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BODC Cruise Metadata Report for RV Prince Madog (74P2) cruise PD18/04

Introduction

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

Cruise Inventory Information

Long name RV Prince Madog (74P2) cruise PD18/04
Short name PD18/04
Objectives and Narrative A) To service an ADCP and a SmartBuoy at 53 32 N 3 21.8 W.
B) To obtain CTD profiles and water samples at the Coastal Observatory sites.
C) 25 hour CTD and water sample station at 53 32 N 3 21.8 W.
D) Side scan sonar survey in the vicinity of 53 32 N 3 21.8 W.
The cruise is the seventeenth in a series starting in August 2002 to maintain the moorings in objective (A) and to steam round the CTD grid in Liverpool Bay/the eastern Irish Sea, objective (B).
Ship RV Prince Madog
Departure Port Menai Bridge, United Kingdom
Departure Date 2004-05-11
Arrival Port Menai Bridge, United Kingdom
Arrival Date 2004-05-14
Principal Scientist(s) M John Howarth (Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory)
Responsible Organisation Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory
Associated Project(s)
IHB Sea Areas Visited Irish Sea and St. George's Channel
Marsden Squares Visited 181;1
Work Area Description Liverpool Bay/eastern Irish 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 profiles = 87
Description: Seabird CTD  
Optics (eg underwater light levels) Quantity: number of profiles = 87
Description: Irradiance sensors on CTD  
Surface measurements underway (T,S) Quantity: track kilometres = 550
Description: Underway thermosalinograph  
Transparency (eg transmissometer) Quantity: track kilometres = 550
Description: Underway transmissometer  
Transparency (eg transmissometer) Quantity: number of profiles = 87
Description: Transmissometer and LISST on CTD  
Water bottle stations Quantity: number of stations = 60
Description: Lab analysis for nitrate (H24), phosphate (H22), silicate (H26), near bed & near surface  
Contamination  
Suspended matter Quantity: number of stations = 44
Description: Filtration of near surface and near bed water samples  
Biology and fisheries  
Phytoplankton Quantity: number of stations = 32
Description: Lab analysis for phytoplankton from water bottle samples  
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) Quantity: track kilometres = 550
Description: Underway fluorimeter  
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) Quantity: number of profiles = 87
Description: Fluorometer on CTD  
Zooplankton Quantity: number of hauls = 10
Description: Vertical net hauls for zooplankton  
Meteorology  
Incident radiation Quantity: track kilometres = 68
Description: Underway surface irradiance and PAR measurement  
Routine standard measurements Quantity: activity duration in hours = 68
Description: Met station (wind, atmospheric pressure, air temperature, humidity)  
Geology and geophysics  
Grab Quantity: number of stations = 14
Description: Grab  
Long/short range side scan sonar Quantity: track kilometres = 105
Description: Side scan sonar  

Cruise Inventory Mooring/Buoy Operations

Latitude Longitude Data type Description
53° 31' N 3° 21' W Current profiler (eg ADCP) 600 kHz ADCP in a sea bed frame, 10 min averages 35 x 1m bins from 2.65 mab. turn round
53° 31' N 3° 21' W Nitrate Buoy mounted nutrient analyser and water sampler. Recovery and deployment.
53° 31' N 3° 21' W Nitrite Buoy mounted nutrient ananlyser and water sampler. Recovery and deployment.
53° 31' N 3° 21' W Optics (eg underwater light levels) Buoy mounted subsurace irradiance sensors. Recovery and deployment.
53° 31' N 3° 21' W Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) Buoy mounted fluorometer. Recovery and deployment.
53° 31' N 3° 21' W Sea level (inc. bot. press., inverted echosounder) Bottom pressure recorder. Recovery and deployment.
53° 31' N 3° 21' W Silicate Buoy mounted nutrient analyser and water sampler. Recovery and deployment.
53° 31' N 3° 21' W Transparency (eg transmissometer) SeaTech 25 cm transmissometer on a bottom frame. Recovery and deployment.

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)
59 Bottle station 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
34 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
32 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 Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies
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
Moored instrument depth
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
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
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
1 Paddle wheel current meter Date and time
Reference numbers
Sea level
Temperature of the water column
Transmittance and attenuance of the water column
1 Water temperature and/or salinity monitor Date and time
Electrical conductivity of the water column
Reference numbers
Salinity of the water column
Sea level
Temperature of the water column
2 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  
664152 Bottom pressure sensor tide gauge 2004-05-11 12:10Z to 2004-06-09 11:30Z 53° 31' N, 3° 21' W Click for more
664164 Paddle wheel current meter 2004-05-11 12:55Z to 2004-06-09 12:55Z 53° 31' N, 3° 21' W Click for more
664176 Moored CTD 2004-05-11 12:50Z to 2004-06-09 12:50Z 53° 31' N, 3° 21' W Click for more
664188 Water temperature and/or salinity monitor 2004-05-11 12:10Z to 2004-06-09 11:30Z 53° 31' N, 3° 21' W Click for more
664207 Paddle wheel current meter 2004-05-11 12:15Z to 2004-06-09 11:35Z 53° 31' N, 3° 21' W Click for more
1194115 Moored CTD 2004-05-11 13:00Z to 2004-06-09 12:30Z 53° 31' N, 3° 21' W Click for more
1194127 Fluorometers 2004-05-11 13:00Z to 2004-06-09 12:30Z 53° 31' N, 3° 21' W Click for more
1194139 Nephelometers and optical backscatter sensors 2004-05-11 13:00Z to 2004-06-09 12:30Z 53° 31' N, 3° 21' W Click for more
1194140 In-situ nutrient analyser 2004-05-11 14:00Z to 2004-06-09 12:00Z 53° 31' N, 3° 21' W Click for more
1194152 radiometers 2004-05-11 13:00Z to 2004-06-09 12:30Z 53° 31' N, 3° 21' W Click for more
1194164 radiometers 2004-05-11 13:00Z to 2004-06-09 12:30Z 53° 31' N, 3° 21' W Click for more
1194176 In-situ nutrient analyser 2004-05-13 00:00Z to 2004-06-08 00:00Z 53° 31' N, 3° 21' W Click for more
1343640 Bottle station 2004-05-11 15:12Z 53° 31' N, 3° 21' W Click for more
1343652 Bottle station 2004-05-11 19:11Z 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1343664 Bottle station 2004-05-11 20:04Z 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1343676 Bottle station 2004-05-11 21:04Z 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1343688 Bottle station 2004-05-11 22:02Z 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1343707 Bottle station 2004-05-11 23:03Z 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1343719 Bottle station 2004-05-12 00:02Z 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1343720 Bottle station 2004-05-12 01:05Z 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1343732 Bottle station 2004-05-12 02:03Z 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1343744 Bottle station 2004-05-12 03:04Z 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1343756 Bottle station 2004-05-12 04:05Z 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1343768 Bottle station 2004-05-12 05:06Z 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1343781 Bottle station 2004-05-12 06:05Z 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1343793 Bottle station 2004-05-12 07:04Z 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1343800 Bottle station 2004-05-12 08:03Z 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1343812 Bottle station 2004-05-12 09:02Z 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1343824 Bottle station 2004-05-12 10:03Z 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1343836 Bottle station 2004-05-12 11:04Z 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1343848 Bottle station 2004-05-12 12:03Z 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1343861 Bottle station 2004-05-12 13:04Z 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1343873 Bottle station 2004-05-12 14:04Z 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1343885 Bottle station 2004-05-12 15:04Z 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1343897 Bottle station 2004-05-12 16:04Z 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1343904 Bottle station 2004-05-12 17:05Z 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1343916 Bottle station 2004-05-12 18:05Z 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1343928 Bottle station 2004-05-12 19:03Z 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1343941 Bottle station 2004-05-12 20:02Z 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1343953 Bottle station 2004-05-13 10:56Z 53° 27' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1343965 Bottle station 2004-05-13 12:37Z 53° 32' N, 3° 15' W Click for more
1343977 Bottle station 2004-05-13 13:14Z 53° 37' N, 3° 13' W Click for more
1343989 Bottle station 2004-05-13 13:53Z 53° 42' N, 3° 13' W Click for more
1343990 Bottle station 2004-05-13 14:31Z 53° 46' N, 3° 13' W Click for more
1344004 Bottle station 2004-05-13 15:19Z 53° 51' N, 3° 21' W Click for more
1344016 Bottle station 2004-05-13 15:53Z 53° 46' N, 3° 21' W Click for more
1344028 Bottle station 2004-05-13 16:30Z 53° 42' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1344041 Bottle station 2004-05-13 17:06Z 53° 37' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1344053 Bottle station 2004-05-13 17:59Z 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1344065 Bottle station 2004-05-13 18:47Z 53° 27' N, 3° 30' W Click for more
1344077 Bottle station 2004-05-13 19:25Z 53° 31' N, 3° 30' W Click for more
1344089 Bottle station 2004-05-13 20:04Z 53° 36' N, 3° 30' W Click for more
1344090 Bottle station 2004-05-13 20:44Z 53° 42' N, 3° 30' W Click for more
1344108 Bottle station 2004-05-13 21:22Z 53° 46' N, 3° 30' W Click for more
1344121 Bottle station 2004-05-13 21:59Z 53° 46' N, 3° 38' W Click for more
1344133 Bottle station 2004-05-13 22:39Z 53° 42' N, 3° 39' W Click for more
1344145 Bottle station 2004-05-13 23:17Z 53° 37' N, 3° 39' W Click for more
1344157 Bottle station 2004-05-14 00:02Z 53° 31' N, 3° 38' W Click for more
1344169 Bottle station 2004-05-14 00:43Z 53° 27' N, 3° 39' W Click for more
1344170 Bottle station 2004-05-14 01:20Z 53° 22' N, 3° 38' W Click for more
1344182 Bottle station 2004-05-14 01:59Z 53° 23' N, 3° 47' W Click for more
1344194 Bottle station 2004-05-14 02:31Z 53° 27' N, 3° 47' W Click for more
1344201 Bottle station 2004-05-14 03:11Z 53° 31' N, 3° 47' W Click for more
1344213 Bottle station 2004-05-14 03:52Z 53° 37' N, 3° 47' W Click for more
1344225 Bottle station 2004-05-14 04:29Z 53° 42' N, 3° 47' W Click for more
1344237 Bottle station 2004-05-14 05:07Z 53° 46' N, 3° 47' W Click for more
1344249 Bottle station 2004-05-14 05:51Z 53° 46' N, 3° 55' W Click for more
1344250 Bottle station 2004-05-14 06:29Z 53° 42' N, 3° 54' W Click for more
1344262 Bottle station 2004-05-14 07:12Z 53° 37' N, 3° 55' W Click for more
1344274 Bottle station 2004-05-14 07:56Z 53° 31' N, 3° 55' W Click for more
1344286 Bottle station 2004-05-14 08:38Z 53° 27' N, 3° 55' W Click for more
1351258 Bottle station 2004-05-11 11:05Z 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1351271 Bottle station 2004-05-11 15:12Z 53° 31' N, 3° 21' W Click for more
1351283 Bottle station 2004-05-11 19:11Z 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1351295 Bottle station 2004-05-11 20:04Z 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1351302 Bottle station 2004-05-11 21:04Z 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1351314 Bottle station 2004-05-11 22:02Z 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1351326 Bottle station 2004-05-11 23:03Z 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1351338 Bottle station 2004-05-12 00:02Z 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1351351 Bottle station 2004-05-12 01:05Z 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1351363 Bottle station 2004-05-12 02:03Z 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1351375 Bottle station 2004-05-12 03:04Z 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1351387 Bottle station 2004-05-12 04:05Z 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1351399 Bottle station 2004-05-12 05:06Z 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1351406 Bottle station 2004-05-12 06:05Z 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1351418 Bottle station 2004-05-12 07:04Z 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1351431 Bottle station 2004-05-12 08:03Z 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1351443 Bottle station 2004-05-12 09:02Z 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1351455 Bottle station 2004-05-12 10:03Z 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1351467 Bottle station 2004-05-12 11:04Z 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1351479 Bottle station 2004-05-12 12:03Z 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1351480 Bottle station 2004-05-12 13:04Z 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1351492 Bottle station 2004-05-12 14:04Z 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1351511 Bottle station 2004-05-12 15:04Z 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1351523 Bottle station 2004-05-12 16:04Z 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1351535 Bottle station 2004-05-12 17:05Z 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1351547 Bottle station 2004-05-12 18:05Z 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1351559 Bottle station 2004-05-12 19:03Z 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1351560 Bottle station 2004-05-12 20:02Z 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1351572 Bottle station 2004-05-13 10:56Z 53° 27' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1351584 Bottle station 2004-05-13 15:19Z 53° 51' N, 3° 21' W Click for more
1351596 Bottle station 2004-05-13 15:53Z 53° 46' N, 3° 21' W Click for more
1351603 Bottle station 2004-05-13 16:30Z 53° 42' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1351615 Bottle station 2004-05-13 17:06Z 53° 37' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1351627 Bottle station 2004-05-13 17:59Z 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1622718 Acoustic doppler current profiler 2004-05-11 12:10Z to 2004-06-09 11:40Z 53° 31' N, 3° 21' W Click for more
1681430 Bottle station 2004-05-11 19:11Z 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1681442 Bottle station 2004-05-11 20:04Z 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1681454 Bottle station 2004-05-11 21:04Z 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1681466 Bottle station 2004-05-11 22:02Z 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1681478 Bottle station 2004-05-11 23:03Z 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1681491 Bottle station 2004-05-12 00:02Z 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1681509 Bottle station 2004-05-12 01:05Z 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1681510 Bottle station 2004-05-12 02:03Z 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1681522 Bottle station 2004-05-12 03:04Z 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1681534 Bottle station 2004-05-12 04:05Z 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1681546 Bottle station 2004-05-12 05:06Z 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1681558 Bottle station 2004-05-12 06:05Z 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1681571 Bottle station 2004-05-12 07:04Z 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1681583 Bottle station 2004-05-12 08:03Z 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1681595 Bottle station 2004-05-12 09:02Z 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1681602 Bottle station 2004-05-12 10:03Z 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1681614 Bottle station 2004-05-12 11:04Z 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1681626 Bottle station 2004-05-12 12:03Z 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1681638 Bottle station 2004-05-12 13:04Z 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1681651 Bottle station 2004-05-12 14:04Z 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1681663 Bottle station 2004-05-12 15:04Z 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1681675 Bottle station 2004-05-12 16:04Z 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1681687 Bottle station 2004-05-12 17:05Z 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1681699 Bottle station 2004-05-12 18:05Z 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1681706 Bottle station 2004-05-12 19:03Z 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1681718 Bottle station 2004-05-12 20:02Z 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1681731 Bottle station 2004-05-13 10:56Z 53° 27' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1681743 Bottle station 2004-05-13 15:19Z 53° 51' N, 3° 21' W Click for more
1681755 Bottle station 2004-05-13 15:53Z 53° 46' N, 3° 21' W Click for more
1681767 Bottle station 2004-05-13 16:30Z 53° 42' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1681779 Bottle station 2004-05-13 17:06Z 53° 37' N, 3° 22' W Click for more
1681780 Bottle station 2004-05-13 17:59Z 53° 31' N, 3° 22' W Click for more

Project Database

# Events Gear Type Parameters Held
2 Instrument mooring
88 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
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

Raw light meter output
Density of the water column
Ammonium and ammonia concentration parameters in water bodies
Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column
Raw fluorometer output
Raw suspended particulate material concentration sensor output
Phaeopigment concentrations in the water column
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies

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

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