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BODC Cruise Metadata Report for FRV Clupea (74CU) cruise 1298C

Introduction

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

Cruise Inventory Information

Long name FRV Clupea (74CU) cruise 1298C
Short name 1298C
Objectives and Narrative 1. To conduct a hydrographic and biological survey of the Orkney and Shetland area.
2. To retrieve tide gauges and Mini-logger mooring from locations in Scapa Flow.
3. To collect sediment samples by Day Grab.
4. To test and evaluate laser fluorimetery systems developed between RGU and MLA for surface fluorescence and pump/probe fluorescence measurements from water samples.
Ship FRV Clupea
Departure Port Fraserburgh, United Kingdom
Departure Date 1998-07-20
Arrival Port Lerwick, United Kingdom
Arrival Date 1998-07-27
Principal Scientist(s) Edmund John Simmonds (Fisheries Research Services Aberdeen Marine Laboratory)
Responsible Organisation Fisheries Research Services Aberdeen Marine Laboratory
Associated Project(s)
IHB Sea Areas Visited North Sea
Marsden Squares Visited 181;3/217;1
Work Area Description Orkney and Shetland area, North 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 = 48
Description:  
Optics (eg underwater light levels) Quantity: number of stations = 48
Description:  
Surface measurements underway (T,S) Quantity: activity duration in days = 7
Description:  
Transparency (eg transmissometer) Quantity: number of stations = 48
Description:  
Water bottle stations Quantity: number of stations = 48
Description:  
Chemical oceanography  
Ammonia Quantity: number of stations = 48
Description:  
Nitrate Quantity: number of stations = 48
Description:  
Phosphate Quantity: number of stations = 48
Description:  
Silicate Quantity: number of stations = 48
Description:  
Biology and fisheries  
Phytobenthos Quantity: number of samples = 12
Description: Grabs  
Phytoplankton Quantity: number of stations = 48
Description:  
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) Quantity: number of stations = 48
Description:  
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) Quantity: activity duration in days = 7
Description:  
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) Quantity: number of stations = 48
Description:  
Geology and geophysics  
Grab Quantity: number of samples = 12
Description: Grabs  

Cruise Inventory Mooring/Buoy Operations

Latitude Longitude Data type Description
58° 49' N 3° 9' W Sea level (inc. bot. press., inverted echosounder) Recovered WLR
58° 57' N 3° 18' W Sea level (inc. bot. press., inverted echosounder) Recovered WLR
57° 55' N 2° 58' W Sea level (inc. bot. press., inverted echosounder) Recovered WLR

Summary of BODC Data Holdings for the Cruise

National Oceanographic Database

Summary

# Series Instrument Description Parameters
45 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  
511691 CTD/STD cast 1998-07-21 10:38Z 58° 52' N, 3° 0' W Click for more
511709 CTD/STD cast 1998-07-21 12:57Z 58° 48' N, 3° 3' W Click for more
511710 CTD/STD cast 1998-07-21 13:27Z 58° 49' N, 3° 1' W Click for more
511722 CTD/STD cast 1998-07-21 14:27Z 58° 51' N, 3° 0' W Click for more
511734 CTD/STD cast 1998-07-21 15:00Z 58° 52' N, 2° 55' W Click for more
511746 CTD/STD cast 1998-07-21 16:13Z 58° 56' N, 2° 58' W Click for more
511758 CTD/STD cast 1998-07-21 19:15Z 58° 56' N, 3° 21' W Click for more
511771 CTD/STD cast 1998-07-22 08:08Z 58° 54' N, 3° 14' W Click for more
511783 CTD/STD cast 1998-07-22 09:04Z 58° 54' N, 3° 7' W Click for more
511795 CTD/STD cast 1998-07-22 09:39Z 58° 54' N, 2° 58' W Click for more
511802 CTD/STD cast 1998-07-22 10:21Z 58° 52' N, 3° 0' W Click for more
511814 CTD/STD cast 1998-07-22 11:04Z 58° 52' N, 3° 9' W Click for more
511826 CTD/STD cast 1998-07-22 11:57Z 58° 52' N, 3° 10' W Click for more
511838 CTD/STD cast 1998-07-22 12:16Z 58° 51' N, 3° 10' W Click for more
511851 CTD/STD cast 1998-07-22 13:16Z 58° 48' N, 3° 8' W Click for more
511863 CTD/STD cast 1998-07-22 14:18Z 58° 45' N, 3° 1' W Click for more
511875 CTD/STD cast 1998-07-22 15:43Z 58° 43' N, 2° 55' W Click for more
511887 CTD/STD cast 1998-07-22 16:41Z 58° 49' N, 2° 45' W Click for more
511899 CTD/STD cast 1998-07-22 17:48Z 58° 55' N, 2° 39' W Click for more
511906 CTD/STD cast 1998-07-23 07:44Z 59° 0' N, 2° 43' W Click for more
511918 CTD/STD cast 1998-07-23 09:10Z 59° 5' N, 2° 45' W Click for more
511931 CTD/STD cast 1998-07-23 10:29Z 59° 10' N, 2° 54' W Click for more
511943 CTD/STD cast 1998-07-23 14:16Z 59° 18' N, 2° 42' W Click for more
511955 CTD/STD cast 1998-07-23 17:34Z 59° 25' N, 2° 25' W Click for more
511967 CTD/STD cast 1998-07-24 08:18Z 59° 31' N, 2° 10' W Click for more
511979 CTD/STD cast 1998-07-24 10:11Z 59° 37' N, 1° 57' W Click for more
511980 CTD/STD cast 1998-07-24 11:24Z 59° 43' N, 1° 42' W Click for more
511992 CTD/STD cast 1998-07-24 13:10Z 59° 51' N, 1° 28' W Click for more
512006 CTD/STD cast 1998-07-24 13:44Z 59° 53' N, 1° 24' W Click for more
512018 CTD/STD cast 1998-07-24 14:34Z 59° 55' N, 1° 23' W Click for more
512031 CTD/STD cast 1998-07-24 16:25Z 59° 52' N, 1° 43' W Click for more
512043 CTD/STD cast 1998-07-24 18:10Z 59° 58' N, 1° 30' W Click for more
512055 CTD/STD cast 1998-07-24 18:50Z 60° 0' N, 1° 21' W Click for more
512067 CTD/STD cast 1998-07-25 08:18Z 60° 4' N, 1° 18' W Click for more
512079 CTD/STD cast 1998-07-25 09:02Z 60° 4' N, 1° 18' W Click for more
512080 CTD/STD cast 1998-07-25 10:15Z 60° 4' N, 1° 18' W Click for more
512092 CTD/STD cast 1998-07-25 11:03Z 60° 4' N, 1° 18' W Click for more
512111 CTD/STD cast 1998-07-25 12:07Z 60° 4' N, 1° 18' W Click for more
512123 CTD/STD cast 1998-07-25 13:08Z 60° 4' N, 1° 18' W Click for more
512135 CTD/STD cast 1998-07-25 14:07Z 60° 4' N, 1° 18' W Click for more
512147 CTD/STD cast 1998-07-25 15:00Z 60° 4' N, 1° 18' W Click for more
512159 CTD/STD cast 1998-07-25 16:06Z 60° 4' N, 1° 18' W Click for more
512160 CTD/STD cast 1998-07-25 17:04Z 60° 4' N, 1° 18' W Click for more
512172 CTD/STD cast 1998-07-25 18:14Z 60° 4' N, 1° 18' W Click for more
512184 CTD/STD cast 1998-07-25 19:04Z 60° 4' N, 1° 18' W Click for more

Project Database

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

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