-11 02:30Z 48° 49' N, 13° 40' W Click for more
885202 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-11 05:45Z 48° 35' N, 13° 20' W Click for more
885214 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-11 13:35Z 48° 34' N, 13° 20' W Click for more
885226 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-11 15:09Z 48° 34' N, 13° 20' W Click for more
885238 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-12 01:12Z 48° 40' N, 12° 55' W Click for more
885251 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-12 08:53Z 48° 40' N, 12° 54' W Click for more
885263 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-12 12:03Z 48° 40' N, 12° 55' W Click for more
885275 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-12 23:00Z 49° 12' N, 12° 49' W Click for more
885287 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-13 16:55Z 48° 55' N, 11° 50' W Click for more
885299 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-09 06:53Z 49° 0' N, 13° 12' W Click for more
885306 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-09 22:45Z 49° 0' N, 13° 12' W Click for more
885318 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-10 11:02Z 48° 49' N, 13° 39' W Click for more
885331 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-11 10:05Z 48° 34' N, 13° 19' W Click for more
885343 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-11 21:22Z 48° 34' N, 13° 19' W Click for more
885355 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-12 10:53Z 48° 40' N, 12° 54' W Click for more
885367 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-13 12:16Z 48° 54' N, 11° 50' W Click for more
885379 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-04 07:38Z 56° 27' N, 9° 39' W Click for more
885380 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-04 08:26Z 56° 27' N, 9° 39' W Click for more
885392 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-04 11:02Z 56° 33' N, 9° 48' W Click for more
885411 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-04 21:05Z 56° 27' N, 9° 10' W Click for more
885423 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-04 21:41Z 56° 27' N, 9° 10' W Click for more
885435 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-07 07:35Z 50° 0' N, 12° 31' W Click for more
885447 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-07 19:24Z 49° 30' N, 11° 0' W Click for more
885459 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-08 00:36Z 49° 4' N, 11° 4' W Click for more
885460 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-08 11:54Z 49° 13' N, 12° 34' W Click for more
885472 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-09 03:15Z 49° 0' N, 13° 13' W Click for more
885484 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-17 15:12Z 48° 15' N, 6° 20' W Click for more
885496 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-04 15:25Z 56° 35' N, 9° 50' W Click for more
885503 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-17 00:39Z 47° 24' N, 7° 15' W Click for more
885515 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-17 02:46Z 47° 24' N, 7° 15' W Click for more
885527 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-17 04:12Z 47° 24' N, 7° 16' W Click for more
885539 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-04 11:30Z 56° 33' N, 9° 48' W Click for more
885540 CTD/STD cast 1995-06-07 08:15Z 50° 0' N, 12° 31' W Click for more
1284306 Bottle station 1995-06-08 00:46Z 49° 4' N, 11° 4' W Click for more
1284318 Bottle station 1995-06-08 12:28Z 49° 13' N, 12° 34' W Click for more
1284331 Bottle station 1995-06-08 15:08Z 49° 12' N, 12° 35' W Click for more
1284343 Bottle station 1995-06-09 04:40Z 49° 0' N, 13° 13' W Click for more
1284355 Bottle station 1995-06-09 13:08Z 49° 0' N, 13° 12' W Click for more
1284367 Bottle station 1995-06-09 23:11Z 49° 0' N, 13° 12' W Click for more
1284379 Bottle station 1995-06-10 12:28Z 48° 49' N, 13° 39' W Click for more
1284380 Bottle station 1995-06-10 16:45Z 48° 49' N, 13° 40' W Click for more
1284392 Bottle station 1995-06-10 20:33Z 48° 49' N, 13° 40' W Click for more
1284411 Bottle station 1995-06-11 02:52Z 48° 49' N, 13° 40' W Click for more
1284423 Bottle station 1995-06-11 06:59Z 48° 35' N, 13° 20' W Click for more
1284435 Bottle station 1995-06-11 10:53Z 48° 34' N, 13° 19' W Click for more
1284447 Bottle station 1995-06-11 15:25Z 48° 34' N, 13° 19' W Click for more
1284459 Bottle station 1995-06-11 21:46Z 48° 34' N, 13° 19' W Click for more
1284460 Bottle station 1995-06-12 02:07Z 48° 40' N, 12° 55' W Click for more
1284472 Bottle station 1995-06-12 09:31Z 48° 40' N, 12° 54' W Click for more
1284484 Bottle station 1995-06-12 12:14Z 48° 40' N, 12° 55' W Click for more
1284496 Bottle station 1995-06-13 12:46Z 48° 54' N, 11° 50' W Click for more
1284503 Bottle station 1995-06-13 18:23Z 48° 55' N, 11° 50' W Click for more
1284515 Bottle station 1995-06-15 08:33Z 47° 28' N, 9° 35' W Click for more
1284527 Bottle station 1995-06-15 12:20Z 47° 28' N, 9° 34' W Click for more
1284539 Bottle station 1995-06-15 16:14Z 47° 28' N, 9° 34' W Click for more
1284540 Bottle station 1995-06-15 18:40Z 47° 28' N, 9° 35' W Click for more
1284552 Bottle station 1995-06-16 02:44Z 48° 20' N, 8° 15' W Click for more
1284564 Bottle station 1995-06-16 15:32Z 47° 24' N, 7° 16' W Click for more
1284576 Bottle station 1995-06-17 01:15Z 47° 24' N, 7° 15' W Click for more
1284588 Bottle station 1995-06-17 04:32Z 47° 24' N, 7° 16' W Click for more
1284607 Bottle station 1995-06-07 19:40Z 49° 30' N, 11° 0' W Click for more
1284619 Bottle station 1995-06-07 21:35Z 49° 30' N, 11° 0' W Click for more
1284620 Bottle station 1995-06-08 00:46Z 49° 4' N, 11° 4' W Click for more
1284632 Bottle station 1995-06-08 12:28Z 49° 13' N, 12° 34' W Click for more
1284644 Bottle station 1995-06-08 15:08Z 49° 12' N, 12° 35' W Click for more
1284656 Bottle station 1995-06-09 04:40Z 49° 0' N, 13° 13' W Click for more
1284668 Bottle station 1995-06-09 07:07Z 49° 0' N, 13° 12' W Click for more
1284681 Bottle station 1995-06-09 13:08Z 49° 0' N, 13° 12' W Click for more
1284693 Bottle station 1995-06-09 23:11Z 49° 0' N, 13° 12' W Click for more
1284700 Bottle station 1995-06-10 12:28Z 48° 49' N, 13° 39' W Click for more
1284712 Bottle station 1995-06-10 16:45Z 48° 49' N, 13° 40' W Click for more
1284724 Bottle station 1995-06-10 19:25Z 48° 49' N, 13° 40' W Click for more
1284736 Bottle station 1995-06-10 20:33Z 48° 49' N, 13° 40' W Click for more
1284748 Bottle station 1995-06-11 02:52Z 48° 49' N, 13° 40' W Click for more
1284761 Bottle station 1995-06-11 06:59Z 48° 35' N, 13° 20' W Click for more
1284773 Bottle station 1995-06-11 10:53Z 48° 34' N, 13° 19' W Click for more
1284785 Bottle station 1995-06-11 14:05Z 48° 34' N, 13° 20' W Click for more
1284797 Bottle station 1995-06-11 15:25Z 48° 34' N, 13° 19' W Click for more
1284804 Bottle station 1995-06-11 21:46Z 48° 34' N, 13° 19' W Click for more
1284816 Bottle station 1995-06-12 02:07Z 48° 40' N, 12° 55' W Click for more
1284828 Bottle station 1995-06-12 09:31Z 48° 40' N, 12° 54' W Click for more
1284841 Bottle station 1995-06-12 11:17Z 48° 40' N, 12° 54' W Click for more
1284853 Bottle station 1995-06-12 12:14Z 48° 40' N, 12° 55' W Click for more
1284865 Bottle station 1995-06-12 23:29Z 49° 12' N, 12° 49' W Click for more
1284877 Bottle station 1995-06-13 12:46Z 48° 54' N, 11° 50' W Click for more
1284889 Bottle station 1995-06-13 17:18Z 48° 55' N, 11° 50' W Click for more
1284890 Bottle station 1995-06-13 18:23Z 48° 55' N, 11° 50' W Click for more
1284908 Bottle station 1995-06-13 23:56Z 48° 19' N, 11° 19' W Click for more
1284921 Bottle station 1995-06-14 02:47Z 48° 20' N, 11° 19' W Click for more
1284933 Bottle station 1995-06-04 12:03Z 56° 33' N, 9° 48' W Click for more
1284945 Bottle station 1995-06-15 08:33Z 47° 28' N, 9° 35' W Click for more
1284957 Bottle station 1995-06-15 12:20Z 47° 28' N, 9° 34' W Click for more
1284969 Bottle station 1995-06-15 13:51Z 47° 28' N, 9° 34' W Click for more
1284970 Bottle station 1995-06-15 16:14Z 47° 28' N, 9° 34' W Click for more
1284982 Bottle station 1995-06-15 18:40Z 47° 28' N, 9° 35' W Click for more
1284994 Bottle station 1995-06-16 02:44Z 48° 20' N, 8° 15' W Click for more
1285008 Bottle station 1995-06-17 01:15Z 47° 24' N, 7° 15' W Click for more
1285021 Bottle station 1995-06-17 03:05Z 47° 24' N, 7° 15' W Click for more
1285033 Bottle station 1995-06-17 04:32Z 47° 24' N, 7° 16' W Click for more
1285045 Bottle station 1995-06-17 15:20Z 48° 15' N, 6° 20' W Click for more
1285057 Bottle station 1995-06-18 07:45Z 48° 40' N, 9° 19' W Click for more
1285069 Bottle station 1995-06-05 02:42Z 56° 27' N, 8° 57' W Click for more
1285070 Bottle station 1995-06-07 08:57Z 50° 0' N, 12° 31' W Click for more
1285082 Bottle station 1995-06-07 19:40Z 49° 30' N, 11° 0' W Click for more
1674421 Pumped water sample 1995-06-09 23:44Z to 1995-06-17 15:29Z 47° 24' N to 49° 0' N; 13° 20' W to 6° 20' W Click for more
1684335 Pumped water sample 1995-06-08 15:33Z to 1995-06-10 20:50Z 48° 49' N to 49° 13' N; 13° 40' W to 12° 35' W Click for more
1711027 Bottle station 1995-06-08 00:46Z 49° 4' N, 11° 4' W Click for more
1711039 Bottle station 1995-06-08 15:08Z 49° 12' N, 12° 35' W Click for more
1711040 Bottle station 1995-06-09 23:11Z 49° 0' N, 13° 12' W Click for more
1711052 Bottle station 1995-06-10 20:33Z 48° 49' N, 13° 40' W Click for more
1711064 Bottle station 1995-06-11 15:25Z 48° 34' N, 13° 19' W Click for more
1711076 Bottle station 1995-06-12 12:14Z 48° 40' N, 12° 55' W Click for more
1711088 Bottle station 1995-06-13 18:23Z 48° 55' N, 11° 50' W Click for more
1711107 Bottle station 1995-06-14 02:47Z 48° 20' N, 11° 19' W Click for more
1711119 Bottle station 1995-06-15 12:20Z 47° 28' N, 9° 34' W Click for more
1711120 Bottle station 1995-06-16 15:32Z 47° 24' N, 7° 16' W Click for more
1711132 Bottle station 1995-06-17 15:20Z 48° 15' N, 6° 20' W Click for more
1711144 Bottle station 1995-06-18 07:45Z 48° 40' N, 9° 19' W Click for more
1711156 Bottle station 1995-06-07 19:40Z 49° 30' N, 11° 0' W Click for more

Project Database

# Events Gear Type Parameters Held
12 Box core Geological sample density

Geological sample radioactivity
Carbon concentrations in sediment
Nitrogen concentrations in sediment
3 Rain water collector
7 Stand-alone pumps Concentration of silicon species in suspended particulate material
Particulate metal concentrations in the water column
7 Bulk filtered air sample
1 Instrument mooring
5 Unspecified zooplankton net or nets
54 CTD frame plus rosette sampler Dissolved total and organic nitrogen concentrations in the water column
Transmittance and attenuance of the water column
Dissolved total or organic phosphorus concentration in the water column
Carotenoid and flavenoid pigment concentrations in water bodies
Particulate total and organic nitrogen concentrations in the water column
Nitrite concentration parameters in the water column
Salinity of the water column
Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column
Temperature of the water column
Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column
Concentration of suspended particulate material in the water column
Dissolved organic carbon concentration in the water column
Silicate concentration parameters in the water column
Concentration of carbohydrates, phenols, alkanols (alcohols), aldehydes and ketones in water bodies

Density of the water column
Particulate total and organic phosphorus concentrations in the water column
Ammonium and ammonia concentration parameters in water bodies
Microzooplankton non taxonomy-related biomass expressed as carbon per unit volume of the water column
Phaeopigment concentrations in the water column
Microzooplankton generic abundance in water bodies
Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column
Particulate total and organic carbon concentrations in the water column
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies
Dissolved metal concentrations in the water column
8 All plastic clean surface pumped supply Carotenoid and flavenoid pigment concentrations in water bodies
Dissolved organic carbon concentration in the water column
Phaeopigment concentrations in the water column
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies
Dissolved metal concentrations in the water column
155 Sample taken from ship's non-toxic supply Dissolved total and organic nitrogen concentrations in the water column
Carotenoid and flavenoid pigment concentrations in water bodies
Salinity of the water column
Dissolved organic carbon concentration in the water column

Phaeopigment concentrations in the water column
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies
2 Kasten corer Geological sample density
Sediment water content, porosity and surface area
Carbon concentrations in sediment
Nitrogen concentrations in sediment

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

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