BODC Cruise Metadata Report for Glen Tarff cruise 1907H

Introduction

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

Cruise Inventory Information
A summary of BODC data holdings for the cruise from the
- National Oceanographic Database
- Projects Database
References - including cruise tracks and cruise reports

Cruise Inventory Information

Long name	Glen Tarff cruise 1907H
Short name	1907H
Objectives and Narrative	Objectives The aim is to collect data to verify a loch circulation model in Loch Ewe. A total of six moored instruments will be deployed at locations in Loch Ewe and a PAR sensor is to be set up at the FRS ML Fish Cultivation Unit at Mellon Charles. 1. Deploy an Aanderaa remotely monitored environmental data buoy 2. Deploy an Aanderaa RDCP600 recording doppler current profiler in a trawl-resistant bottom mount 3. Deploy two Sontek Argonaut acoustic current meters 4. Deploy two RBR water level recorders 5. Set up data buoy receiver station at the field station 6. Set up Licor PAR sensor and data buoy receiver 7. Take an NXIC CTD profile at each mooring deployment site and positions along a transect as time allows 8. Perform GPS drifter buoy survey as time allows Narrative Staff and equipment travelled to Loch Ewe on the 16 July. The flatbed pick up truck was unloaded at the Marine harvest slipway. Preparations were made for the following day. The next day staff met the Glen Tarff and loaded the equipment. The Aanderaa data buoy was deployed first, at mooring position 2, followed by the two Sontek current meters (3 and 4) and the water level recorder in the South of the loch. CTD profiles were collected at locations H, I, G, E and F on the way back to the pier at Aultbea. On the 18 July CTD stations F, E and G were repeated on the way out after leaving the pier. After checking the wind direction, the drifter buoys were released in the area of CTD station C. The RDCP in its trawl-resistant bottom mount was deployed at position 1. CTD profiles were then collected at stations D, C, B and K as we worked our way up to deploy the second water level recorder at position 6. A CTD profile was collected by the water level recorder mooring before profiling at stations A and J. The drifter buoys were then recovered before heading in. During the following two days CTD stations L, M and N were collected and the drifters were released three more times, the first time between CTD stations L and M, the second time near the data buoy and CTD station B and for the last time the drifter buoys were deployed at different points around the Isle of Ewe. The data buoy receiver station and PAR sensor were setup at the FRS ML Fish Cultivation Unit over the 19 and 20 July. These instruments are being logged by computer and the data automatically transferred to the laboratory network in real time. Laboratory staff returned to Aberdeen on the afternoon of the 20 July.
Ship	Glen Tarff
Departure Port	Poolewe, United Kingdom
Departure Date	2007-07-16
Arrival Port	Poolewe, United Kingdom
Arrival Date	2007-07-20
Principal Scientist(s)	John Beaton (Fisheries Research Services Aberdeen Marine Laboratory)
Responsible Organisation	Fisheries Research Services Aberdeen Marine Laboratory
Associated Project(s)	FC11102
IHB Sea Areas Visited	Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland
Marsden Squares Visited	181
Work Area Description	Loch Ewe
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 = 17 Description:
Current meters	Quantity: number of deployments = 2 Description: Sontek Argonaut acoustic
Current profiler (eg ADCP)	Quantity: number of deployments = 1 Description: Aanderaa RDCP600 in a trawl resistant bottom mount
Other physical oceanographic measurements	Description: data buoy reciever station and PAR sensor set up at FRS
Other physical oceanographic measurements	Quantity: number of deployments = 1 Description: Aanderra environmental data buoy
Sea level (inc. bot. press., inverted echosounder)	Quantity: number of deployments = 1 Description: Water level recorder
Surface drifters/drifting buoys	Quantity: number of deployments = 4 Description: drifter buoys
Surface drifters/drifting buoys	Quantity: number of recoveries = 4 Description: drifters

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
2	Acoustic current meter	Date and time Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents) Temperature of the water column
1	Acoustic current meter	Date and time Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents) Salinity of the water column Temperature of the water column
3	Acoustic doppler current profiler	Date and time Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents)
2	Bottom pressure sensor tide gauge	Date and time Sea level

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

Full List

BODC Reference	Instrument Description	Date/Time	Location
896224	Acoustic doppler current profiler	2007-07-18 12:30Z to 2007-09-27 19:15Z	57° 48' N, 5° 37' W	Click for more
896236	Acoustic doppler current profiler	2007-07-18 12:30Z to 2007-09-27 19:15Z	57° 48' N, 5° 37' W	Click for more
896248	Acoustic doppler current profiler	2007-07-18 12:30Z to 2007-09-27 19:15Z	57° 48' N, 5° 37' W	Click for more
897196	Acoustic current meter	2007-07-17 11:40Z to 2007-11-14 07:40Z	57° 49' N, 5° 39' W	Click for more
897203	Acoustic current meter	2007-07-17 12:32Z to 2007-11-13 11:08Z	57° 51' N, 5° 37' W	Click for more
897215	Acoustic current meter	2007-07-17 14:32Z to 2007-11-13 10:04Z	57° 47' N, 5° 39' W	Click for more
897227	Bottom pressure sensor tide gauge	2007-07-17 14:31Z to 2007-11-13 10:26Z	57° 46' N, 5° 37' W	Click for more
897239	Bottom pressure sensor tide gauge	2007-07-18 13:31Z to 2007-11-14 11:45Z	57° 51' N, 5° 41' W	Click for more