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BODC Cruise Metadata Report for RV Cirolana (74CZ) cruise CIR1/95

Introduction

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

Cruise Inventory Information

Long name RV Cirolana (74CZ) cruise CIR1/95
Short name CIR1/95
Objectives and Narrative 1. To complete off shore nutrient survey for MPMMG National Monitoring Programme (AE0503).
2. To deploy a mooring to test the NAS Mark 2 nutrient sampler and Valeport current meter. This will be launched in the Wash at the beginning of the cruise and recovered at the end of the cruise (AE0503).
3. To collect sediment samples near gas rigs in the southern North Sea for analysis for contamination with pseudo-oil based drilling muds. (AE0801).
4. To deploy the Tetrapod, the Quadrapod, 4 minipods, and the NERC STABLE benthic landers off the Holderness coast in phase 2 of the Holderness experiment. (AE0298(T)).
5. To survey Race Bank and area 107 using sidescan sonar and coring to determine whether dredger plumes are impinging on Race Bank. (AE0298(T))
6. To collaborate with the BBC and Open University Production Centre in the filming of the deployment of the benthic landers in the Holderness experiment. (AE0298(T)).
All the aims were successfully accomplished.
Ship RV Cirolana
Departure Port Lowestoft, United Kingdom
Departure Date 1995-01-06
Arrival Port Lowestoft, United Kingdom
Arrival Date 1995-01-31
Principal Scientist(s) Paul A Gurbutt (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory)
Responsible Organisation Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory
Associated Project(s) JONUS
IHB Sea Areas Visited English Channel, North Sea, Irish Sea and St. George's Channel
Marsden Squares Visited 145;3/145;4/181;1/181;2/181;3/216;1
Work Area Description North Sea, English Channel and Irish Sea
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 = 81
Description: 1 with S only  
Current meters Quantity: number of stations = 2
Description: deployed & recovered  
Water bottle stations Quantity: number of stations = 102
Description: surface stations  
Chemical oceanography  
Ammonia Quantity: number of samples = 183
Description:  
Nitrate Quantity: number of samples = 183
Description:  
Nitrite Quantity: number of samples = 183
Description:  
Phosphate Quantity: number of samples = 183
Description:  
Silicate Quantity: number of samples = 183
Description:  
Contamination  
Suspended matter Quantity: number of samples = 183
Description:  
Geology and geophysics  
Core - soft bottom Quantity: number of cores = 13
Description:  
Grab Quantity: number of samples = 6
Description:  

Cruise Inventory Mooring/Buoy Operations

Latitude Longitude Data type Description
53° 1' N 0° 25' E Current meters 2 current meters and 1 nitrate analyser deployed and recovered (24days)
53° 51' N 0° 10' E Current meters near bed current meters deployed

Summary of BODC Data Holdings for the Cruise

National Oceanographic Database

Summary

# Series Instrument Description Parameters
79 CTD/STD cast Reference numbers
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  
486434 CTD/STD cast 1995-01-06 21:26Z 53° 3' N, 0° 28' E Click for more
486446 CTD/STD cast 1995-01-06 22:20Z 53° 3' N, 0° 28' E Click for more
486458 CTD/STD cast 1995-01-06 23:18Z 53° 3' N, 0° 28' E Click for more
486471 CTD/STD cast 1995-01-07 00:17Z 53° 3' N, 0° 28' E Click for more
486483 CTD/STD cast 1995-01-07 01:15Z 53° 3' N, 0° 28' E Click for more
486495 CTD/STD cast 1995-01-07 02:15Z 53° 3' N, 0° 28' E Click for more
486502 CTD/STD cast 1995-01-07 03:12Z 53° 3' N, 0° 28' E Click for more
486514 CTD/STD cast 1995-01-07 04:18Z 53° 3' N, 0° 28' E Click for more
486526 CTD/STD cast 1995-01-07 07:26Z 52° 58' N, 0° 20' E Click for more
486538 CTD/STD cast 1995-01-07 12:38Z 53° 19' N, 0° 34' E Click for more
486551 CTD/STD cast 1995-01-07 14:29Z 53° 31' N, 0° 19' E Click for more
486563 CTD/STD cast 1995-01-07 15:26Z 53° 31' N, 0° 19' E Click for more
486575 CTD/STD cast 1995-01-07 16:30Z 53° 31' N, 0° 19' E Click for more
486587 CTD/STD cast 1995-01-07 17:33Z 53° 31' N, 0° 19' E Click for more
486599 CTD/STD cast 1995-01-07 18:28Z 53° 31' N, 0° 19' E Click for more
486606 CTD/STD cast 1995-01-07 19:29Z 53° 31' N, 0° 19' E Click for more
486618 CTD/STD cast 1995-01-07 20:31Z 53° 31' N, 0° 19' E Click for more
486631 CTD/STD cast 1995-01-07 21:29Z 53° 31' N, 0° 19' E Click for more
486643 CTD/STD cast 1995-01-08 05:18Z 54° 43' N, 0° 52' W Click for more
486655 CTD/STD cast 1995-01-08 06:15Z 54° 43' N, 0° 52' W Click for more
486667 CTD/STD cast 1995-01-08 07:15Z 54° 43' N, 0° 52' W Click for more
486679 CTD/STD cast 1995-01-08 08:15Z 54° 43' N, 0° 52' W Click for more
486680 CTD/STD cast 1995-01-08 09:15Z 54° 43' N, 0° 52' W Click for more
486692 CTD/STD cast 1995-01-08 10:15Z 54° 43' N, 0° 52' W Click for more
486711 CTD/STD cast 1995-01-08 11:15Z 54° 43' N, 0° 52' W Click for more
486723 CTD/STD cast 1995-01-08 12:15Z 54° 43' N, 0° 52' W Click for more
486735 CTD/STD cast 1995-01-08 16:30Z 55° 0' N, 1° 7' W Click for more
486747 CTD/STD cast 1995-01-08 17:30Z 55° 0' N, 1° 7' W Click for more
486759 CTD/STD cast 1995-01-08 18:30Z 55° 0' N, 1° 7' W Click for more
486760 CTD/STD cast 1995-01-08 19:30Z 55° 0' N, 1° 7' W Click for more
486772 CTD/STD cast 1995-01-08 20:30Z 55° 0' N, 1° 7' W Click for more
486784 CTD/STD cast 1995-01-08 21:28Z 55° 0' N, 1° 7' W Click for more
486796 CTD/STD cast 1995-01-08 22:30Z 55° 0' N, 1° 7' W Click for more
486803 CTD/STD cast 1995-01-08 23:28Z 55° 0' N, 1° 7' W Click for more
486815 CTD/STD cast 1995-01-11 01:30Z 51° 30' N, 0° 58' E Click for more
486827 CTD/STD cast 1995-01-11 02:30Z 51° 30' N, 0° 58' E Click for more
486839 CTD/STD cast 1995-01-11 03:30Z 51° 30' N, 0° 58' E Click for more
486840 CTD/STD cast 1995-01-11 04:30Z 51° 30' N, 0° 58' E Click for more
486852 CTD/STD cast 1995-01-11 05:30Z 51° 30' N, 0° 58' E Click for more
486864 CTD/STD cast 1995-01-11 06:30Z 51° 30' N, 0° 58' E Click for more
486876 CTD/STD cast 1995-01-11 07:30Z 51° 30' N, 0° 58' E Click for more
486888 CTD/STD cast 1995-01-11 08:30Z 51° 30' N, 0° 58' E Click for more
486907 CTD/STD cast 1995-01-11 14:06Z 50° 55' N, 1° 16' E Click for more
486919 CTD/STD cast 1995-01-11 21:55Z 50° 40' N, 0° 51' W Click for more
486920 CTD/STD cast 1995-01-11 22:55Z 50° 40' N, 0° 51' W Click for more
486932 CTD/STD cast 1995-01-11 23:55Z 50° 40' N, 0° 51' W Click for more
486944 CTD/STD cast 1995-01-12 00:55Z 50° 40' N, 0° 51' W Click for more
486956 CTD/STD cast 1995-01-12 01:55Z 50° 40' N, 0° 51' W Click for more
486968 CTD/STD cast 1995-01-12 02:55Z 50° 40' N, 0° 51' W Click for more
486981 CTD/STD cast 1995-01-12 03:57Z 50° 40' N, 0° 51' W Click for more
486993 CTD/STD cast 1995-01-12 04:55Z 50° 40' N, 0° 51' W Click for more
487007 CTD/STD cast 1995-01-12 12:22Z 50° 4' N, 3° 0' W Click for more
487019 CTD/STD cast 1995-01-13 06:40Z 48° 30' N, 8° 0' W Click for more
487020 CTD/STD cast 1995-01-13 22:11Z 51° 15' N, 6° 0' W Click for more
487032 CTD/STD cast 1995-01-14 08:40Z 51° 18' N, 3° 33' W Click for more
487044 CTD/STD cast 1995-01-14 09:30Z 51° 18' N, 3° 33' W Click for more
487056 CTD/STD cast 1995-01-14 10:30Z 51° 18' N, 3° 33' W Click for more
487068 CTD/STD cast 1995-01-14 11:30Z 51° 18' N, 3° 33' W Click for more
487081 CTD/STD cast 1995-01-14 12:30Z 51° 18' N, 3° 33' W Click for more
487093 CTD/STD cast 1995-01-14 13:30Z 51° 18' N, 3° 33' W Click for more
487100 CTD/STD cast 1995-01-14 14:32Z 51° 18' N, 3° 33' W Click for more
487112 CTD/STD cast 1995-01-14 15:32Z 51° 18' N, 3° 33' W Click for more
487124 CTD/STD cast 1995-01-15 04:56Z 52° 21' N, 4° 10' W Click for more
487136 CTD/STD cast 1995-01-15 16:05Z 53° 30' N, 3° 41' W Click for more
487148 CTD/STD cast 1995-01-15 17:40Z 53° 28' N, 3° 19' W Click for more
487161 CTD/STD cast 1995-01-15 18:40Z 53° 28' N, 3° 19' W Click for more
487173 CTD/STD cast 1995-01-15 19:40Z 53° 28' N, 3° 19' W Click for more
487185 CTD/STD cast 1995-01-15 20:40Z 53° 28' N, 3° 19' W Click for more
487197 CTD/STD cast 1995-01-15 21:40Z 53° 28' N, 3° 19' W Click for more
487204 CTD/STD cast 1995-01-15 22:40Z 53° 28' N, 3° 19' W Click for more
487216 CTD/STD cast 1995-01-15 23:40Z 53° 28' N, 3° 19' W Click for more
487228 CTD/STD cast 1995-01-16 00:40Z 53° 28' N, 3° 19' W Click for more
487241 CTD/STD cast 1995-01-16 09:30Z 53° 58' N, 3° 3' W Click for more
487253 CTD/STD cast 1995-01-16 10:30Z 53° 58' N, 3° 3' W Click for more
487265 CTD/STD cast 1995-01-16 11:30Z 53° 58' N, 3° 3' W Click for more
487277 CTD/STD cast 1995-01-16 12:30Z 53° 58' N, 3° 3' W Click for more
487289 CTD/STD cast 1995-01-16 13:30Z 53° 58' N, 3° 3' W Click for more
487290 CTD/STD cast 1995-01-16 14:30Z 53° 58' N, 3° 3' W Click for more
487308 CTD/STD cast 1995-01-16 22:16Z 53° 37' N, 4° 30' W Click for more

Project Database

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