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BODC Cruise Metadata Report for FRV Scotia (748S) cruise 1203S

Introduction

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

Cruise Inventory Information

Long name FRV Scotia (748S) cruise 1203S
Short name 1203S
Objectives and Narrative 1. To undertake an internationally co-ordinated demersal trawling survey of the North Sea.
2. To obtain temperature and salinity profiles at each trawling station.
3. To carry out benthic sampling along the track of as many trawl stations as possible.
4. To obtain (20 * 25 litres) low nutrient seawater from statistical rectangle 45F1/.

One trawl haul of 30 minutes duration carried out at each station.
Ship FRV Scotia
Departure Port Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Departure Date 2003-07-31
Arrival Port Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Arrival Date 2003-08-26
Principal Scientist(s) Kenneth A Coull (Fisheries Research Services Aberdeen Marine Laboratory)
Responsible Organisation Fisheries Research Services Aberdeen Marine Laboratory
Associated Project(s) Quarter 3 North Sea Groundfish Survey
IHB Sea Areas Visited North Sea, North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W)
Marsden Squares Visited 181;1/181;3/216;1/216;2/216;3/216;4/217;1/252;1
Work Area Description North Sea and area around Shetland Islands
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 = 96
Description: CTD deployed at each trawl position.  
Surface measurements underway (T,S) Quantity: activity duration in days = 27
Description: Thermosalinograph run continously.  
Biology and fisheries  
Demersal fish Quantity: number of hauls = 96
Description: One haul of 30 minutes' duration carried out at each station. Length, frequency and age data collected for cod, haddock, whiting, saithe, Norway pout, sprat, herring and mackerel.  
Pelagic fish Quantity: number of hauls = 96
Description: One haul of 30 minutes' duration carried out at each station. Length, frequency and age data collected for cod, haddock, whiting, saithe, Norway pout, sprat, herring and mackerel.  
Phytoplankton Quantity: number of stations = 35
Description: Grab and dredge samples collected at each station. All species identified, measured and numbers recorded.  
Zooplankton Quantity: number of stations = 35
Description: Grab and dredge samples collected at each station. All species identified, measured and numbers record  

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
95 CTD/STD cast Density of the water column
Electrical conductivity 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
1 Paddle wheel current meter Date and time
Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents)
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of 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  
628913 CTD/STD cast 2003-07-31 14:05Z 57° 4' N, 1° 51' W Click for more
628925 CTD/STD cast 2003-07-31 18:10Z 57° 5' N, 1° 52' W Click for more
628937 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-01 04:49Z 57° 15' N, 0° 46' W Click for more
628949 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-01 07:19Z 57° 16' N, 0° 45' W Click for more
628950 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-01 10:21Z 57° 31' N, 1° 16' W Click for more
628962 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-01 12:02Z 57° 31' N, 1° 15' W Click for more
628974 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-01 16:01Z 57° 46' N, 0° 30' W Click for more
628986 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-01 17:59Z 57° 46' N, 0° 29' W Click for more
628998 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-02 05:35Z 58° 4' N, 0° 18' E Click for more
629001 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-02 08:10Z 58° 6' N, 0° 2' W Click for more
629013 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-02 13:12Z 58° 2' N, 1° 5' W Click for more
629025 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-02 18:48Z 57° 51' N, 2° 35' W Click for more
629037 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-03 06:47Z 57° 50' N, 2° 34' W Click for more
629049 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-03 08:16Z 57° 52' N, 3° 1' W Click for more
629050 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-03 10:57Z 58° 9' N, 3° 7' W Click for more
629062 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-03 13:11Z 58° 19' N, 2° 45' W Click for more
629074 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-03 17:03Z 58° 48' N, 2° 24' W Click for more
629086 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-03 19:10Z 59° 0' N, 2° 12' W Click for more
629098 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-04 04:14Z 58° 44' N, 1° 40' W Click for more
629105 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-04 08:43Z 58° 50' N, 0° 43' W Click for more
629117 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-04 10:38Z 59° 1' N, 0° 46' W Click for more
629129 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-04 13:52Z 59° 13' N, 1° 29' W Click for more
629130 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-04 18:53Z 59° 58' N, 1° 27' W Click for more
629142 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-05 03:26Z 60° 0' N, 1° 27' W Click for more
629154 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-05 08:55Z 59° 56' N, 2° 12' W Click for more
629166 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-05 13:32Z 60° 17' N, 2° 45' W Click for more
629178 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-05 18:14Z 60° 52' N, 1° 57' W Click for more
629191 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-06 04:17Z 60° 48' N, 0° 37' W Click for more
629209 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-06 11:13Z 60° 58' N, 0° 33' E Click for more
629210 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-06 16:36Z 60° 45' N, 1° 7' E Click for more
629222 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-06 20:25Z 60° 33' N, 2° 3' E Click for more
629234 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-07 04:54Z 59° 45' N, 2° 24' E Click for more
629246 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-07 09:02Z 59° 42' N, 3° 9' E Click for more
629258 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-07 13:59Z 58° 54' N, 3° 24' E Click for more
629271 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-07 17:13Z 58° 47' N, 2° 36' E Click for more
629283 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-08 05:11Z 59° 43' N, 1° 28' E Click for more
629295 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-08 09:44Z 59° 42' N, 0° 20' E Click for more
629302 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-08 13:41Z 60° 8' N, 0° 27' W Click for more
629314 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-08 16:55Z 59° 43' N, 0° 19' W Click for more
629326 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-09 05:22Z 58° 52' N, 0° 52' E Click for more
629338 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-09 07:49Z 58° 50' N, 1° 7' E Click for more
629351 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-09 15:35Z 57° 41' N, 2° 6' E Click for more
629363 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-09 17:10Z 57° 41' N, 2° 6' E Click for more
629375 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-10 02:41Z 57° 42' N, 1° 18' E Click for more
629387 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-10 08:39Z 57° 40' N, 1° 21' E Click for more
629399 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-10 11:20Z 57° 35' N, 0° 49' E Click for more
629406 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-10 13:41Z 57° 34' N, 0° 49' E Click for more
629418 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-12 12:25Z 56° 43' N, 2° 15' W Click for more
629431 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-12 17:37Z 56° 15' N, 2° 4' W Click for more
629443 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-12 19:03Z 56° 25' N, 1° 53' W Click for more
629455 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-13 05:32Z 55° 52' N, 1° 7' W Click for more
629467 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-13 10:41Z 56° 17' N, 0° 52' W Click for more
629479 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-13 13:47Z 56° 38' N, 1° 14' W Click for more
629480 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-13 17:43Z 56° 46' N, 0° 19' W Click for more
629492 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-14 17:27Z 56° 25' N, 0° 13' E Click for more
629511 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-15 03:25Z 55° 55' N, 0° 26' W Click for more
629523 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-15 08:45Z 55° 45' N, 0° 10' E Click for more
629535 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-15 14:44Z 56° 16' N, 1° 22' E Click for more
629547 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-15 17:15Z 56° 30' N, 1° 10' E Click for more
629559 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-16 04:57Z 56° 6' N, 2° 22' E Click for more
629560 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-16 09:59Z 56° 45' N, 2° 25' E Click for more
629572 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-16 13:48Z 56° 44' N, 3° 28' E Click for more
629584 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-16 16:55Z 56° 20' N, 3° 37' E Click for more
629596 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-17 02:00Z 56° 41' N, 4° 6' E Click for more
629603 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-17 08:42Z 57° 6' N, 4° 18' E Click for more
629615 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-17 10:14Z 57° 6' N, 4° 18' E Click for more
629627 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-17 13:35Z 57° 17' N, 5° 7' E Click for more
629639 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-17 15:30Z 57° 18' N, 5° 6' E Click for more
629640 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-18 04:10Z 57° 13' N, 4° 32' E Click for more
629652 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-18 09:54Z 56° 6' N, 5° 48' E Click for more
629664 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-18 12:52Z 56° 10' N, 6° 28' E Click for more
629676 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-18 16:27Z 56° 9' N, 7° 22' E Click for more
629688 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-20 18:28Z 55° 20' N, 7° 8' E Click for more
629707 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-20 20:49Z 55° 16' N, 6° 39' E Click for more
629719 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-21 06:32Z 54° 22' N, 7° 11' E Click for more
629720 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-21 09:33Z 54° 18' N, 6° 34' E Click for more
629732 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-21 13:47Z 54° 17' N, 5° 42' E Click for more
629744 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-21 18:41Z 54° 15' N, 4° 28' E Click for more
629756 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-22 05:09Z 55° 6' N, 5° 11' E Click for more
629768 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-22 09:36Z 55° 12' N, 4° 17' E Click for more
629781 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-22 13:20Z 55° 13' N, 3° 31' E Click for more
629793 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-22 17:29Z 55° 12' N, 2° 37' E Click for more
629800 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-22 20:30Z 54° 49' N, 2° 34' E Click for more
629812 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-23 04:36Z 54° 25' N, 3° 37' E Click for more
629824 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-23 08:39Z 54° 18' N, 2° 46' E Click for more
629836 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-23 15:00Z 54° 24' N, 1° 11' E Click for more
629848 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-23 17:31Z 54° 21' N, 0° 42' E Click for more
629861 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-24 01:05Z 54° 43' N, 1° 1' E Click for more
629873 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-24 08:28Z 54° 47' N, 0° 28' E Click for more
629885 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-24 11:03Z 54° 49' N, 0° 8' W Click for more
629897 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-24 13:37Z 55° 3' N, 0° 15' W Click for more
629904 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-24 16:51Z 55° 24' N, 0° 5' E Click for more
629916 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-25 02:19Z 55° 27' N, 1° 20' E Click for more
629928 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-25 08:33Z 55° 33' N, 1° 40' E Click for more
629941 CTD/STD cast 2003-08-25 11:00Z 55° 39' N, 2° 10' E Click for more
636151 Paddle wheel current meter 2003-08-11 15:40Z to 2003-08-26 15:20Z 56° 1' N, 3° 35' W Click for more

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