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BODC Cruise Metadata Report for FRV Scotia (748S) cruise 0607S

Introduction

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

Cruise Inventory Information

Long name FRV Scotia (748S) cruise 0607S
Short name 0607S
Objectives and Narrative Objectives

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 and redeploy two current meter moorings E of Shetland.
5. To perform CTD hydrographic surveys E of Shetland.
6. To take core samples for deep sea sediment carbon cycling in the Faroe Shetland Channel
7. To carry out CTD hydrographic survey across the Anton Dohrn Seamoun and in the Wyville-Thomson ridge area.
8. To deploy an ADCP mooring on the Wyville-Thomson Ridge.
9. To carry out deepwater trawling during the spawning season at Anton Dohrn Seamount, east of the Rockall Plateau, the shelf edge and Rockall Bank.

Narrative

Scotia sailed from Aberdeen at 1000 (all times are GMT) on Friday 27 April for the start of the JONSIS standard section. On route a test dip of the 911+ CTD was performed. CTD measurements and water sampling commenced at 2232 on Friday 27 April. The line was completed at 0934 on Saturday 28 April (Stns.130-141).

Scotia then made passage to the start of the most southerly (60 0.00'N) of three CTD lines, East of Shetland 1. Work commenced at 1632 on Saturday 28 April and was completed at 0508 on Sunday 29 April (Stns.142-153). Scotia proceeded to the start of the CTD line East of Shetland 2 and worked commenced at 0852. CTD stations were worked until 1042 on Sunday 29 April up to the inner most mooring East Shetland 1 (60 34.43'N 000 38.13'W). Work then commenced to recover this mooring and the outermost mooring East Shetland 2 (60 28.55'N 000 07.92'W). During recovery operations of both of these moorings, messages transmitted from the acoustic releases at both moorings indicated that the moorings had been released. However, the moorings remained in position.
Ship FRV Scotia
Departure Port Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Departure Date 2007-04-27
Arrival Port Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Arrival Date 2007-05-16
Principal Scientist(s) George Slesser (Fisheries Research Services Aberdeen Marine Laboratory)
Responsible Organisation Fisheries Research Services Aberdeen Marine Laboratory
Associated Project(s) AE11RO
IHB Sea Areas Visited North Sea, North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W)
Marsden Squares Visited 181;3/181;4/182;3/182;4/217;1/217;2/252;1
Work Area Description Northern North Sea, Faroe-Shetland Channel, east of Shetland, Anton Dohrn Seamount, Wyville-Thomson Ridge, the shelf edge and Rockall Bank
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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 = 146
Description: Hydrographic surveys along JONSIS line; East Shetland lines 1, 2 and 3; Faroe-Shetland Channel; shelf edge between Butt of Lewis and Shetland; Anton Dohrn Seamount; shelf edge to Butt of Lewis.  
Surface measurements underway (T,S) Quantity: number of samples = 1
Description: Thermosalinograph and underway fluorometer run throughout the cruise  
Water bottle stations Description: Water samples collected for calibration of CTD and thermosalinograph. No. of samples not noted  
Chemical oceanography  
Ammonia Quantity: number of experiments = 1
Description: Water samples collected at 10, 400 and 1060m, part of deep sea sediment carbon cycling experiment  
Nitrate Quantity: number of experiments = 1
Description: Water samples collected at 10, 400 and 1060m, part of deep sea sediment carbon cycling experiment  
Oxygen Quantity: number of experiments = 1
Description: Water samples collected at 10, 400 and 1060m, part of deep sea sediment carbon cycling experiment  
Phosphate Quantity: number of experiments = 1
Description: Water samples collected at 10, 400 and 1060m, part of deep sea sediment carbon cycling experiment  
Silicate Quantity: number of experiments = 1
Description: Water samples collected at 10, 400 and 1060m, part of deep sea sediment carbon cycling experiment  
Biology and fisheries  
Crustaceans Quantity: number of deployments = 13
Description: Methnot net  
Demersal fish Quantity: number of hauls = 16
Description: Trawls: all species sorted, weighed and length frequency data taken etc  
Pelagic fish Quantity: number of hauls = 16
Description: Trawls: all species sorted, weighed and length frequency data taken etc  
Pelagic fish Quantity: number of deployments = 13
Description: Methnot net  
Zooplankton Quantity: number of deployments = 13
Description: Methnot net  
Geology and geophysics  
Core - soft bottom Quantity: number of cores = 24
Description: Macro and meiofaunal biomass and porewater sampled for deep sea carbon cycling experiment  

Cruise Inventory Mooring/Buoy Operations

Latitude Longitude Data type Description
60° 34' N 0° 38' W Current meters East Shetland 1 mooring serviced
60° 28' N 0° 7' W Current meters East Shetland 2 mooring serviced
60° 27' N 4° 22' W Current profiler (eg ADCP) ADCP mooring NWSD serviced
60° 16' N 4° 19' W Current profiler (eg ADCP) ADCP mooring NWSE serviced

Summary of BODC Data Holdings for the Cruise

National Oceanographic Database

Summary

# Series Instrument Description Parameters
146 CTD/STD cast Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies
Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column
Electrical conductivity of the water column
Reference numbers
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  
897159 Paddle wheel current meter 2007-04-29 17:00Z to 2007-10-08 12:00Z 60° 34' N, 0° 37' W Click for more
897160 Paddle wheel current meter 2007-04-29 17:00Z to 2007-10-08 12:00Z 60° 34' N, 0° 37' W Click for more
897172 Paddle wheel current meter 2007-04-29 20:00Z to 2007-10-08 08:00Z 60° 28' N, 0° 7' W Click for more
897184 Paddle wheel current meter 2007-04-29 20:00Z to 2007-10-08 08:00Z 60° 28' N, 0° 7' W Click for more
900359 CTD/STD cast 2007-04-27 22:32Z 59° 16' N, 2° 14' W Click for more
900360 CTD/STD cast 2007-04-27 23:35Z 59° 16' N, 2° 4' W Click for more
900372 CTD/STD cast 2007-04-28 00:36Z 59° 16' N, 1° 56' W Click for more
900384 CTD/STD cast 2007-04-28 01:23Z 59° 16' N, 1° 48' W Click for more
900396 CTD/STD cast 2007-04-28 02:22Z 59° 16' N, 1° 40' W Click for more
900403 CTD/STD cast 2007-04-28 03:12Z 59° 16' N, 1° 30' W Click for more
900415 CTD/STD cast 2007-04-28 03:59Z 59° 16' N, 1° 20' W Click for more
900427 CTD/STD cast 2007-04-28 04:51Z 59° 16' N, 1° 10' W Click for more
900439 CTD/STD cast 2007-04-28 05:39Z 59° 17' N, 1° 0' W Click for more
900440 CTD/STD cast 2007-04-28 06:59Z 59° 16' N, 0° 40' W Click for more
900452 CTD/STD cast 2007-04-28 09:34Z 59° 16' N, 0° 0' W Click for more
900464 CTD/STD cast 2007-04-28 16:32Z 60° 0' N, 1° 59' E Click for more
900476 CTD/STD cast 2007-04-28 17:45Z 60° 0' N, 1° 40' E Click for more
900488 CTD/STD cast 2007-04-28 19:01Z 60° 0' N, 1° 19' E Click for more
900507 CTD/STD cast 2007-04-28 20:19Z 60° 0' N, 1° 0' E Click for more
900519 CTD/STD cast 2007-04-28 21:38Z 60° 0' N, 0° 40' E Click for more
900520 CTD/STD cast 2007-04-28 23:01Z 60° 0' N, 0° 19' E Click for more
900532 CTD/STD cast 2007-04-29 00:16Z 60° 0' N, 0° 0' W Click for more
900544 CTD/STD cast 2007-04-29 01:27Z 60° 0' N, 0° 19' W Click for more
900556 CTD/STD cast 2007-04-29 02:17Z 60° 0' N, 0° 30' W Click for more
900568 CTD/STD cast 2007-04-29 03:15Z 60° 0' N, 0° 40' W Click for more
900581 CTD/STD cast 2007-04-29 04:10Z 60° 0' N, 0° 49' W Click for more
900593 CTD/STD cast 2007-04-29 05:08Z 60° 0' N, 1° 0' W Click for more
900600 CTD/STD cast 2007-04-29 08:52Z 60° 30' N, 1° 0' W Click for more
900612 CTD/STD cast 2007-04-29 09:46Z 60° 30' N, 0° 49' W Click for more
900624 CTD/STD cast 2007-04-29 10:42Z 60° 30' N, 0° 40' W Click for more
900636 CTD/STD cast 2007-04-29 21:06Z 60° 30' N, 0° 30' W Click for more
900648 CTD/STD cast 2007-04-29 21:55Z 60° 30' N, 0° 19' W Click for more
900661 CTD/STD cast 2007-04-29 23:08Z 60° 30' N, 0° 0' W Click for more
900673 CTD/STD cast 2007-04-30 00:34Z 60° 30' N, 0° 19' E Click for more
900685 CTD/STD cast 2007-04-30 01:56Z 60° 30' N, 0° 40' E Click for more
900697 CTD/STD cast 2007-04-30 03:18Z 60° 30' N, 1° 0' E Click for more
900704 CTD/STD cast 2007-04-30 04:39Z 60° 30' N, 1° 19' E Click for more
900716 CTD/STD cast 2007-04-30 06:02Z 60° 30' N, 1° 39' E Click for more
900728 CTD/STD cast 2007-04-30 06:54Z 60° 30' N, 1° 49' E Click for more
900741 CTD/STD cast 2007-04-30 09:02Z 60° 49' N, 1° 49' E Click for more
900753 CTD/STD cast 2007-04-30 09:49Z 60° 49' N, 1° 39' E Click for more
900765 CTD/STD cast 2007-04-30 11:03Z 60° 49' N, 1° 19' E Click for more
900777 CTD/STD cast 2007-04-30 12:15Z 60° 49' N, 1° 0' E Click for more
900789 CTD/STD cast 2007-04-30 13:34Z 60° 49' N, 0° 40' E Click for more
900790 CTD/STD cast 2007-04-30 14:47Z 60° 50' N, 0° 19' E Click for more
900808 CTD/STD cast 2007-04-30 16:10Z 60° 49' N, 0° 0' W Click for more
900821 CTD/STD cast 2007-04-30 17:29Z 60° 49' N, 0° 19' W Click for more
900833 CTD/STD cast 2007-04-30 18:22Z 60° 49' N, 0° 30' W Click for more
900845 CTD/STD cast 2007-04-30 19:16Z 60° 49' N, 0° 40' W Click for more
900857 CTD/STD cast 2007-04-30 19:58Z 60° 49' N, 0° 43' W Click for more
900869 CTD/STD cast 2007-04-30 21:16Z 60° 55' N, 0° 59' W Click for more
900870 CTD/STD cast 2007-04-30 22:30Z 60° 58' N, 1° 17' W Click for more
900882 CTD/STD cast 2007-04-30 23:39Z 61° 1' N, 1° 35' W Click for more
900894 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-01 00:48Z 61° 4' N, 1° 52' W Click for more
900901 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-01 01:42Z 61° 6' N, 2° 1' W Click for more
900913 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-01 02:44Z 61° 7' N, 2° 10' W Click for more
900925 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-01 03:59Z 61° 9' N, 2° 17' W Click for more
900937 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-01 05:43Z 61° 11' N, 2° 24' W Click for more
900949 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-01 07:45Z 61° 13' N, 2° 40' W Click for more
900950 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-01 09:42Z 61° 13' N, 2° 40' W Click for more
900962 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-02 02:26Z 61° 13' N, 2° 40' W Click for more
900974 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-02 04:56Z 61° 21' N, 3° 10' W Click for more
900986 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-02 08:09Z 61° 28' N, 3° 42' W Click for more
900998 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-02 11:14Z 61° 34' N, 4° 15' W Click for more
901001 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-02 14:00Z 61° 42' N, 4° 51' W Click for more
901013 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-02 15:53Z 61° 48' N, 5° 21' W Click for more
901025 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-02 17:23Z 61° 54' N, 5° 45' W Click for more
901037 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-02 19:16Z 62° 0' N, 6° 11' W Click for more
901049 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-03 00:11Z 61° 12' N, 6° 22' W Click for more
901050 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-03 01:57Z 61° 1' N, 5° 57' W Click for more
901062 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-03 04:11Z 60° 51' N, 5° 28' W Click for more
901074 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-03 05:45Z 60° 46' N, 5° 16' W Click for more
901086 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-03 07:30Z 60° 43' N, 5° 6' W Click for more
901098 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-03 09:31Z 60° 37' N, 4° 53' W Click for more
901105 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-03 11:32Z 60° 34' N, 4° 44' W Click for more
901117 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-03 14:04Z 60° 28' N, 4° 25' W Click for more
901129 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-03 15:59Z 60° 25' N, 4° 19' W Click for more
901130 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-03 17:34Z 60° 20' N, 4° 10' W Click for more
901142 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-03 18:42Z 60° 18' N, 4° 4' W Click for more
901154 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-03 19:38Z 60° 16' N, 3° 58' W Click for more
901166 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-03 20:41Z 60° 13' N, 3° 51' W Click for more
901178 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-03 21:41Z 60° 10' N, 3° 43' W Click for more
901191 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-05 01:18Z 60° 30' N, 1° 40' W Click for more
901209 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-05 02:12Z 60° 30' N, 1° 49' W Click for more
901210 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-05 03:02Z 60° 30' N, 2° 0' W Click for more
901222 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-05 03:52Z 60° 30' N, 2° 10' W Click for more
901234 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-05 04:42Z 60° 30' N, 2° 19' W Click for more
901246 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-05 05:33Z 60° 30' N, 2° 30' W Click for more
901258 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-05 06:21Z 60° 30' N, 2° 40' W Click for more
901271 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-05 07:16Z 60° 30' N, 2° 49' W Click for more
901283 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-05 08:13Z 60° 30' N, 3° 0' W Click for more
901295 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-05 09:41Z 60° 30' N, 3° 19' W Click for more
901302 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-05 11:19Z 60° 30' N, 3° 39' W Click for more
901314 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-05 13:09Z 60° 30' N, 3° 59' W Click for more
901326 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-05 16:35Z 60° 19' N, 3° 0' W Click for more
901338 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-05 17:53Z 60° 10' N, 3° 0' W Click for more
901351 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-05 19:17Z 60° 0' N, 3° 0' W Click for more
901363 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-05 20:31Z 59° 49' N, 3° 0' W Click for more
901375 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-05 21:46Z 59° 40' N, 3° 0' W Click for more
901387 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-05 23:05Z 59° 30' N, 2° 59' W Click for more
901399 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-06 00:00Z 59° 25' N, 2° 59' W Click for more
901406 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-06 00:53Z 59° 28' N, 3° 6' W Click for more
901418 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-06 01:42Z 59° 32' N, 3° 13' W Click for more
901431 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-06 02:33Z 59° 36' N, 3° 21' W Click for more
901443 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-06 03:24Z 59° 39' N, 3° 27' W Click for more
901455 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-06 04:46Z 59° 46' N, 3° 41' W Click for more
901467 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-06 06:16Z 59° 54' N, 3° 56' W Click for more
901479 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-06 07:52Z 60° 1' N, 4° 9' W Click for more
901480 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-06 09:17Z 60° 8' N, 4° 24' W Click for more
901492 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-06 11:06Z 60° 15' N, 4° 38' W Click for more
901511 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-07 01:18Z 58° 46' N, 3° 32' W Click for more
901523 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-07 02:22Z 58° 50' N, 3° 39' W Click for more
901535 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-07 03:16Z 58° 54' N, 3° 46' W Click for more
901547 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-07 04:07Z 58° 57' N, 3° 52' W Click for more
901559 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-07 05:03Z 59° 0' N, 4° 0' W Click for more
901560 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-07 06:36Z 59° 7' N, 4° 13' W Click for more
901572 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-07 08:15Z 59° 15' N, 4° 27' W Click for more
901584 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-07 09:47Z 59° 22' N, 4° 40' W Click for more
901596 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-07 11:21Z 59° 29' N, 4° 54' W Click for more
901603 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-07 12:51Z 59° 36' N, 5° 8' W Click for more
901615 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-07 14:26Z 59° 43' N, 5° 22' W Click for more
901627 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-07 15:50Z 59° 50' N, 5° 37' W Click for more
901639 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-07 19:53Z 59° 25' N, 6° 31' W Click for more
901640 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-07 21:17Z 59° 18' N, 6° 17' W Click for more
901652 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-07 22:35Z 59° 10' N, 6° 3' W Click for more
901664 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-07 23:52Z 59° 3' N, 5° 49' W Click for more
901676 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-08 01:04Z 58° 57' N, 5° 36' W Click for more
901688 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-08 02:28Z 58° 49' N, 5° 22' W Click for more
901707 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-08 03:22Z 58° 46' N, 5° 15' W Click for more
901719 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-08 04:18Z 58° 42' N, 5° 9' W Click for more
901720 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-08 05:10Z 58° 39' N, 5° 2' W Click for more
901732 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-08 06:25Z 58° 30' N, 5° 10' W Click for more
901744 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-08 07:13Z 58° 30' N, 5° 19' W Click for more
901756 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-08 07:57Z 58° 30' N, 5° 30' W Click for more
901768 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-08 08:49Z 58° 30' N, 5° 40' W Click for more
901781 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-08 09:37Z 58° 30' N, 5° 49' W Click for more
901793 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-08 10:25Z 58° 30' N, 6° 0' W Click for more
901800 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-08 11:11Z 58° 29' N, 6° 10' W Click for more
901812 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-08 12:18Z 58° 19' N, 6° 7' W Click for more
901824 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-12 05:20Z 57° 4' N, 11° 4' W Click for more
901836 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-12 08:08Z 57° 16' N, 11° 4' W Click for more
901848 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-12 09:43Z 57° 21' N, 11° 4' W Click for more
901861 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-12 11:14Z 57° 27' N, 11° 4' W Click for more
901873 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-12 12:27Z 57° 33' N, 11° 4' W Click for more
901885 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-13 06:00Z 57° 42' N, 11° 4' W Click for more
901897 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-13 08:39Z 57° 37' N, 11° 5' W Click for more
901904 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-15 04:13Z 59° 10' N, 7° 28' W Click for more
901916 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-15 06:02Z 59° 1' N, 7° 13' W Click for more
901928 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-15 07:19Z 58° 54' N, 7° 0' W Click for more
901941 CTD/STD cast 2007-05-15 08:37Z 58° 47' N, 6° 46' W Click for more

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