BODC Cruise Metadata Report for RRS Challenger (74CH) cruise CH140 (PROVESS N-4)
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 | RRS Challenger (74CH) cruise CH140 (PROVESS N-4) |
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Short name | CH140 (PROVESS N-4) |
Objectives and Narrative |
Last of a series of four cruises carried out in the northern North Sea between September and November 1998 as part of the EU MAST III project PROVESS (PROcesses of Vertical Exchanges in Shelf Seas). The cruise objectives were:
1- to study benthic exchanges of nutrients and dissolved oxygen 2- to study the in situ particle sizes of suspended particulate matter 3- to deploy, turn round and recover moorings and bottom frames deployed during cruise Valdivia VA174 and Pelagia PE125 4- to study the water column properties by obtaining CTD profiles and water samples. The cruise was split into two legs, from Greenock to Peterhead (21 to 30 October) and from Peterhead to Southampton (30 October to 11 November). During both legs, the main study site was located in the vicinity of 59 deg 20' N, 1 deg E. |
Ship | RRS Challenger |
Departure Port | Greenock, United Kingdom |
Departure Date | 1998-10-21 |
Arrival Port | Southampton, United Kingdom |
Arrival Date | 1998-11-11 |
Principal Scientist(s) | M John Howarth (Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory) |
Responsible Organisation | Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory |
Associated Project(s) | PROVESS |
IHB Sea Areas Visited | North Sea |
Marsden Squares Visited | 216;3 |
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 | |
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CTD stations |
Quantity:
number of profiles =
60
Description: Neil Brown CTD |
Optics (eg underwater light levels) |
Quantity:
number of profiles =
60
Description: Neil Brown CTD |
Transparency (eg transmissometer) |
Quantity:
number of profiles =
60
Description: Neil Brown CTD |
Transparency (eg transmissometer) |
Quantity:
number of profiles =
59
Description: LISST laser in situ particle sizer |
Water bottle stations | Description: measurements on CTD-rosette water samples |
Water bottle stations | Description: measurements on CTD-rosette water bottle samples |
Chemical oceanography | |
Nitrate | Description: measurements on CTD-rosette water samples |
Nitrite | Description: measurements on CTD-rosette water samples |
Oxygen | Description: measurements on CTD-rosette water samples |
Oxygen |
Quantity:
number of cores =
8
Description: Collected from 6 sediment corer deployments at the main study site on 26/10/98 in a water depth of 105 m. |
Oxygen |
Quantity:
number of profiles =
60
Description: Neil Brown CTD |
Phosphate | Description: measurements on CTD-rosette water samples |
Silicate | Description: measurements on CTD-rosette water samples |
Contamination | |
Suspended matter |
Quantity:
number of profiles =
59
Description: LISST laser in situ particle sizer |
Suspended matter |
Quantity:
number of deployments =
14
Description: Settling Velocity Tubes |
Suspended matter | Description: measurements on CTD-rosette water bottle samples |
Biology and fisheries | |
Particulate organic matter (inc POC, PON) | Description: measurements on CTD-rosette water samples |
Particulate organic matter (inc POC, PON) |
Quantity:
number of cores =
8
Description: Collected from 6 sediment corer deployments at the main study site on 26/10/98 in a water depth of 105 m. |
Phytoplankton | Description: measurements on CTD-rosette water samples |
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) |
Quantity:
number of profiles =
60
Description: Neil Brown CTD |
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Description: measurements on CTD-rosette water samples |
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) |
Quantity:
number of deployments =
14
Description: Settling Velocity Tubes |
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) |
Quantity:
number of cores =
8
Description: Collected from 6 sediment corer deployments at the main study site on 26/10/98 in a water depth of 105 m. |
Geology and geophysics | |
Bottom photography | Description: |
Core - soft bottom |
Quantity:
number of cores =
8
Description: Collected from 6 sediment corer deployments at the main study site on 26/10/98 in a water depth of 105 m. |
Cruise Inventory Mooring/Buoy Operations
Latitude | Longitude | Data type | Description |
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59° 1' N | 1° 0' E | Current meters | 19 Rigs deployed |
59° 1' N | 1° 0' E | Current profiler (eg ADCP) | 19 Rigs deployed |
59° 1' N | 1° 0' E | Incident radiation | 19 Rigs deployed |
59° 1' N | 1° 0' E | Nitrate | 19 Rigs deployed |
59° 1' N | 1° 0' E | Other meteorological measurements | 19 Rigs deployed |
59° 1' N | 1° 0' E | Other physical oceanographic measurements | 19 Rigs deployed |
59° 1' N | 1° 0' E | Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | 19 Rigs deployed |
59° 1' N | 1° 0' E | Sea level (inc. bot. press., inverted echosounder) | 19 Rigs deployed |
59° 1' N | 1° 0' E | Silicate | 19 Rigs deployed |
59° 1' N | 1° 0' E | Subsurface temperature measurements | 19 Rigs deployed |
59° 1' N | 1° 0' E | Transparency (eg transmissometer) | 19 Rigs deployed |
Summary of BODC Data Holdings for the Cruise
National Oceanographic Database
Summary
# Series | Instrument Description | Parameters |
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11 | Bottle station |
Ammonium and ammonia concentration parameters in water bodies Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column Quality control flags Reference numbers Silicate concentration parameters in the water column Vertical spatial coordinates |
17 | Bottle station |
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies Quality control flags Reference numbers Vertical spatial coordinates |
23 | CTD/STD cast |
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies Concentration of suspended particulate material in the water column Density of the water column Raw fluorometer output Salinity of the water column Temperature of the water column Transmittance and attenuance of the water column Vertical spatial coordinates Visible waveband radiance and irradiance measurements in the water column |
8 | CTD/STD cast |
Concentration of suspended particulate material in the water column Density of the water column Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column Raw fluorometer output Salinity of the water column Temperature of the water column Transmittance and attenuance of the water column Vertical spatial coordinates Visible waveband radiance and irradiance measurements in the water column |
10 | CTD/STD cast |
Concentration of suspended particulate material in the water column Density of the water column Raw fluorometer output Salinity of the water column Temperature of the water column Transmittance and attenuance of the water column Vertical spatial coordinates Visible waveband radiance and irradiance measurements in the water column |
19 | CTD/STD cast |
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies Concentration of suspended particulate material in the water column Density of the water column Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column Raw fluorometer output Salinity of the water column Temperature of the water column Transmittance and attenuance of the water column Vertical spatial coordinates Visible waveband radiance and irradiance measurements in the water column |
2 | Electromagnetic current meter |
Date and time Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents) |
1 | Pumped water sample |
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies Date and time Horizontal spatial co-ordinates |
Note: Parameter terms are taken from the BODC Parameter Discovery Vocabulary XML (SKOS)
Full List
BODC Reference | Instrument Description | Date/Time | Location | |
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524787 | Electromagnetic current meter | 1998-10-24 09:44Z to 1998-10-27 22:42Z | 59° 18' N, 1° 0' E | Click for more |
524806 | Electromagnetic current meter | 1998-10-24 09:44Z to 1998-10-27 22:42Z | 59° 18' N, 1° 0' E | Click for more |
787059 | CTD/STD cast | 1998-11-01 19:04Z | 59° 19' N, 1° 2' E | Click for more |
787060 | CTD/STD cast | 1998-11-01 20:05Z | 59° 19' N, 1° 2' E | Click for more |
787072 | CTD/STD cast | 1998-11-01 21:06Z | 59° 19' N, 1° 1' E | Click for more |
787084 | CTD/STD cast | 1998-11-01 22:07Z | 59° 19' N, 1° 1' E | Click for more |
787096 | CTD/STD cast | 1998-11-02 01:10Z | 59° 19' N, 1° 2' E | Click for more |
787103 | CTD/STD cast | 1998-11-02 02:08Z | 59° 19' N, 1° 2' E | Click for more |
787115 | CTD/STD cast | 1998-11-02 04:20Z | 59° 20' N, 1° 9' E | Click for more |
787127 | CTD/STD cast | 1998-11-02 06:17Z | 59° 20' N, 1° 22' E | Click for more |
787139 | CTD/STD cast | 1998-11-02 07:13Z | 59° 19' N, 1° 30' E | Click for more |
787140 | CTD/STD cast | 1998-11-02 18:39Z | 59° 16' N, 1° 0' E | Click for more |
787152 | CTD/STD cast | 1998-11-03 00:52Z | 59° 24' N, 1° 0' E | Click for more |
787164 | CTD/STD cast | 1998-11-03 02:16Z | 59° 31' N, 1° 0' E | Click for more |
787176 | CTD/STD cast | 1998-11-03 04:38Z | 59° 40' N, 1° 0' E | Click for more |
787188 | CTD/STD cast | 1998-11-03 05:33Z | 59° 45' N, 1° 1' E | Click for more |
787207 | CTD/STD cast | 1998-11-03 22:48Z | 59° 18' N, 1° 0' E | Click for more |
787219 | CTD/STD cast | 1998-11-04 02:29Z | 59° 18' N, 0° 19' E | Click for more |
787220 | CTD/STD cast | 1998-11-04 03:41Z | 59° 18' N, 0° 9' E | Click for more |
787232 | CTD/STD cast | 1998-11-04 05:14Z | 59° 18' N, 0° 29' E | Click for more |
787244 | CTD/STD cast | 1998-11-04 19:22Z | 59° 19' N, 1° 2' E | Click for more |
787256 | CTD/STD cast | 1998-11-04 22:52Z | 59° 1' N, 1° 1' E | Click for more |
787268 | CTD/STD cast | 1998-11-05 00:52Z | 58° 49' N, 1° 1' E | Click for more |
787281 | CTD/STD cast | 1998-11-05 04:42Z | 59° 5' N, 1° 2' E | Click for more |
787293 | CTD/STD cast | 1998-11-05 06:44Z | 59° 15' N, 1° 1' E | Click for more |
787300 | CTD/STD cast | 1998-10-24 06:13Z | 59° 19' N, 0° 57' E | Click for more |
787312 | CTD/STD cast | 1998-10-25 08:22Z | 59° 18' N, 0° 53' E | Click for more |
787324 | CTD/STD cast | 1998-10-26 12:15Z | 59° 19' N, 1° 2' E | Click for more |
787336 | CTD/STD cast | 1998-10-26 20:22Z | 59° 19' N, 1° 1' E | Click for more |
787348 | CTD/STD cast | 1998-10-26 21:24Z | 59° 19' N, 1° 1' E | Click for more |
787361 | CTD/STD cast | 1998-10-26 22:22Z | 59° 19' N, 1° 1' E | Click for more |
787373 | CTD/STD cast | 1998-10-26 23:27Z | 59° 19' N, 1° 2' E | Click for more |
787385 | CTD/STD cast | 1998-10-27 01:38Z | 59° 19' N, 1° 2' E | Click for more |
787397 | CTD/STD cast | 1998-10-27 02:51Z | 59° 19' N, 1° 1' E | Click for more |
787404 | CTD/STD cast | 1998-10-28 15:28Z | 59° 19' N, 1° 1' E | Click for more |
787416 | CTD/STD cast | 1998-10-28 17:22Z | 59° 18' N, 1° 1' E | Click for more |
787428 | CTD/STD cast | 1998-10-28 20:04Z | 59° 19' N, 1° 1' E | Click for more |
787441 | CTD/STD cast | 1998-10-28 21:44Z | 59° 19' N, 1° 2' E | Click for more |
787453 | CTD/STD cast | 1998-11-01 17:29Z | 59° 19' N, 1° 3' E | Click for more |
787465 | CTD/STD cast | 1998-11-05 21:06Z | 59° 19' N, 1° 0' E | Click for more |
787477 | CTD/STD cast | 1998-11-06 18:28Z | 59° 19' N, 1° 1' E | Click for more |
787489 | CTD/STD cast | 1998-11-07 15:19Z | 59° 17' N, 0° 58' E | Click for more |
787490 | CTD/STD cast | 1998-11-07 16:23Z | 59° 13' N, 0° 50' E | Click for more |
787508 | CTD/STD cast | 1998-11-07 17:11Z | 59° 12' N, 0° 45' E | Click for more |
787521 | CTD/STD cast | 1998-11-07 18:14Z | 59° 7' N, 0° 39' E | Click for more |
787533 | CTD/STD cast | 1998-11-07 19:16Z | 59° 3' N, 0° 33' E | Click for more |
787545 | CTD/STD cast | 1998-11-07 20:19Z | 59° 0' N, 0° 27' E | Click for more |
787557 | CTD/STD cast | 1998-11-07 21:25Z | 58° 56' N, 0° 20' E | Click for more |
787569 | CTD/STD cast | 1998-11-01 23:05Z | 59° 19' N, 1° 1' E | Click for more |
787570 | CTD/STD cast | 1998-11-02 03:09Z | 59° 19' N, 1° 2' E | Click for more |
787582 | CTD/STD cast | 1998-11-02 08:22Z | 59° 20' N, 1° 39' E | Click for more |
787594 | CTD/STD cast | 1998-11-02 23:33Z | 59° 19' N, 1° 0' E | Click for more |
787601 | CTD/STD cast | 1998-11-03 03:15Z | 59° 35' N, 1° 0' E | Click for more |
787613 | CTD/STD cast | 1998-11-04 00:58Z | 59° 18' N, 0° 35' E | Click for more |
787625 | CTD/STD cast | 1998-11-04 06:41Z | 59° 18' N, 0° 49' E | Click for more |
787637 | CTD/STD cast | 1998-11-04 21:14Z | 59° 10' N, 1° 2' E | Click for more |
787649 | CTD/STD cast | 1998-11-05 02:21Z | 58° 55' N, 1° 1' E | Click for more |
787650 | CTD/STD cast | 1998-10-24 13:49Z | 59° 18' N, 1° 1' E | Click for more |
787662 | CTD/STD cast | 1998-10-26 13:51Z | 59° 19' N, 1° 0' E | Click for more |
787674 | CTD/STD cast | 1998-10-26 19:25Z | 59° 19' N, 1° 1' E | Click for more |
787686 | CTD/STD cast | 1998-10-27 00:24Z | 59° 19' N, 1° 2' E | Click for more |
787698 | CTD/STD cast | 1998-10-28 18:47Z | 59° 18' N, 1° 1' E | Click for more |
1259708 | Bottle station | 1998-10-24 13:59Z | 59° 18' N, 1° 1' E | Click for more |
1259721 | Bottle station | 1998-10-25 08:35Z | 59° 18' N, 0° 53' E | Click for more |
1259733 | Bottle station | 1998-10-26 14:00Z | 59° 19' N, 1° 0' E | Click for more |
1259745 | Bottle station | 1998-10-26 20:29Z | 59° 19' N, 1° 1' E | Click for more |
1259757 | Bottle station | 1998-10-26 21:31Z | 59° 19' N, 1° 1' E | Click for more |
1259769 | Bottle station | 1998-10-26 22:29Z | 59° 19' N, 1° 1' E | Click for more |
1259770 | Bottle station | 1998-10-26 23:34Z | 59° 19' N, 1° 2' E | Click for more |
1259782 | Bottle station | 1998-10-27 00:28Z | 59° 19' N, 1° 2' E | Click for more |
1259794 | Bottle station | 1998-10-27 01:44Z | 59° 19' N, 1° 2' E | Click for more |
1259801 | Bottle station | 1998-10-27 02:59Z | 59° 19' N, 1° 1' E | Click for more |
1259813 | Bottle station | 1998-10-28 15:39Z | 59° 19' N, 1° 1' E | Click for more |
1672358 | Pumped water sample | 1998-10-23 12:31Z to 1998-10-28 13:18Z | 59° 13' N to 59° 27' N; 3° 3' W to 1° 4' E | Click for more |
1688822 | Bottle station | 1998-10-24 06:29Z | 59° 19' N, 0° 57' E | Click for more |
1688834 | Bottle station | 1998-10-24 13:59Z | 59° 18' N, 1° 1' E | Click for more |
1688846 | Bottle station | 1998-10-25 08:35Z | 59° 18' N, 0° 53' E | Click for more |
1688858 | Bottle station | 1998-10-26 14:00Z | 59° 19' N, 1° 0' E | Click for more |
1688871 | Bottle station | 1998-10-26 19:30Z | 59° 19' N, 1° 1' E | Click for more |
1688883 | Bottle station | 1998-10-26 20:29Z | 59° 19' N, 1° 1' E | Click for more |
1688895 | Bottle station | 1998-10-26 21:31Z | 59° 19' N, 1° 1' E | Click for more |
1688902 | Bottle station | 1998-10-26 22:29Z | 59° 19' N, 1° 1' E | Click for more |
1688914 | Bottle station | 1998-10-26 23:34Z | 59° 19' N, 1° 2' E | Click for more |
1688926 | Bottle station | 1998-10-27 00:28Z | 59° 19' N, 1° 2' E | Click for more |
1688938 | Bottle station | 1998-10-27 01:44Z | 59° 19' N, 1° 2' E | Click for more |
1688951 | Bottle station | 1998-10-27 02:59Z | 59° 19' N, 1° 1' E | Click for more |
1688963 | Bottle station | 1998-10-28 15:39Z | 59° 19' N, 1° 1' E | Click for more |
1688975 | Bottle station | 1998-10-28 17:30Z | 59° 18' N, 1° 1' E | Click for more |
1688987 | Bottle station | 1998-10-28 18:57Z | 59° 18' N, 1° 1' E | Click for more |
1688999 | Bottle station | 1998-10-28 20:12Z | 59° 19' N, 1° 1' E | Click for more |
1689002 | Bottle station | 1998-10-28 21:51Z | 59° 19' N, 1° 2' E | Click for more |
Project Database
# Events | Gear Type | Parameters Held |
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59 | Sequoia Inst. Laser In Situ particle size profiler |
Transmittance and attenuance of the water column
Temperature of the water column Concentration of suspended particulate material in the water column Suspended particulate material grain size parameters Sediment grain size parameters |
27 | Sample taken from ship's non-toxic supply |
Salinity of the water column
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies |
2 | Sediment-water interfacial sampler | |
60 | CTD frame plus rosette sampler |
Transmittance and attenuance of the water column
Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column Temperature of the water column Salinity of the water column Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column Concentration of suspended particulate material in the water column Silicate concentration parameters in the water column Visible waveband radiance and irradiance measurements in the water column Ammonium and ammonia concentration parameters in water bodies Raw light meter output Density of the water column Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column Metadata parameters Raw fluorometer output Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies |
3 | Underwater camera system | |
2 | Instrument mooring | |
14 | Settling velocity tube |
Suspended particulate material setting velocity parameters
Concentration of suspended particulate material in the water column |
3 | Multicorer |
Concentration of organic matter in sediments
Other fluxes between the bed and the water column Geological sample density Sediment water content, porosity and surface area |
Note: Parameter terms are taken from the BODC Parameter Discovery Vocabulary XML (SKOS)