BODC Cruise Metadata Report for RV Corystes (74RY) cruise COR5B/95
Introduction
This report collates information from the BODC cruise inventory and oceanographic databases. It presents
- Cruise Inventory Information
- A summary of BODC data holdings for the cruise from the
- References - including cruise tracks and cruise reports
Cruise Inventory Information
| Long name | RV Corystes (74RY) cruise COR5B/95 |
|---|---|
| Short name | COR5B/95 |
| 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. Collect Nephrops larvae to augment data collected during Cirolana 4b/05, in order to progress our understanding of the role physical processes play in the retention or distribution of the stock associated with the Irish Sea mud patch. 5. Evaluate the performance of the new Valeport BFM308 current meter in a comparison with an Aanderaa. 6. Test new NAS-2 nitrate analysers in a deck tank. 7. Take water samples immediately above the munitions dumping sites in the North Channel for subsequent bio-assays at the Burnham Laboratory. |
| Ship | RV Corystes |
| Departure Port | Liverpool, United Kingdom |
| Departure Date | 1995-05-04 |
| Arrival Port | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Arrival Date | 1995-05-23 |
| 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;1/181;2/181;4 |
| Work Area Description | Irish Sea and North Channel |
| 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: also 528 miles undulating CTD |
| Current meters |
Quantity:
number of stations =
6
Description: 5 current meters deployed |
| Surface drifters/drifting buoys |
Quantity:
number of deployments =
15
Description: satellite tracked drifting buoys |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) |
Quantity:
activity duration in days =
17
Description: days continuous T & S |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Ammonia |
Quantity:
number of stations =
57
Description: |
| Nitrite |
Quantity:
number of stations =
57
Description: |
| Phosphate |
Quantity:
number of stations =
57
Description: |
| Silicate |
Quantity:
number of stations =
57
Description: |
| Total - N |
Quantity:
number of stations =
57
Description: |
| Contamination | |
| Suspended matter |
Quantity:
number of stations =
57
Description: |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytobenthos |
Quantity:
number of stations =
54
Description: |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) |
Quantity:
number of stations =
57
Description: chlorophyll 'a' |
| Zoobenthos |
Quantity:
number of stations =
54
Description: |
Cruise Inventory Mooring/Buoy Operations
| Latitude | Longitude | Data type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 54° 18' N | 5° 6' W | Current meters | moored current meters deploy |
| 55° 7' N | 5° 52' W | Current meters | moored current meters deploy |
| 54° 45' N | 5° 10' W | Current meters | moored current meters deploy |
| 55° 10' N | 5° 40' W | Current meters | moored current meters deploy |
| 54° 33' N | 5° 10' W | Current meters | moored current meters deploy |
| 54° 52' N | 5° 24' W | Current meters |
Summary of BODC Data Holdings for the Cruise
National Oceanographic Database
Summary
| # Series | Instrument Description | Parameters |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CTD/STD cast |
Salinity of the water column Temperature of the water column Vertical spatial coordinates |
| 56 | CTD/STD cast |
Concentration of suspended particulate material in 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 601347 | CTD/STD cast | 1995-05-05 22:21Z | 53° 48' N, 5° 6' W | Click for more |
| 601359 | CTD/STD cast | 1995-05-06 00:02Z | 53° 48' N, 5° 18' W | Click for more |
| 601360 | CTD/STD cast | 1995-05-06 01:26Z | 53° 48' N, 5° 30' W | Click for more |
| 601372 | CTD/STD cast | 1995-05-06 02:33Z | 53° 48' N, 5° 42' W | Click for more |
| 601384 | CTD/STD cast | 1995-05-06 03:48Z | 53° 48' N, 5° 54' W | Click for more |
| 601396 | CTD/STD cast | 1995-05-07 01:40Z | 54° 39' N, 4° 24' W | Click for more |
| 601403 | CTD/STD cast | 1995-05-07 02:23Z | 54° 36' N, 4° 24' W | Click for more |
| 601415 | CTD/STD cast | 1995-05-07 03:09Z | 54° 34' N, 4° 24' W | Click for more |
| 601427 | CTD/STD cast | 1995-05-07 03:49Z | 54° 31' N, 4° 24' W | Click for more |
| 601439 | CTD/STD cast | 1995-05-07 04:26Z | 54° 28' N, 4° 24' W | Click for more |
| 601440 | CTD/STD cast | 1995-05-07 05:01Z | 54° 27' N, 4° 24' W | Click for more |
| 601452 | CTD/STD cast | 1995-05-07 18:43Z | 54° 47' N, 5° 5' W | Click for more |
| 601464 | CTD/STD cast | 1995-05-07 19:26Z | 54° 45' N, 5° 9' W | Click for more |
| 601476 | CTD/STD cast | 1995-05-07 20:11Z | 54° 43' N, 5° 13' W | Click for more |
| 601488 | CTD/STD cast | 1995-05-07 21:19Z | 54° 41' N, 5° 15' W | Click for more |
| 601507 | CTD/STD cast | 1995-05-07 22:25Z | 54° 40' N, 5° 19' W | Click for more |
| 601519 | CTD/STD cast | 1995-05-07 23:40Z | 54° 38' N, 5° 24' W | Click for more |
| 601520 | CTD/STD cast | 1995-05-08 00:37Z | 54° 36' N, 5° 27' W | Click for more |
| 601532 | CTD/STD cast | 1995-05-08 03:12Z | 54° 49' N, 5° 40' W | Click for more |
| 601544 | CTD/STD cast | 1995-05-08 04:00Z | 54° 51' N, 5° 34' W | Click for more |
| 601556 | CTD/STD cast | 1995-05-08 04:57Z | 54° 53' N, 5° 30' W | Click for more |
| 601568 | CTD/STD cast | 1995-05-08 05:49Z | 54° 54' N, 5° 23' W | Click for more |
| 601581 | CTD/STD cast | 1995-05-08 06:35Z | 54° 56' N, 5° 18' W | Click for more |
| 601593 | CTD/STD cast | 1995-05-08 07:14Z | 54° 57' N, 5° 13' W | Click for more |
| 601600 | CTD/STD cast | 1995-05-08 13:25Z | 55° 3' N, 5° 57' W | Click for more |
| 601612 | CTD/STD cast | 1995-05-08 14:16Z | 55° 6' N, 5° 53' W | Click for more |
| 601624 | CTD/STD cast | 1995-05-08 15:15Z | 55° 8' N, 5° 49' W | Click for more |
| 601636 | CTD/STD cast | 1995-05-08 16:03Z | 55° 10' N, 5° 45' W | Click for more |
| 601648 | CTD/STD cast | 1995-05-08 16:50Z | 55° 12' N, 5° 41' W | Click for more |
| 601661 | CTD/STD cast | 1995-05-08 17:31Z | 55° 15' N, 5° 37' W | Click for more |
| 601673 | CTD/STD cast | 1995-05-08 18:28Z | 55° 15' N, 5° 33' W | Click for more |
| 601685 | CTD/STD cast | 1995-05-08 19:14Z | 55° 16' N, 5° 42' W | Click for more |
| 601697 | CTD/STD cast | 1995-05-08 20:22Z | 55° 13' N, 5° 35' W | Click for more |
| 601704 | CTD/STD cast | 1995-05-08 21:15Z | 55° 9' N, 5° 27' W | Click for more |
| 601716 | CTD/STD cast | 1995-05-08 22:07Z | 55° 4' N, 5° 18' W | Click for more |
| 601728 | CTD/STD cast | 1995-05-08 22:56Z | 55° 1' N, 5° 10' W | Click for more |
| 601741 | CTD/STD cast | 1995-05-13 20:06Z | 54° 34' N, 5° 26' W | Click for more |
| 601753 | CTD/STD cast | 1995-05-13 20:43Z | 54° 35' N, 5° 22' W | Click for more |
| 601765 | CTD/STD cast | 1995-05-13 21:26Z | 54° 36' N, 5° 19' W | Click for more |
| 601777 | CTD/STD cast | 1995-05-13 22:17Z | 54° 37' N, 5° 15' W | Click for more |
| 601789 | CTD/STD cast | 1995-05-13 23:02Z | 54° 38' N, 5° 11' W | Click for more |
| 601790 | CTD/STD cast | 1995-05-14 00:10Z | 54° 39' N, 5° 7' W | Click for more |
| 601808 | CTD/STD cast | 1995-05-14 01:13Z | 54° 40' N, 5° 3' W | Click for more |
| 601821 | CTD/STD cast | 1995-05-14 02:10Z | 54° 42' N, 5° 1' W | Click for more |
| 601833 | CTD/STD cast | 1995-05-14 12:28Z | 54° 34' N, 5° 5' W | Click for more |
| 601845 | CTD/STD cast | 1995-05-14 14:05Z | 54° 45' N, 5° 15' W | Click for more |
| 601857 | CTD/STD cast | 1995-05-14 20:12Z | 54° 54' N, 5° 22' W | Click for more |
| 601869 | CTD/STD cast | 1995-05-14 23:03Z | 55° 7' N, 5° 45' W | Click for more |
| 601870 | CTD/STD cast | 1995-05-15 00:46Z | 55° 15' N, 5° 39' W | Click for more |
| 601882 | CTD/STD cast | 1995-05-15 01:41Z | 55° 13' N, 5° 35' W | Click for more |
| 601894 | CTD/STD cast | 1995-05-15 02:34Z | 55° 11' N, 5° 31' W | Click for more |
| 601901 | CTD/STD cast | 1995-05-15 03:32Z | 55° 9' N, 5° 27' W | Click for more |
| 601913 | CTD/STD cast | 1995-05-15 04:14Z | 55° 6' N, 5° 22' W | Click for more |
| 601925 | CTD/STD cast | 1995-05-15 04:48Z | 55° 4' N, 5° 18' W | Click for more |
| 601937 | CTD/STD cast | 1995-05-15 05:30Z | 55° 3' N, 5° 15' W | Click for more |
| 601949 | CTD/STD cast | 1995-05-15 06:03Z | 55° 1' N, 5° 11' W | Click for more |
| 601950 | CTD/STD cast | 1995-05-20 10:45Z | 53° 31' N, 5° 30' W | Click for more |
Project Database
No data currently held for this cruise in the BODC Project Database
