BODC Cruise Metadata Report for RV Endeavor cruise EN454

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	RV Endeavor cruise EN454
Short name	EN454
Objectives and Narrative	This cruise is the fourth RAPID-WAVE cruise in Line W. WAVE, which for stands for West Atlantic Variability Experiment, is a NERC funded project to study the variability of the Meridional Overturning Circulation in the Northwest Atlantic. The three previous cruises in Line W took place in 2004 (deployment of 6 lander Bottom Pressure Recorders, or BPRs), 2006 (recovery and redeployment of BPRs: 2 lander BPRs were recovered, 4 were lost, and 5 new landers were deployed), and May 2008 (3 lander BPRs were recovered and 2 deployed; operations were suspended due to bad weather). In the present cruise, the objectives were: 1.To recover two additional lander BPRs at sites W4 and W2. 2.To deploy 3 SeaBird 53 BPRs at sites W2, W3, W4 (now called M2, M3 and M4). This cruise was carried out in collaboration with the Woods Hole Institution of Oceanography (WHOI) on board the RV Endeavor of the University of Rhode Island. John Toole (WHOI) was the PSO for the this cruise. Peter Foden and Miguel Maqueda made the Proudman Oceanoraphic Laboratory crew for this cruise.
Ship	RV Endeavor
Departure Port	Woods Hole, United States
Departure Date	2008-09-18
Arrival Port	Woods Hole, United States
Arrival Date	2008-09-24
Principal Scientist(s)	John M Toole (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Department of Physical Oceanography)
Responsible Organisation	Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Department of Physical Oceanography
Associated Project(s)	RAPID and WAVE. "Variability in Deep Western Boundary Flows off Atlantic Canada"
IHB Sea Areas Visited	North West Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W)
Marsden Squares Visited	115/116
Work Area Description	Continental slope south-east of Nova Scotia.
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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 = 2 Description: CTD casts

Cruise Inventory Mooring/Buoy Operations

Latitude	Longitude	Data type	Description
38° 26' N	68° 54' W	Sea level (inc. bot. press., inverted echosounder)	NBPR1-Near Bottomr Pressure Recorder, recovered from 3637m, 21/09/2008, 15:00 Z.
42° 26' N	60° 28' W	Sea level (inc. bot. press., inverted echosounder)	SBE53-5349607-0023 Bottom Pressure Recorder, deployed to 3355m, 21-09-2008 02:24 Z.