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BODC Cruise Metadata Report for FRV Scotia (748S) cruise 0705S_1

Introduction

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

Cruise Inventory Information

Long name FRV Scotia (748S) cruise 0705S_1
Short name 0705S_1
Objectives and Narrative 1. To perform hydrographic surveys along the JONSIS standard section in the northern North Sea.
2. To perform hydrographic surveys along the standard Faroe Shetland Channel sections.
3. To service two ADCP moorings in the Faroe Shetland Channel.
4. To recover two current meter moorings east of the Shetland Islands.
5. To recover a current meter mooring west of the Shetland Islands.
6. To carry out coastal hydrographic surveys.
7. To investigate post-smolt migration pathways along the shelf edge.
8. To perform ad-hoc CTD surveys in order to describe the environment within which post smolts are found.
9. To undertake a pilot study for the use of synthetic adsorbents in order to assess the concentration of free marine biotoxins and other compounds in the environment.
10. To collect 20 carboys of low nutrient seawater for Quasimeme.
11. To perform ad-hoc towed array acoustic recordings for cetaceans and deployment of sonobuoys.

Throughout the cruise, sea surface temperature, salinity and fluorescence recordings were made using a Sea-Bird SBE21 Thermosalinograph and Sea Point Fluorometer. Surface samples were taken throughout the cruise to calibrate these data
Ship FRV Scotia
Departure Port Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Departure Date 2005-05-07
Arrival Port Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Arrival Date 2005-05-26
Principal Scientist(s) George Slesser (Fisheries Research Services Aberdeen Marine Laboratory)
Responsible Organisation Fisheries Research Services Aberdeen Marine Laboratory
Associated Project(s)
IHB Sea Areas Visited North Sea, Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland, North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W)
Marsden Squares Visited 181;3/181;4/216;3/217;1/217;2/252;1
Work Area Description Northern North Sea, Faroe-Shetland Channel, shelf edge west of Scotland, north of Shetland
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 = 104
Description:  
Water bottle stations Quantity: number of samples = 20
Description: Twenty carboys were filled with low nutrient seawater for QUASIMEME at 59 17.09N, 000 00.41W  
Contamination  
Other contaminant measurements Quantity: number of samples = 41
Description: Samples collected to assess the concentration of free marine bio-toxins and other compounds in the environment. Eight of the samples were duplicates for quality control purposes.  
Biology and fisheries  
Mammals and reptiles Quantity: number of stations = 674
Description: 2 minute listening stations for cetacean acoustics were undertaken at 15 minute intervals  
Mammals and reptiles Quantity: number of deployments = 11
Description: Sonobuoys deployed at hydrographic stations in water depths greater than 300 m for low frequency recordings of cetacean acoustics.  
Mammals and reptiles Quantity: activity duration in hours = 170
Description: Acoustic monitoring of cetaceans using keel mounted hydrophones and towed hydrophone array (0.2-150 kHz)  

Cruise Inventory Mooring/Buoy Operations

Latitude Longitude Data type Description
60° 34' N 0° 37' W Current meters Deployment of East of Shetland 1 mooring
60° 28' N 0° 7' W Current meters Deployment of East of Shetland 2 mooring
60° 34' N 0° 37' W Current meters Recovery of East Shetland 1 mooring
60° 28' N 0° 7' W Current meters Recovery of East Shetland 2 mooring
60° 27' N 4° 22' W Current profiler (eg ADCP) Deployment of NORDIC WOCE NWSD mooring
60° 16' N 4° 19' W Current profiler (eg ADCP) Deployment of NORDIC WOCE NWSE mooring
60° 27' N 4° 22' W Current profiler (eg ADCP) Recovery of NORDIC WOCE NWSD mooring
60° 16' N 4° 19' W Current profiler (eg ADCP) Recovery of NORDIC WOCE NWSE mooring

Summary of BODC Data Holdings for the Cruise

National Oceanographic Database

Summary

# Series Instrument Description Parameters
102 CTD/STD cast Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies
Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column
Electrical conductivity of the water column
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Transmittance and attenuance of the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
2 CTD/STD cast Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column
Electrical conductivity of the water column
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Transmittance and attenuance of the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
4 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  
702769 Paddle wheel current meter 2005-05-10 16:00Z to 2005-10-01 09:30Z 60° 28' N, 0° 7' W Click for more
702770 Paddle wheel current meter 2005-05-10 16:00Z to 2005-10-01 10:00Z 60° 28' N, 0° 7' W Click for more
702782 Paddle wheel current meter 2005-05-10 20:00Z to 2005-10-01 07:00Z 60° 34' N, 0° 37' W Click for more
702794 Paddle wheel current meter 2005-05-10 20:00Z to 2005-10-01 07:00Z 60° 34' N, 0° 37' W Click for more
710179 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-08 02:52Z 59° 17' N, 2° 12' W Click for more
710180 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-08 03:48Z 59° 17' N, 2° 4' W Click for more
710192 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-08 05:33Z 59° 16' N, 1° 56' W Click for more
710211 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-08 06:25Z 59° 16' N, 1° 48' W Click for more
710223 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-08 07:13Z 59° 16' N, 1° 40' W Click for more
710235 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-08 08:10Z 59° 16' N, 1° 30' W Click for more
710247 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-08 09:03Z 59° 16' N, 1° 20' W Click for more
710259 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-08 10:02Z 59° 16' N, 1° 10' W Click for more
710260 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-08 10:53Z 59° 16' N, 1° 0' W Click for more
710272 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-08 12:22Z 59° 17' N, 0° 40' W Click for more
710284 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-08 13:50Z 59° 16' N, 0° 20' W Click for more
710296 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-08 15:21Z 59° 16' N, 0° 0' W Click for more
710303 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-09 00:08Z 60° 30' N, 1° 39' E Click for more
710315 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-09 01:36Z 60° 30' N, 1° 19' E Click for more
710327 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-09 03:05Z 60° 30' N, 1° 0' E Click for more
710339 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-09 04:26Z 60° 30' N, 0° 39' E Click for more
710340 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-09 05:54Z 60° 30' N, 0° 19' E Click for more
710352 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-09 07:23Z 60° 30' N, 0° 0' W Click for more
710364 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-09 08:43Z 60° 30' N, 0° 20' W Click for more
710376 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-09 09:27Z 60° 30' N, 0° 30' W Click for more
710388 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-09 10:09Z 60° 30' N, 0° 39' W Click for more
710407 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-09 17:13Z 60° 30' N, 0° 49' W Click for more
710419 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-09 18:06Z 60° 30' N, 1° 0' W Click for more
710420 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-10 00:44Z 60° 49' N, 0° 43' W Click for more
710432 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-10 01:17Z 60° 49' N, 0° 40' W Click for more
710444 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-10 02:10Z 60° 49' N, 0° 30' W Click for more
710456 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-10 03:00Z 60° 49' N, 0° 20' W Click for more
710468 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-10 04:31Z 60° 49' N, 0° 0' W Click for more
710481 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-11 17:33Z 60° 55' N, 1° 0' W Click for more
710493 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-11 18:56Z 60° 58' N, 1° 17' W Click for more
710500 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-11 20:21Z 61° 1' N, 1° 35' W Click for more
710512 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-11 21:39Z 61° 4' N, 1° 53' W Click for more
710524 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-11 22:42Z 61° 6' N, 2° 1' W Click for more
710536 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-11 23:49Z 61° 7' N, 2° 10' W Click for more
710548 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-12 01:00Z 61° 9' N, 2° 17' W Click for more
710561 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-12 02:15Z 61° 10' N, 2° 25' W Click for more
710573 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-12 03:52Z 61° 13' N, 2° 40' W Click for more
710585 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-12 06:36Z 61° 21' N, 3° 9' W Click for more
710597 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-12 09:45Z 61° 27' N, 3° 42' W Click for more
710604 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-12 12:46Z 61° 34' N, 4° 15' W Click for more
710616 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-12 15:37Z 61° 42' N, 4° 51' W Click for more
710628 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-12 17:33Z 61° 49' N, 5° 21' W Click for more
710641 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-12 19:05Z 61° 54' N, 5° 45' W Click for more
710653 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-12 20:49Z 62° 0' N, 6° 12' W Click for more
710665 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-13 01:18Z 61° 12' N, 6° 22' W Click for more
710677 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-13 03:08Z 61° 1' N, 5° 57' W Click for more
710689 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-13 05:08Z 60° 51' N, 5° 28' W Click for more
710690 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-13 06:52Z 60° 46' N, 5° 16' W Click for more
710708 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-13 08:28Z 60° 42' N, 5° 6' W Click for more
710721 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-13 10:23Z 60° 38' N, 4° 54' W Click for more
710733 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-13 12:10Z 60° 34' N, 4° 44' W Click for more
710745 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-13 14:26Z 60° 28' N, 4° 26' W Click for more
710757 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-13 16:07Z 60° 24' N, 4° 18' W Click for more
710769 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-13 17:41Z 60° 20' N, 4° 9' W Click for more
710770 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-13 18:40Z 60° 18' N, 4° 4' W Click for more
710782 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-13 19:34Z 60° 16' N, 3° 58' W Click for more
710794 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-13 20:25Z 60° 13' N, 3° 51' W Click for more
710801 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-13 21:16Z 60° 10' N, 3° 43' W Click for more
710813 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-15 05:10Z 60° 0' N, 1° 0' W Click for more
710825 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-15 06:01Z 60° 1' N, 0° 49' W Click for more
710837 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-15 06:50Z 60° 0' N, 0° 40' W Click for more
710849 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-15 07:40Z 60° 0' N, 0° 30' W Click for more
710850 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-15 08:30Z 60° 0' N, 0° 19' W Click for more
710862 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-15 09:45Z 60° 0' N, 0° 0' W Click for more
710874 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-15 11:00Z 60° 0' N, 0° 19' E Click for more
710886 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-15 12:15Z 60° 0' N, 0° 39' E Click for more
710898 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-15 13:31Z 60° 0' N, 1° 0' E Click for more
710905 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-15 14:46Z 60° 0' N, 1° 19' E Click for more
710917 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-15 16:01Z 60° 0' N, 1° 39' E Click for more
710929 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-15 21:10Z 60° 49' N, 1° 40' E Click for more
710930 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-15 22:32Z 60° 49' N, 1° 19' E Click for more
710942 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-15 23:53Z 60° 49' N, 1° 0' E Click for more
710954 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-16 01:15Z 60° 49' N, 0° 39' E Click for more
710966 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-16 02:48Z 60° 49' N, 0° 19' E Click for more
710978 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-16 04:12Z 60° 49' N, 0° 0' W Click for more
710991 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-16 05:33Z 60° 49' N, 0° 20' W Click for more
711005 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-16 06:22Z 60° 49' N, 0° 30' W Click for more
711017 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-16 07:11Z 60° 49' N, 0° 39' W Click for more
711029 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-16 07:43Z 60° 49' N, 0° 43' W Click for more
711030 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-16 08:42Z 60° 54' N, 0° 50' W Click for more
711042 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-16 09:44Z 61° 0' N, 0° 50' W Click for more
711054 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-16 10:48Z 61° 4' N, 0° 49' W Click for more
711066 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-16 11:54Z 61° 9' N, 0° 49' W Click for more
711078 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-16 13:01Z 61° 15' N, 0° 49' W Click for more
711091 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-16 14:25Z 61° 19' N, 0° 49' W Click for more
711109 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-16 16:19Z 61° 30' N, 0° 49' W Click for more
711110 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-16 18:23Z 61° 40' N, 0° 50' W Click for more
711122 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-16 20:30Z 61° 49' N, 0° 49' W Click for more
711134 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-16 23:55Z 62° 0' N, 0° 0' E Click for more
711146 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-17 01:48Z 61° 49' N, 0° 0' E Click for more
711158 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-17 03:23Z 61° 40' N, 0° 0' E Click for more
711171 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-17 04:52Z 61° 30' N, 0° 0' E Click for more
711183 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-17 06:13Z 61° 19' N, 0° 0' W Click for more
711195 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-17 07:07Z 61° 15' N, 0° 0' W Click for more
711202 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-17 07:58Z 61° 10' N, 0° 0' W Click for more
711214 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-17 08:52Z 61° 5' N, 0° 0' W Click for more
711226 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-17 09:47Z 61° 0' N, 0° 0' W Click for more
711238 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-17 11:04Z 60° 49' N, 0° 0' W Click for more
711251 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-17 14:18Z 60° 49' N, 1° 0' E Click for more
711263 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-17 15:35Z 61° 0' N, 1° 0' E Click for more
711275 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-17 16:27Z 61° 4' N, 1° 0' E Click for more
711287 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-17 17:19Z 61° 10' N, 1° 0' E Click for more
711299 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-17 18:11Z 61° 15' N, 1° 0' E Click for more
711306 CTD/STD cast 2005-05-17 19:05Z 61° 19' N, 1° 0' E Click for more

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