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BODC Cruise Metadata Report for Magnus Heinason cruise MH08/01

Introduction

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

Cruise Inventory Information

Long name Magnus Heinason cruise MH08/01
Short name MH08/01
Objectives and Narrative Hydrographic investigations, standard sections
Ship Magnus Heinason
Departure Port Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
Departure Date 2001-02-22
Arrival Port Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
Arrival Date 2001-02-28
Principal Scientist(s) Bogi Hansen (Faroese Fisheries Laboratory)
Responsible Organisation Faroese Fisheries Laboratory
Associated Project(s) Part TRACTOR
IHB Sea Areas Visited Norwegian Sea, North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W)
Marsden Squares Visited 217;2
Work Area Description Faroese waters
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 = 41
Description: t & S at SF6 levels only  
Current meters Quantity: number of recoveries = 2
Description: 2 moorings recovered, laid July 2000  
Subsurface temperature measurements Quantity: number of deployments = 5
Description: 5 moorings laid  
Water bottle stations Quantity: number of stations = 41
Description:  
Chemical oceanography  
Other dissolved gases Quantity: number of stations = 3
Description: Dissolved sulphur hexafluoride TRACTOR  
Biology and fisheries  
Phytoplankton Quantity: number of stations = 20
Description:  
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) Quantity: number of stations = 41
Description:  

Cruise Inventory Mooring/Buoy Operations

Latitude Longitude Data type Description
61° 1' N 12° 52' W Current meters Recovered mooring, laid July 2000
60° 52' N 11° 34' W Current meters Recovered mooring, laid July 2000
61° 27' N 8° 13' W Subsurface temperature measurements Deployed mooring
61° 28' N 8° 13' W Subsurface temperature measurements Deployed mooring
61° 28' N 8° 13' W Subsurface temperature measurements Deployed mooring
61° 22' N 8° 22' W Subsurface temperature measurements Deployed mooring
61° 22' N 8° 21' W Subsurface temperature measurements Deployed mooring

Summary of BODC Data Holdings for the Cruise

National Oceanographic Database

Summary

# Series Instrument Description Parameters
24 CTD/STD cast Salinity of 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  
583960 CTD/STD cast 2001-02-25 09:17Z 61° 16' N, 6° 37' W Click for more
583972 CTD/STD cast 2001-02-25 10:14Z 61° 12' N, 6° 22' W Click for more
583984 CTD/STD cast 2001-02-25 11:52Z 61° 1' N, 5° 57' W Click for more
583996 CTD/STD cast 2001-02-25 13:40Z 60° 51' N, 5° 28' W Click for more
584011 CTD/STD cast 2001-02-25 14:50Z 60° 46' N, 5° 16' W Click for more
584023 CTD/STD cast 2001-02-25 15:55Z 60° 43' N, 5° 6' W Click for more
584035 CTD/STD cast 2001-02-25 17:15Z 60° 37' N, 4° 54' W Click for more
584047 CTD/STD cast 2001-02-25 18:25Z 60° 34' N, 4° 45' W Click for more
584059 CTD/STD cast 2001-02-25 20:04Z 60° 28' N, 4° 25' W Click for more
584060 CTD/STD cast 2001-02-26 00:51Z 60° 25' N, 4° 19' W Click for more
584072 CTD/STD cast 2001-02-26 02:27Z 60° 22' N, 3° 57' W Click for more
584084 CTD/STD cast 2001-02-26 03:30Z 60° 16' N, 3° 58' W Click for more
584096 CTD/STD cast 2001-02-26 04:50Z 60° 10' N, 3° 43' W Click for more
584103 CTD/STD cast 2001-02-26 22:56Z 62° 19' N, 6° 4' W Click for more
584115 CTD/STD cast 2001-02-27 02:21Z 62° 30' N, 6° 4' W Click for more
584127 CTD/STD cast 2001-02-27 05:22Z 62° 40' N, 6° 4' W Click for more
584139 CTD/STD cast 2001-02-27 07:14Z 62° 49' N, 6° 4' W Click for more
584140 CTD/STD cast 2001-02-27 09:29Z 63° 0' N, 6° 4' W Click for more
584152 CTD/STD cast 2001-02-27 11:27Z 63° 10' N, 6° 4' W Click for more
584164 CTD/STD cast 2001-02-27 13:22Z 63° 19' N, 6° 4' W Click for more
584176 CTD/STD cast 2001-02-27 15:38Z 63° 30' N, 6° 4' W Click for more
584188 CTD/STD cast 2001-02-27 17:30Z 63° 40' N, 6° 4' W Click for more
584207 CTD/STD cast 2001-02-27 19:24Z 63° 49' N, 6° 4' W Click for more
584219 CTD/STD cast 2001-02-27 21:15Z 64° 0' N, 6° 4' W Click for more

Project Database

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

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