BODC Cruise Metadata Report for RV Prince Madog (74P2) cruise PD31/02
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 | RV Prince Madog (74P2) cruise PD31/02 |
|---|---|
| Short name | PD31/02 |
| Objectives and Narrative |
1. Recover at 53deg 32'N 3deg 21.8'W:
Sea bed frame with 600 kHz ADCP, pressure recorder, transmissometer+TC logger, and Sea-Bird MicroCat; Single point mooring with TC loggers at 2, 5 and 10 m below surface. 2. Deploy: Sea bed frame with 600 kHz ADCP, pressure recorder, transmissometer+TC logger, and Sea-Bird MicroCat; CEFAS directional waverider (single point mooring); CEFAS SmartBuoy (single point mooring) with TC logger 10 m below surface. 3. Conduct CTD survey of 34 stations every 5 miles covering eastern Irish Sea to determine effects of rivers Dee, Mersey and Ribble on Liverpool Bay. |
| Ship | RV Prince Madog |
| Departure Port | Menai Bridge, United Kingdom |
| Departure Date | 2002-11-13 |
| Arrival Port | Menai Bridge, United Kingdom |
| Arrival Date | 2002-11-14 |
| Principal Scientist(s) | Phil J Knight (Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory) |
| Responsible Organisation | Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory |
| Associated Project(s) | Liverpool Bay Coastal Observatory |
| IHB Sea Areas Visited | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
| Marsden Squares Visited | 181;1 |
| Work Area Description | eastern Irish Sea: Liverpool Bay |
| 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 =
13
Description: Vertical profiles of temperature, salinity, fluorescence, beam transmission, oxygen, pressure |
| Water bottle stations |
Quantity:
number of samples =
22
Description: Reversing thermometer readings and salinity samples. |
Cruise Inventory Mooring/Buoy Operations
| Latitude | Longitude | Data type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 53° 31' N | 3° 21' W | Current profiler (eg ADCP) | Deployment of sea bed frame equipped with 600 kHz ADCP, pressure recorder, transmissometer+TC logger, and Sea-Bird MicroCat at 14:05 13/11/2002 in 24m depth. |
| 53° 31' N | 3° 21' W | Current profiler (eg ADCP) | Recovery of sea bed frame equipped with 600 kHz ADCP, pressure recorder, transmissometer+TC logger, and Sea-Bird MicroCat at 12:43 13/11/2002. |
| 53° 31' N | 3° 21' W | Instrumented wave measurements | Deployment of CEFAS Directional Wave Rider in 26m water depth at 15:47 13/11/2002 |
| 53° 31' N | 3° 22' W | Nitrate | Deployment of CEFAS SmartBuoy no. 12 as a single point mooring with an Aanderaa TC logger 10 m below surface, at 14:51 13/11/2002. |
| 53° 31' N | 3° 22' W | Optics (eg underwater light levels) | Deployment of CEFAS SmartBuoy no. 12 as a single point mooring with an Aanderaa TC logger 10 m below surface, at 14:51 13/11/2002. |
| 53° 31' N | 3° 22' W | Other physical oceanographic measurements | Deployment of CEFAS SmartBuoy no. 12 as a single point mooring with an Aanderaa TC logger 10 m below surface, at 14:51 13/11/2002. |
| 53° 31' N | 3° 21' W | Other physical oceanographic measurements | Deployment of sea bed frame equipped with 600 kHz ADCP, pressure recorder, transmissometer+TC logger, and Sea-Bird MicroCat at 14:05 13/11/2002 in 24m depth. |
| 53° 31' N | 3° 21' W | Other physical oceanographic measurements | Recovery of sea bed frame equipped with 600 kHz ADCP, pressure recorder, transmissometer+TC logger, and Sea-Bird MicroCat at 12:43 13/11/2002. |
| 53° 31' N | 3° 22' W | Other physical oceanographic measurements | Recovery of single point mooring with 3 Aanderaa TC loggers at 2, 5 and 10 m below surface at 14:56 13/11/2002. |
| 53° 31' N | 3° 22' W | Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Deployment of CEFAS SmartBuoy no. 12 as a single point mooring with an Aanderaa TC logger 10 m below surface, at 14:51 13/11/2002. |
| 53° 31' N | 3° 21' W | Sea level (inc. bot. press., inverted echosounder) | Deployment of sea bed frame equipped with 600 kHz ADCP, pressure recorder, transmissometer+TC logger, and Sea-Bird MicroCat at 14:05 13/11/2002 in 24m depth. |
| 53° 31' N | 3° 21' W | Sea level (inc. bot. press., inverted echosounder) | Recovery of sea bed frame equipped with 600 kHz ADCP, pressure recorder, transmissometer+TC logger, and Sea-Bird MicroCat at 12:43 13/11/2002. |
| 53° 31' N | 3° 22' W | Silicate | Deployment of CEFAS SmartBuoy no. 12 as a single point mooring with an Aanderaa TC logger 10 m below surface, at 14:51 13/11/2002. |
| 53° 31' N | 3° 22' W | Suspended matter | Deployment of CEFAS SmartBuoy no. 12 as a single point mooring with an Aanderaa TC logger 10 m below surface, at 14:51 13/11/2002. |
| 53° 31' N | 3° 21' W | Transparency (eg transmissometer) | Deployment of sea bed frame equipped with 600 kHz ADCP, pressure recorder, transmissometer+TC logger, and Sea-Bird MicroCat at 14:05 13/11/2002 in 24m depth. |
| 53° 31' N | 3° 21' W | Transparency (eg transmissometer) | Recovery of sea bed frame equipped with 600 kHz ADCP, pressure recorder, transmissometer+TC logger, and Sea-Bird MicroCat at 12:43 13/11/2002. |
| 53° 31' N | 3° 22' W | Water bottle stations | Deployment of CEFAS SmartBuoy no. 12 as a single point mooring with an Aanderaa TC logger 10 m below surface, at 14:51 13/11/2002. |
Summary of BODC Data Holdings for the Cruise
National Oceanographic Database
Summary
| # Series | Instrument Description | Parameters |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Acoustic doppler current profiler |
Date and time Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents) Metadata parameters Sea level Vertical spatial coordinates Vertical velocity of the water column (currents) |
| 7 | Bottle station |
Ammonium and ammonia concentration parameters in water bodies Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column Nitrite 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 |
| 7 | Bottle station |
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies Phaeopigment concentrations in the water column Quality control flags Reference numbers Vertical spatial coordinates |
| 1 | Bottom pressure sensor tide gauge |
Date and time Reference numbers Sea level Temperature of the water column |
| 1 | Fluorometers |
Date and time Raw fluorometer output Reference numbers |
| 1 | In-situ nutrient analyser |
Date and time Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column Reference numbers |
| 1 | In-situ nutrient analyser |
Concentration of suspended particulate material in the water column Date and time Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column Reference numbers Silicate concentration parameters in the water column |
| 1 | Moored CTD |
Date and time Electrical conductivity of the water column Reference numbers Salinity of the water column Temperature of the water column |
| 1 | Moored CTD |
Date and time Electrical conductivity of the water column Reference numbers Salinity of the water column Sea level Temperature of the water column |
| 1 | Nephelometers and optical backscatter sensors |
Concentration of suspended particulate material in the water column Date and time Reference numbers |
| 1 | Paddle wheel current meter |
Date and time Electrical conductivity of the water column Reference numbers Salinity of the water column Temperature of the water column |
| 1 | Paddle wheel current meter |
Date and time Electrical conductivity of the water column Reference numbers Salinity of the water column Sea level Temperature of the water column Transmittance and attenuance of the water column |
| 1 | radiometers |
Date and time Reference numbers 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 646065 | Bottom pressure sensor tide gauge | 2002-11-13 14:10Z to 2002-12-12 13:50Z | 53° 31' N, 3° 21' W | Click for more |
| 646194 | Paddle wheel current meter | 2002-11-13 14:55Z to 2002-12-06 16:45Z | 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W | Click for more |
| 646201 | Moored CTD | 2002-11-13 14:10Z to 2002-12-12 13:50Z | 53° 31' N, 3° 21' W | Click for more |
| 646317 | Paddle wheel current meter | 2002-11-13 14:15Z to 2002-12-12 13:55Z | 53° 31' N, 3° 21' W | Click for more |
| 1193204 | Fluorometers | 2002-11-13 22:00Z to 2002-12-13 10:30Z | 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W | Click for more |
| 1193216 | Nephelometers and optical backscatter sensors | 2002-11-13 15:00Z to 2002-12-13 10:30Z | 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W | Click for more |
| 1193228 | In-situ nutrient analyser | 2002-11-13 16:00Z to 2002-12-13 10:00Z | 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W | Click for more |
| 1193241 | radiometers | 2002-11-13 15:00Z to 2002-12-13 10:30Z | 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W | Click for more |
| 1193253 | In-situ nutrient analyser | 2002-11-14 00:00Z to 2002-12-13 00:00Z | 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W | Click for more |
| 1195259 | Moored CTD | 2002-11-13 15:00Z to 2002-12-13 10:30Z | 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W | Click for more |
| 1313435 | Bottle station | 2002-11-13 16:08Z | 53° 31' N, 3° 21' W | Click for more |
| 1313447 | Bottle station | 2002-11-13 16:49Z | 53° 27' N, 3° 22' W | Click for more |
| 1313459 | Bottle station | 2002-11-13 20:27Z | 53° 51' N, 3° 22' W | Click for more |
| 1313460 | Bottle station | 2002-11-13 21:09Z | 53° 47' N, 3° 22' W | Click for more |
| 1313472 | Bottle station | 2002-11-13 21:51Z | 53° 42' N, 3° 22' W | Click for more |
| 1313484 | Bottle station | 2002-11-13 22:37Z | 53° 37' N, 3° 22' W | Click for more |
| 1313496 | Bottle station | 2002-11-13 23:24Z | 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W | Click for more |
| 1623875 | Acoustic doppler current profiler | 2002-11-13 14:15Z to 2002-12-12 13:55Z | 53° 31' N, 3° 21' W | Click for more |
| 1665233 | Bottle station | 2002-11-13 16:08Z | 53° 31' N, 3° 21' W | Click for more |
| 1665245 | Bottle station | 2002-11-13 16:49Z | 53° 27' N, 3° 22' W | Click for more |
| 1665257 | Bottle station | 2002-11-13 20:27Z | 53° 51' N, 3° 22' W | Click for more |
| 1665269 | Bottle station | 2002-11-13 21:09Z | 53° 47' N, 3° 22' W | Click for more |
| 1665270 | Bottle station | 2002-11-13 21:51Z | 53° 42' N, 3° 22' W | Click for more |
| 1665282 | Bottle station | 2002-11-13 22:37Z | 53° 37' N, 3° 22' W | Click for more |
| 1665294 | Bottle station | 2002-11-13 23:24Z | 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W | Click for more |
Project Database
| # Events | Gear Type | Parameters Held |
|---|---|---|
| 15 | CTD frame plus rosette sampler |
Transmittance and attenuance of the water column
Nitrite concentration parameters in the water column Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column Salinity of the water column Temperature 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 Ammonium and ammonia concentration parameters in water bodies Density of the water column Phaeopigment concentrations in the water column Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column Raw fluorometer output Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies |
| 2 | Instrument mooring |
Note: Parameter terms are taken from the BODC Parameter Discovery Vocabulary XML (SKOS)
