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BODC Cruise Metadata Report for RV Corystes (74RY) cruise COR11/02

Introduction

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

Cruise Inventory Information

Long name RV Corystes (74RY) cruise COR11/02
Short name COR11/02
Objectives and Narrative a) A better understanding of the circulation processes of the southern and central North Sea in order to characterise the transport of nutrients from UK waters.
b) Improved knowledge of the processes that determine areas of strong phytoplankton production in the vicinity of the cold pool region south-east of the Dogger Bank.

The main sampling aims of the cruise were to:
1) Recover the free-floating satellite-tracked buoys deployed during cruise Corystes 8/02.
2) Undertake Scanfish and CTD surveys to collect information on the water column structure in relation to nutrient and plankton dynamics.
3) Conduct productivity experiments and assess nutrient uptake.
Ship RV Corystes
Departure Port Lowestoft, United Kingdom
Departure Date 2002-08-13
Arrival Port Lowestoft, United Kingdom
Arrival Date 2002-08-24
Principal Scientist(s) Kenneth J Medler (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 216
Work Area Description southern 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 = 11
Description: Vertical CTD profiles with PAR, SPM, chlorophyll sensors  
Current profiler (eg ADCP) Quantity: activity duration in days = 10
Description: Underway current profiling - vessel mounted ADCP  
Optics (eg underwater light levels) Quantity: number of stations = 11
Description: Vertical CTD profiles with PAR, SPM, chlorophyll sensors  
Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements Quantity: track kilometres = 2020
Description: Scanfish undulating towed body with temperature, conductivity, PAR and chlorophyll sensors  
Surface measurements underway (T,S) Quantity: activity duration in days = 10
Description: Logged near-surface hull PRT and salinity  
Water bottle stations Quantity: number of samples = 125
Description: Near-surface samples for chlorophyll, salinity and nutrients analyses  
Chemical oceanography  
Ammonia Quantity: number of stations = 11
Description: General oceanics sampler to collect samples during ascent at each CTD station for calibration of sensors plus nutrients analyses  
Nitrate Quantity: number of stations = 11
Description: General oceanics sampler to collect samples during ascent at each CTD station for calibration of sensors plus nutrients analyses  
Nitrite Quantity: number of stations = 11
Description: General oceanics sampler to collect samples during ascent at each CTD station for calibration of sensors plus nutrients analyses  
Oxygen Quantity: number of stations = 11
Description: General oceanics sampler to collect samples during ascent at each CTD station for calibration of sensors plus nutrients analyses  
Phosphate Quantity: number of stations = 11
Description: General oceanics sampler to collect samples during ascent at each CTD station for calibration of sensors plus nutrients analyses  
Silicate Quantity: number of stations = 11
Description: General oceanics sampler to collect samples during ascent at each CTD station for calibration of sensors plus nutrients analyses  
Contamination  
Suspended matter Quantity: number of stations = 11
Description: General oceanics sampler to collect samples during ascent at each CTD station for calibration of sensors plus nutrients analyses  
Suspended matter Quantity: number of stations = 11
Description: Vertical CTD profiles with PAR, SPM, chlorophyll sensors  
Biology and fisheries  
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) Quantity: number of stations = 11
Description: General oceanics sampler to collect samples during ascent at each CTD station for calibration of sensors plus nutrients analyses  
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) Quantity: number of stations = 11
Description: Vertical CTD profiles with PAR, SPM, chlorophyll sensors  
Geology and geophysics  
Core - soft bottom Quantity: number of cores = 17
Description: Seabed samples for sediment chlorophyll and pore water nutrients analyses  

Cruise Inventory Mooring/Buoy Operations

Latitude Longitude Data type Description
55° 40' N 4° 0' E Surface drifters/drifting buoys Satellite tracked free drifting buoys with drogues centred near 25m, deployed during cruise Corystes 8/02 between 29 June and 08 July at positions indicated, recovered during cruise Corystes 11/02 between 04 and 18 August
55° 25' N 4° 25' E Surface drifters/drifting buoys Satellite tracked free drifting buoys with drogues centred near 25m, deployed during cruise Corystes 8/02 between 29 June and 08 July at positions indicated, recovered during cruise Corystes 11/02 between 04 and 18 August
55° 19' N 4° 0' E Surface drifters/drifting buoys Satellite tracked free drifting buoys with drogues centred near 25m, deployed during cruise Corystes 8/02 between 29 June and 08 July at positions indicated, recovered during cruise Corystes 11/02 between 04 and 18 August
54° 55' N 3° 19' E Surface drifters/drifting buoys Satellite tracked free drifting buoys with drogues centred near 25m, deployed during cruise Corystes 8/02 between 29 June and 08 July at positions indicated, recovered during cruise Corystes 11/02 between 04 and 18 August
54° 58' N 3° 16' E Surface drifters/drifting buoys Satellite tracked free drifting buoys with drogues centred near 25m, deployed during cruise Corystes 8/02 between 29 June and 08 July at positions indicated, recovered during cruise Corystes 11/02 between 04 and 18 August
54° 30' N 3° 56' E Surface drifters/drifting buoys Satellite tracked free drifting buoys with drogues centred near 25m, deployed during cruise Corystes 8/02 between 29 June and 08 July at positions indicated, recovered during cruise Corystes 11/02 between 04 and 18 August
53° 52' N 3° 51' E Surface drifters/drifting buoys Satellite tracked free drifting buoys with drogues centred near 25m, deployed during cruise Corystes 8/02 between 29 June and 08 July at positions indicated, recovered during cruise Corystes 11/02 between 04 and 18 August
54° 19' N 3° 40' E Surface drifters/drifting buoys Satellite tracked free drifting buoys with drogues centred near 25m, deployed during cruise Corystes 8/02 between 29 June and 08 July at positions indicated, recovered during cruise Corystes 11/02 between 04 and 18 August
54° 19' N 4° 10' E Surface drifters/drifting buoys Satellite tracked free drifting buoys with drogues centred near 25m, deployed during cruise Corystes 8/02 between 29 June and 08 July at positions indicated, recovered during cruise Corystes 11/02 between 04 and 18 August
53° 52' N 4° 39' E Surface drifters/drifting buoys Satellite tracked free drifting buoys with drogues centred near 25m, deployed during cruise Corystes 8/02 between 29 June and 08 July at positions indicated, recovered during cruise Corystes 11/02 between 04 and 18 August
53° 46' N 4° 44' E Surface drifters/drifting buoys Satellite tracked free drifting buoys with drogues centred near 25m, deployed during cruise Corystes 8/02 between 29 June and 08 July at positions indicated, recovered during cruise Corystes 11/02 between 04 and 18 August
53° 40' N 4° 50' E Surface drifters/drifting buoys Satellite tracked free drifting buoys with drogues centred near 25m, deployed during cruise Corystes 8/02 between 29 June and 08 July at positions indicated, recovered during cruise Corystes 11/02 between 04 and 18 August
54° 42' N 3° 42' E Surface drifters/drifting buoys Satellite tracked free drifting buoys with drogues centred near 25m, deployed during cruise Corystes 8/02 between 29 June and 08 July at positions indicated, recovered during cruise Corystes 11/02 between 04 and 18 August

Summary of BODC Data Holdings for the Cruise

National Oceanographic Database

Summary

# Series Instrument Description Parameters
11 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
Reference numbers
Salinity of the water column
Sound velocity and travel time in the water column
Temperature of the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
Visible waveband radiance and irradiance measurements in the atmosphere
1 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
Reference numbers
Salinity of the water column
Sound velocity and travel time in 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  
741615 CTD/STD cast 2002-08-15 22:01Z 54° 57' N, 4° 15' E Click for more
741627 CTD/STD cast 2002-08-15 23:06Z 54° 57' N, 4° 15' E Click for more
741639 CTD/STD cast 2002-08-19 01:57Z 55° 19' N, 4° 20' E Click for more
741640 CTD/STD cast 2002-08-20 07:10Z 55° 6' N, 4° 32' E Click for more
741652 CTD/STD cast 2002-08-20 08:30Z 55° 7' N, 4° 28' E Click for more
741664 CTD/STD cast 2002-08-20 09:38Z 55° 8' N, 4° 24' E Click for more
741676 CTD/STD cast 2002-08-20 10:45Z 55° 9' N, 4° 19' E Click for more
741688 CTD/STD cast 2002-08-20 12:05Z 55° 12' N, 4° 10' E Click for more
741707 CTD/STD cast 2002-08-20 13:29Z 55° 13' N, 4° 1' E Click for more
741719 CTD/STD cast 2002-08-20 14:41Z 55° 15' N, 3° 53' E Click for more
741720 CTD/STD cast 2002-08-20 16:29Z 55° 18' N, 3° 43' E Click for more
741732 CTD/STD cast 2002-08-21 02:34Z 55° 7' N, 4° 28' E Click for more

Project Database

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

References

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Reports

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