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BODC Cruise Metadata Report for FRV Scotia (748S) cruise 1199S

Introduction

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

Cruise Inventory Information

Long name FRV Scotia (748S) cruise 1199S
Short name 1199S
Objectives and Narrative 1. To participate in an ICES-coordinated acoustic and mid-water trawling survey in the north western North Sea and North of Scotland between 58º to 62ºN 4º 30'W to 2ºE excluding Norwegian and Faroes waters.
2. To obtain samples of herring for biological analysis, including age, length, weight, sex, maturity and ichthyophonus infection.
3. To obtain thermosalinograph recordings of surface temperature and salinity throughout the survey area. CTD (and XBT) profiles of temperature and salinity at depth for analysis with herring distributions.
4. To obtain measurements of herring density using autosub.
5. To carry out an acoustic intercalibration with RV Tridens.
Ship FRV Scotia
Departure Port Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Departure Date 1999-07-01
Arrival Port Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Arrival Date 1999-07-24
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, North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W)
Marsden Squares Visited 181;3/216;3/217;1/252;1
Work Area Description North western North Sea, Orkney, Shetland and north of Scotland
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  
Bathythermograph Quantity: number of stations = 35
Description:  
CTD stations Quantity: number of stations = 50
Description:  
Surface measurements underway (T,S) Quantity: activity duration in days = 23
Description: continuous surface temperature and sailinity  
Biology and fisheries  
Pelagic fish Quantity: number of hauls = 39
Description: Trawl hauls, Herring length, frequency, weight sex, maturity, otolith and microscopic evidence of ichthyophonus infections.  
Geology and geophysics  
Single-beam echosounding Description: Megabytes, Single beam echosounder data at 35 and 120 kHz from a simrad EK500 echosounder for comparision with similar data collected on board Autosub.  

Cruise Inventory Mooring/Buoy Operations

No information on datasets is currently available

Summary of BODC Data Holdings for the Cruise

National Oceanographic Database

Summary

# Series Instrument Description Parameters
49 CTD/STD cast Reference numbers
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  
533545 CTD/STD cast 1999-07-02 22:13Z 58° 4' N, 1° 33' W Click for more
533557 CTD/STD cast 1999-07-03 06:49Z 58° 4' N, 0° 46' W Click for more
533569 CTD/STD cast 1999-07-03 19:09Z 58° 16' N, 1° 29' E Click for more
533570 CTD/STD cast 1999-07-03 22:07Z 58° 20' N, 0° 46' E Click for more
533582 CTD/STD cast 1999-07-04 10:52Z 58° 18' N, 1° 34' W Click for more
533594 CTD/STD cast 1999-07-04 22:07Z 58° 34' N, 1° 21' W Click for more
533601 CTD/STD cast 1999-07-05 05:09Z 58° 33' N, 0° 50' W Click for more
533613 CTD/STD cast 1999-07-05 09:02Z 58° 34' N, 0° 9' W Click for more
533625 CTD/STD cast 1999-07-05 22:09Z 58° 49' N, 0° 54' E Click for more
533637 CTD/STD cast 1999-07-06 06:39Z 58° 49' N, 0° 3' E Click for more
533649 CTD/STD cast 1999-07-06 13:09Z 58° 49' N, 1° 14' W Click for more
533650 CTD/STD cast 1999-07-06 22:07Z 59° 4' N, 1° 46' W Click for more
533662 CTD/STD cast 1999-07-07 05:53Z 59° 3' N, 0° 59' W Click for more
533674 CTD/STD cast 1999-07-07 22:16Z 59° 19' N, 0° 29' E Click for more
533686 CTD/STD cast 1999-07-08 06:44Z 59° 12' N, 0° 27' W Click for more
533698 CTD/STD cast 1999-07-08 15:09Z 59° 23' N, 0° 0' W Click for more
533705 CTD/STD cast 1999-07-08 21:54Z 59° 19' N, 1° 10' W Click for more
533717 CTD/STD cast 1999-07-09 04:59Z 59° 19' N, 1° 46' W Click for more
533729 CTD/STD cast 1999-07-09 11:54Z 59° 34' N, 1° 30' W Click for more
533730 CTD/STD cast 1999-07-09 14:11Z 59° 34' N, 1° 15' W Click for more
533742 CTD/STD cast 1999-07-09 22:09Z 59° 33' N, 1° 21' E Click for more
533754 CTD/STD cast 1999-07-10 10:48Z 59° 49' N, 0° 25' E Click for more
533766 CTD/STD cast 1999-07-10 22:07Z 59° 48' N, 1° 4' W Click for more
533778 CTD/STD cast 1999-07-11 04:41Z 59° 56' N, 1° 10' W Click for more
533791 CTD/STD cast 1999-07-11 07:40Z 60° 3' N, 0° 58' W Click for more
533809 CTD/STD cast 1999-07-11 22:07Z 60° 18' N, 0° 34' W Click for more
533810 CTD/STD cast 1999-07-13 13:43Z 60° 12' N, 0° 25' W Click for more
533822 CTD/STD cast 1999-07-13 16:18Z 60° 12' N, 0° 16' W Click for more
533834 CTD/STD cast 1999-07-13 22:16Z 60° 27' N, 0° 40' W Click for more
533846 CTD/STD cast 1999-07-14 04:51Z 60° 34' N, 0° 36' W Click for more
533858 CTD/STD cast 1999-07-14 09:30Z 60° 34' N, 0° 5' E Click for more
533871 CTD/STD cast 1999-07-14 13:22Z 60° 34' N, 0° 23' E Click for more
533883 CTD/STD cast 1999-07-15 01:48Z 60° 48' N, 0° 34' E Click for more
533895 CTD/STD cast 1999-07-15 04:48Z 60° 49' N, 0° 5' E Click for more
533902 CTD/STD cast 1999-07-15 09:50Z 60° 41' N, 0° 36' W Click for more
533914 CTD/STD cast 1999-07-16 00:27Z 60° 54' N, 0° 44' W Click for more
533926 CTD/STD cast 1999-07-16 09:31Z 61° 4' N, 1° 10' E Click for more
533938 CTD/STD cast 1999-07-16 22:06Z 61° 21' N, 0° 13' E Click for more
533951 CTD/STD cast 1999-07-17 07:08Z 61° 19' N, 0° 9' W Click for more
533963 CTD/STD cast 1999-07-17 21:40Z 60° 58' N, 0° 59' W Click for more
533975 CTD/STD cast 1999-07-19 09:06Z 60° 31' N, 2° 13' W Click for more
533987 CTD/STD cast 1999-07-19 15:05Z 60° 19' N, 2° 10' W Click for more
533999 CTD/STD cast 1999-07-19 22:05Z 60° 12' N, 3° 44' W Click for more
534002 CTD/STD cast 1999-07-20 08:30Z 60° 4' N, 2° 15' W Click for more
534014 CTD/STD cast 1999-07-20 22:06Z 59° 42' N, 3° 57' W Click for more
534026 CTD/STD cast 1999-07-21 16:06Z 59° 26' N, 3° 32' W Click for more
534038 CTD/STD cast 1999-07-21 22:10Z 59° 34' N, 3° 28' W Click for more
534051 CTD/STD cast 1999-07-22 14:50Z 59° 7' N, 3° 46' W Click for more
534063 CTD/STD cast 1999-07-23 07:15Z 58° 58' N, 3° 56' W Click for more

Project Database

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

References

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