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BODC Cruise Metadata Report for RV Corystes (74RY) cruise COR9/97

Introduction

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

Cruise Inventory Information

Long name RV Corystes (74RY) cruise COR9/97
Short name COR9/97
Objectives and Narrative The work is directed at a better understanding of the dynamics of the circulation processes fringing the north east coast of England, between the Firth of Forth and Flamborough Head, and in the vicinity of the Dogger Bank. It is intended to characterise the extent and nature of the density driven and seasonal jet like circulation which, from previous work in the Irish Sea and limited historical data, we believe acts as a direct and rapid pathway for transport of material from the coastal region to the central North Sea. Subsequently, the knowledge will be viewed with respect to the nutrient dynamics of the region and concerns that elevated levels of contaminants on the Dogger Bank have originated in the near coastal region. The main sampling aims of the cruise are:
1) To recover three mooring arrays deployed during Corystes 7/97.
2) Recover free floating satellite tracked buoys deployed during Corystes 7/97 to determine the Lagrangian circulation.
3. Undertake associated physical and chemical surveys of the region in support of 1) and 2).
Ship RV Corystes
Departure Port Lowestoft, United Kingdom
Departure Date 1997-08-22
Arrival Port Lowestoft, United Kingdom
Arrival Date 1997-09-03
Principal Scientist(s) Juan Brown (Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science Lowestoft Laboratory)
Responsible Organisation Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science Lowestoft Laboratory
Associated Project(s)
IHB Sea Areas Visited North Sea
Marsden Squares Visited 181/216
Work Area Description
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 = 25
Description: FSI CTD, temperature, salinity, turbidity and fluorescence  
Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements Quantity: track kilometres = 1050
Description: Scanfish undulating towed body with temperature, conductivity, turbidity and fluorescence sensors  
Surface measurements underway (T,S) Quantity: number of samples = 82
Description: Hull mounted PRT; samples for salinometer analysis  
Chemical oceanography  
Ammonia Quantity: number of samples = 71
Description: Collected by rosette sampler during CTD profiles  
Ammonia Quantity: number of samples = 82
Description: Hull mounted PRT; samples for salinometer analysis  
Nitrate Quantity: number of samples = 71
Description: Collected by rosette sampler during CTD profiles  
Nitrate Quantity: number of samples = 82
Description: Hull mounted PRT; samples for salinometer analysis  
Nitrite Quantity: number of samples = 71
Description: Collected by rosette sampler during CTD profiles  
Nitrite Quantity: number of samples = 82
Description: Hull mounted PRT; samples for salinometer analysis  
Phosphate Quantity: number of samples = 71
Description: Collected by rosette sampler during CTD profiles  
Phosphate Quantity: number of samples = 82
Description: Hull mounted PRT; samples for salinometer analysis  
Silicate Quantity: number of samples = 71
Description: Collected by rosette sampler during CTD profiles  
Silicate Quantity: number of samples = 82
Description: Hull mounted PRT; samples for salinometer analysis  
Contamination  
Suspended matter Quantity: number of samples = 71
Description: Collected by rosette sampler during CTD profiles  
Biology and fisheries  
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) Quantity: number of samples = 82
Description: Hull mounted PRT; samples for salinometer analysis  
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) Quantity: number of samples = 71
Description: Collected by rosette sampler during CTD profiles  

Cruise Inventory Mooring/Buoy Operations

Latitude Longitude Data type Description
55° 0' N 2° 0' E Current meters Recovered two meters: deployed 24/07/97, mooring 97M2, recovered 28/08/97
55° 10' N 0° 0' E Current profiler (eg ADCP) Recovered ADCP: deployed 23/07/97, mooring 97M1, recovered 24/08/97
55° 43' N 2° 0' E Current profiler (eg ADCP) Recovered ADCP: deployed 23/07/97, mooring 97M3, recovered 28/08/97
53° 58' N 1° 55' E Surface drifters/drifting buoys Deployed 23/08/97.
54° 7' N 1° 55' E Surface drifters/drifting buoys Deployed 23/08/97.
54° 1' N 2° 19' E Surface drifters/drifting buoys Deployed 23/08/97.
54° 7' N 2° 19' E Surface drifters/drifting buoys Deployed 23/08/97.
53° 58' N 2° 19' E Surface drifters/drifting buoys Deployed 23/08/97.
55° 28' N 1° 22' W Surface drifters/drifting buoys Deployed 24/08/97.
55° 28' N 1° 10' W Surface drifters/drifting buoys Deployed 24/08/97.
54° 49' N 1° 1' W Surface drifters/drifting buoys Deployed 24/08/97.

Summary of BODC Data Holdings for the Cruise

National Oceanographic Database

Summary

# Series Instrument Description Parameters
25 CTD/STD cast Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies
Concentration of suspended particulate material in the water column
Raw fluorometer output
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
Visible waveband radiance and irradiance measurements in the water column

Note: Parameter terms are taken from the BODC Parameter Discovery Vocabulary XML (SKOS)

Full List

BODC Reference Instrument Description Date/Time Location  
598817 CTD/STD cast 1997-08-22 23:55Z 53° 55' N, 1° 55' E Click for more
598829 CTD/STD cast 1997-08-23 00:48Z 53° 57' N, 1° 55' E Click for more
598830 CTD/STD cast 1997-08-23 01:38Z 54° 0' N, 1° 55' E Click for more
598842 CTD/STD cast 1997-08-23 02:26Z 54° 3' N, 1° 56' E Click for more
598854 CTD/STD cast 1997-08-23 03:11Z 54° 5' N, 1° 56' E Click for more
598866 CTD/STD cast 1997-08-23 03:43Z 54° 7' N, 1° 56' E Click for more
598878 CTD/STD cast 1997-08-23 04:13Z 54° 10' N, 1° 56' E Click for more
598891 CTD/STD cast 1997-08-24 08:05Z 55° 10' N, 0° 0' W Click for more
598909 CTD/STD cast 1997-08-25 00:04Z 55° 22' N, 0° 30' W Click for more
598910 CTD/STD cast 1997-08-25 01:27Z 55° 22' N, 0° 49' W Click for more
598922 CTD/STD cast 1997-08-25 02:27Z 55° 22' N, 1° 0' W Click for more
598934 CTD/STD cast 1997-08-25 03:26Z 55° 22' N, 1° 10' W Click for more
598946 CTD/STD cast 1997-08-25 04:08Z 55° 22' N, 1° 16' W Click for more
598958 CTD/STD cast 1997-08-25 04:46Z 55° 22' N, 1° 22' W Click for more
598971 CTD/STD cast 1997-08-25 05:27Z 55° 22' N, 1° 28' W Click for more
598983 CTD/STD cast 1997-08-25 06:06Z 55° 22' N, 1° 33' W Click for more
598995 CTD/STD cast 1997-08-25 21:39Z 56° 3' N, 1° 14' W Click for more
599009 CTD/STD cast 1997-08-25 22:34Z 56° 0' N, 1° 22' W Click for more
599010 CTD/STD cast 1997-08-25 23:28Z 55° 57' N, 1° 30' W Click for more
599022 CTD/STD cast 1997-08-26 00:09Z 55° 54' N, 1° 36' W Click for more
599034 CTD/STD cast 1997-08-26 00:55Z 55° 52' N, 1° 41' W Click for more
599046 CTD/STD cast 1997-08-26 01:40Z 55° 50' N, 1° 46' W Click for more
599058 CTD/STD cast 1997-08-26 02:18Z 55° 48' N, 1° 51' W Click for more
599071 CTD/STD cast 1997-08-26 02:55Z 55° 45' N, 1° 56' W Click for more
599083 CTD/STD cast 1997-08-30 17:49Z 55° 54' N, 2° 31' E Click for more

Project Database

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

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