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BODC Cruise Metadata Report for RV Sea Vigil (74S9) cruise SV6A

Introduction

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

Cruise Inventory Information

Long name RV Sea Vigil (74S9) cruise SV6A
Short name SV6A
Objectives and Narrative RV Sea Vigil LOIS core measurements survey.
Ship RV Sea Vigil
Departure Port Goole, United Kingdom
Departure Date 1994-03-15
Arrival Port Hull, United Kingdom
Arrival Date 1994-03-15
Principal Scientist(s) Duncan Plummer (Plymouth Marine Laboratory)
Responsible Organisation Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Associated Project(s) LOIS (RACS)
IHB Sea Areas Visited North Sea
Marsden Squares Visited 181;140
Work Area Description Humber Estuary and feeder rivers
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  
Optics (eg underwater light levels) Description: Vertical profiles of optical properties.  
Surface measurements underway (T,S) Description: Continuous measurement on axial transect of the Ouse/Humber estuary.  
Transparency (eg transmissometer) Description: Continuous measurement on axial transect of the Ouse/Humber estuary.  
Chemical oceanography  
Nitrate Description: Continuous measurement on axial transect of the Ouse/Humber estuary.  
Nitrite Description: Continuous measurement on axial transect of the Ouse/Humber estuary.  
Oxygen Description: Continuous measurement on axial transect of the Ouse/Humber estuary.  
Phosphate Description: Continuous measurement on axial transect of the Ouse/Humber estuary.  
Silicate Description: Continuous measurement on axial transect of the Ouse/Humber estuary.  
pH Description: Continuous measurement on axial transect of the Ouse/Humber estuary.  
Contamination  
Suspended matter Quantity: number of stations = 31
Description: Samples collected for gravimetrics, C/N, chlorophyll and phytoplankton identification.  
Biology and fisheries  
Dissolved organic matter (inc DOC) Quantity: number of stations = 31
Description: Samples collected for gravimetrics, C/N, chlorophyll and phytoplankton identification.  
Particulate organic matter (inc POC, PON) Quantity: number of stations = 31
Description: Samples collected for gravimetrics, C/N, chlorophyll and phytoplankton identification.  
Phytoplankton Quantity: number of stations = 31
Description: Samples collected for gravimetrics, C/N, chlorophyll and phytoplankton identification.  
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) Description: Continuous measurement on axial transect of the Ouse/Humber estuary.  
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) Quantity: number of stations = 31
Description: Samples collected for gravimetrics, C/N, chlorophyll and phytoplankton identification.  

Cruise Inventory Mooring/Buoy Operations

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Summary of BODC Data Holdings for the Cruise

National Oceanographic Database

Summary

# Series Instrument Description Parameters
1 Pumped water sample Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies
Date and time
Horizontal spatial co-ordinates
Phaeopigment concentrations 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  
1633685 Pumped water sample 1994-03-15 09:16Z to 1994-03-15 16:50Z 53° 32' N to 53° 44' N; 0° 54' W to 0° 12' E Click for more

Project Database

# Events Gear Type Parameters Held
31 Sample taken from ship's non-toxic supply Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Carbon concentrations in suspended particulate material
Concentration of suspended particulate material in the water column
Nitrogen concentrations in suspended particulate material
Phaeopigment concentrations in the water column
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies
Alkalinity, acidity and pH of the water column

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

References

Track Charts

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Reports

Cruise Report