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BODC Cruise Metadata Report for FRV Scotia (748S) cruise 1798S

Introduction

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

Cruise Inventory Information

Long name FRV Scotia (748S) cruise 1798S
Short name 1798S
Objectives and Narrative Biogeochemical studies, hydrographic measurements, servicing moorings. Hydrographic, Benthic Faunal Survey. Standard Hydrographic Surveys, Nordic WOCE Moorings, Investigation of Sound Scattering Layer, Deep Water Fisheries
Research
Ship FRV Scotia
Departure Port Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Departure Date 1998-10-02
Arrival Port Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Arrival Date 1998-10-16
Principal Scientist(s) Bill Turrell (Fisheries Research Services Aberdeen Marine Laboratory)
Responsible Organisation Fisheries Research Services Aberdeen Marine Laboratory
Associated Project(s) Part VEINS
IHB Sea Areas Visited North Sea, North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W)
Marsden Squares Visited 181;3/181;4/217;1/217;2
Work Area Description Faeroe Shetland Channel, North Sea, NE Atlantic
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 = 42
Description: CTD Casts  
Current meters Quantity: number of hauls = 3
Description: Locations, 2 Days per location - Near Bed T,S and Current Measurements and Fish Trap  
Other physical oceanographic measurements Quantity: number of hauls = 3
Description: Locations, 2 Days per location - Near Bed T,S and Current Measurements and Fish Trap  
Surface measurements underway (T,S) Quantity: activity duration in days = 22
Description: Days - Thermosalingraph  
Water bottle stations Quantity: number of stations = 21
Description: Stations - Faeroe/Shetland Lines  
Water bottle stations Quantity: number of stations = 12
Description: Stations - JONSIS Line  
Chemical oceanography  
Nitrate Quantity: number of stations = 12
Description: Stations - JONSIS Line  
Phosphate Quantity: number of stations = 12
Description: Stations - JONSIS Line  
Silicate Quantity: number of stations = 12
Description: Stations - JONSIS Line  
Silicate Quantity: number of stations = 21
Description: Stations - Faeroe/Shetland Lines  
Biology and fisheries  
Demersal fish Quantity: number of hauls = 6
Description: Trawl Hauls - Beam Trawling  
Demersal fish Quantity: number of hauls = 3
Description: Locations, 2 Days per location - Near Bed T,S and Current Measurements and Fish Trap  

Cruise Inventory Mooring/Buoy Operations

Latitude Longitude Data type Description
60° 27' N 4° 22' W Current profiler (eg ADCP) NWSD9810 - Mooring Deployment - 75kHz ADCP at 787m below MSL
60° 16' N 4° 21' W Current profiler (eg ADCP) NWSE9710 - Mooring Recovery. 150kHz ADCP at 432m below MSL
60° 16' N 4° 21' W Current profiler (eg ADCP) NWSE9810 - Mooring Deployment - 150kHz ADCP at 429m below MSL

Summary of BODC Data Holdings for the Cruise

National Oceanographic Database

Summary

# Series Instrument Description Parameters
42 CTD/STD cast Electrical conductivity of the water column
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  
515852 CTD/STD cast 1998-10-04 01:41Z 59° 16' N, 0° 0' E Click for more
515864 CTD/STD cast 1998-10-04 03:41Z 59° 16' N, 0° 19' W Click for more
515876 CTD/STD cast 1998-10-04 05:30Z 59° 16' N, 0° 40' W Click for more
515888 CTD/STD cast 1998-10-04 07:05Z 59° 16' N, 1° 0' W Click for more
515907 CTD/STD cast 1998-10-04 07:59Z 59° 16' N, 1° 10' W Click for more
515919 CTD/STD cast 1998-10-04 09:25Z 59° 16' N, 1° 19' W Click for more
515920 CTD/STD cast 1998-10-04 10:39Z 59° 16' N, 1° 30' W Click for more
515932 CTD/STD cast 1998-10-04 11:43Z 59° 16' N, 1° 40' W Click for more
515944 CTD/STD cast 1998-10-04 12:40Z 59° 16' N, 1° 48' W Click for more
515956 CTD/STD cast 1998-10-04 13:37Z 59° 16' N, 1° 56' W Click for more
515968 CTD/STD cast 1998-10-04 14:32Z 59° 16' N, 2° 4' W Click for more
515981 CTD/STD cast 1998-10-04 15:23Z 59° 16' N, 2° 13' W Click for more
515993 CTD/STD cast 1998-10-04 23:26Z 60° 10' N, 3° 43' W Click for more
516007 CTD/STD cast 1998-10-05 00:38Z 60° 13' N, 3° 51' W Click for more
516019 CTD/STD cast 1998-10-05 02:36Z 60° 16' N, 3° 59' W Click for more
516020 CTD/STD cast 1998-10-05 11:19Z 60° 18' N, 4° 4' W Click for more
516032 CTD/STD cast 1998-10-05 12:11Z 60° 20' N, 4° 9' W Click for more
516044 CTD/STD cast 1998-10-05 13:25Z 60° 25' N, 4° 19' W Click for more
516056 CTD/STD cast 1998-10-06 13:29Z 60° 28' N, 4° 25' W Click for more
516068 CTD/STD cast 1998-10-06 15:28Z 60° 34' N, 4° 45' W Click for more
516081 CTD/STD cast 1998-10-06 18:27Z 60° 38' N, 4° 53' W Click for more
516093 CTD/STD cast 1998-10-06 20:29Z 60° 43' N, 5° 6' W Click for more
516100 CTD/STD cast 1998-10-06 22:05Z 60° 47' N, 5° 16' W Click for more
516112 CTD/STD cast 1998-10-06 23:42Z 60° 51' N, 5° 29' W Click for more
516124 CTD/STD cast 1998-10-07 01:55Z 61° 1' N, 5° 57' W Click for more
516136 CTD/STD cast 1998-10-07 03:46Z 61° 11' N, 6° 22' W Click for more
516148 CTD/STD cast 1998-10-07 13:31Z 61° 35' N, 4° 14' W Click for more
516161 CTD/STD cast 1998-10-07 20:51Z 61° 42' N, 4° 51' W Click for more
516173 CTD/STD cast 1998-10-10 11:40Z 61° 11' N, 2° 24' W Click for more
516185 CTD/STD cast 1998-10-10 12:45Z 61° 9' N, 2° 17' W Click for more
516197 CTD/STD cast 1998-10-10 13:43Z 61° 8' N, 2° 10' W Click for more
516204 CTD/STD cast 1998-10-10 14:42Z 61° 6' N, 2° 1' W Click for more
516216 CTD/STD cast 1998-10-10 16:04Z 61° 3' N, 1° 52' W Click for more
516228 CTD/STD cast 1998-10-10 20:17Z 61° 9' N, 2° 17' W Click for more
516241 CTD/STD cast 1998-10-10 21:23Z 61° 7' N, 2° 9' W Click for more
516253 CTD/STD cast 1998-10-10 22:27Z 61° 6' N, 2° 1' W Click for more
516265 CTD/STD cast 1998-10-11 00:05Z 61° 9' N, 2° 17' W Click for more
516277 CTD/STD cast 1998-10-11 01:07Z 61° 8' N, 2° 10' W Click for more
516289 CTD/STD cast 1998-10-11 02:15Z 61° 6' N, 2° 1' W Click for more
516290 CTD/STD cast 1998-10-11 03:42Z 61° 9' N, 2° 16' W Click for more
516308 CTD/STD cast 1998-10-11 04:38Z 61° 8' N, 2° 9' W Click for more
516321 CTD/STD cast 1998-10-11 05:46Z 61° 6' N, 2° 1' W Click for more

Project Database

No data currently held for this cruise in the BODC Project Database

References

Track Charts

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Reports

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