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BODC Cruise Metadata Report for RRS Discovery (74E3) cruise D345

Introduction

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

Cruise Inventory Information

Long name RRS Discovery (74E3) cruise D345
Short name D345
Objectives and Narrative The goals of cruise D345 were to:
1. Service the U.S. moorings within the western boundary array of the RAPID/MOCHA transbasin observing system. This includes three taut wire subsurface current meter/CTD moorings, and two bottom-lander moorings containing high-precision bottom pressure gauges.
2. Conduct hydrographic (CTDO2) and direct current profiling (lowered-ADCP ie LADCP) stations along the 26.5º N mooring section off Abaco, Bahamas; and across the Northwest Providence Channel, including continuous shipboard ADCP observations.
3) Service three bottom pressure/inverted echo sounder (PIES) moorings and retrieve data from two additional PIES moorings via acoustic telemetry.
Ship RRS Discovery
Departure Port Freeport, Bahamas
Departure Date 2009-11-21
Arrival Port Freeport, Bahamas
Arrival Date 2009-12-06
Principal Scientist(s) William E Johns (Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science)
Responsible Organisation Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science
Associated Project(s) RAPID/MOCHA
IHB Sea Areas Visited North West Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W)
Marsden Squares Visited 80
Work Area Description Northwest Providence Channel, Bahamas
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Work Area Bounding Polygon
Southern Limit unknown
Northern Limit unknown
Western Limit unknown
Eastern Limit unknown

Cruise Inventory Datasets

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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
10 Acoustic current meter Date and time
Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents)
Moored instrument depth
Reference numbers
Temperature of the water column
2 Bottom pressure sensor tide gauge Date and time
Reference numbers
Sea level
Temperature of the water column
35 CTD/STD cast Density of the water column
Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column
Reference numbers
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
1 Inverted Echo Sounder Date and time
Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents)
Reference numbers
Sea level
Sound velocity and travel time in the water column
1 Inverted Echo Sounder Date and time
Reference numbers
Sea level
31 Moored CTD Date and time
Electrical conductivity of the water column
Moored instrument depth
Reference numbers
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  
1083417 Moored CTD 2009-12-02 21:30Z to 2011-04-25 10:30Z 26° 29' N, 76° 30' W Click for more
1083429 Moored CTD 2009-12-02 21:30Z to 2011-04-25 10:30Z 26° 29' N, 76° 30' W Click for more
1083430 Moored CTD 2009-12-02 21:30Z to 2011-04-25 10:30Z 26° 29' N, 76° 30' W Click for more
1083442 Moored CTD 2009-12-02 21:30Z to 2011-04-25 10:30Z 26° 29' N, 76° 30' W Click for more
1083454 Moored CTD 2009-12-02 21:30Z to 2011-04-25 10:30Z 26° 29' N, 76° 30' W Click for more
1083466 Moored CTD 2009-12-02 21:29Z to 2011-04-25 10:30Z 26° 29' N, 76° 30' W Click for more
1083478 Moored CTD 2009-12-02 21:00Z to 2011-04-25 10:30Z 26° 29' N, 76° 30' W Click for more
1083491 Moored CTD 2009-12-02 21:00Z to 2011-04-25 10:30Z 26° 29' N, 76° 30' W Click for more
1083509 Moored CTD 2009-12-02 21:00Z to 2011-04-25 10:30Z 26° 29' N, 76° 30' W Click for more
1083510 Moored CTD 2009-12-02 21:30Z to 2011-04-25 10:30Z 26° 29' N, 76° 30' W Click for more
1083522 Moored CTD 2009-12-02 21:30Z to 2011-04-25 10:30Z 26° 29' N, 76° 30' W Click for more
1083534 Moored CTD 2009-12-02 21:30Z to 2011-04-25 10:30Z 26° 29' N, 76° 30' W Click for more
1083546 Moored CTD 2009-12-02 21:30Z to 2011-04-25 10:30Z 26° 29' N, 76° 30' W Click for more
1083558 Moored CTD 2009-12-02 21:00Z to 2011-04-25 10:30Z 26° 29' N, 76° 30' W Click for more
1083571 Moored CTD 2009-12-02 21:30Z to 2011-04-25 10:30Z 26° 29' N, 76° 30' W Click for more
1083583 Moored CTD 2009-11-29 20:00Z to 2011-04-21 13:30Z 26° 30' N, 71° 58' W Click for more
1083595 Moored CTD 2009-11-29 20:30Z to 2011-04-21 13:30Z 26° 30' N, 71° 58' W Click for more
1083602 Moored CTD 2009-11-29 20:30Z to 2011-04-21 13:30Z 26° 30' N, 71° 58' W Click for more
1083614 Moored CTD 2009-11-29 20:30Z to 2011-04-21 13:30Z 26° 30' N, 71° 58' W Click for more
1083626 Moored CTD 2009-11-29 20:30Z to 2011-04-21 13:30Z 26° 30' N, 71° 58' W Click for more
1083638 Moored CTD 2009-11-29 20:30Z to 2011-04-21 13:30Z 26° 30' N, 71° 58' W Click for more
1083651 Moored CTD 2009-11-29 20:30Z to 2011-04-21 13:30Z 26° 30' N, 71° 58' W Click for more
1083663 Moored CTD 2009-11-29 20:00Z to 2011-04-21 13:30Z 26° 30' N, 71° 58' W Click for more
1083675 Moored CTD 2009-11-29 20:00Z to 2011-04-21 13:30Z 26° 30' N, 71° 58' W Click for more
1083687 Moored CTD 2009-11-29 20:30Z to 2011-04-21 13:30Z 26° 30' N, 71° 58' W Click for more
1083699 Moored CTD 2009-11-29 20:30Z to 2011-04-21 13:30Z 26° 30' N, 71° 58' W Click for more
1083706 Moored CTD 2009-11-29 20:30Z to 2011-04-21 13:30Z 26° 30' N, 71° 58' W Click for more
1083718 Moored CTD 2009-11-29 20:30Z to 2011-04-21 13:30Z 26° 30' N, 71° 58' W Click for more
1083731 Moored CTD 2009-11-29 20:30Z to 2011-04-21 13:30Z 26° 30' N, 71° 58' W Click for more
1083743 Moored CTD 2009-11-29 20:30Z to 2011-04-21 13:30Z 26° 30' N, 71° 58' W Click for more
1083755 Moored CTD 2009-11-29 20:30Z to 2011-04-21 13:30Z 26° 30' N, 71° 58' W Click for more
1097277 Acoustic current meter 2009-12-02 20:00Z to 2011-04-25 11:00Z 26° 29' N, 76° 30' W Click for more
1097289 Acoustic current meter 2009-12-02 20:00Z to 2011-04-25 11:00Z 26° 29' N, 76° 30' W Click for more
1097290 Acoustic current meter 2009-12-02 20:00Z to 2011-04-25 11:00Z 26° 29' N, 76° 30' W Click for more
1097308 Acoustic current meter 2009-12-02 20:00Z to 2011-04-25 11:00Z 26° 29' N, 76° 30' W Click for more
1097321 Acoustic current meter 2009-12-02 20:00Z to 2011-04-25 11:00Z 26° 29' N, 76° 30' W Click for more
1097333 Acoustic current meter 2009-12-02 20:00Z to 2011-04-25 11:00Z 26° 29' N, 76° 30' W Click for more
1097345 Acoustic current meter 2009-12-02 20:00Z to 2011-04-25 11:00Z 26° 29' N, 76° 30' W Click for more
1097357 Acoustic current meter 2009-12-02 20:00Z to 2011-04-25 11:00Z 26° 29' N, 76° 30' W Click for more
1097369 Acoustic current meter 2009-12-02 20:00Z to 2011-04-25 11:00Z 26° 29' N, 76° 30' W Click for more
1097370 Acoustic current meter 2009-12-02 20:00Z to 2011-04-25 11:00Z 26° 29' N, 76° 30' W Click for more
1196828 Bottom pressure sensor tide gauge 2009-12-14 07:01Z to 2010-09-24 17:31Z 26° 29' N, 76° 29' W Click for more
1196841 Bottom pressure sensor tide gauge 2009-12-29 06:01Z to 2011-04-11 20:31Z 26° 30' N, 71° 59' W Click for more
1760021 CTD/STD cast 2009-11-22 01:34Z 26° 25' N, 78° 39' W Click for more
1760033 CTD/STD cast 2009-11-22 03:56Z 26° 19' N, 78° 43' W Click for more
1760045 CTD/STD cast 2009-11-22 05:46Z 26° 15' N, 78° 46' W Click for more
1760057 CTD/STD cast 2009-11-22 07:21Z 26° 10' N, 78° 48' W Click for more
1760069 CTD/STD cast 2009-11-22 09:01Z 26° 4' N, 78° 51' W Click for more
1760070 CTD/STD cast 2009-11-22 21:56Z 25° 57' N, 76° 54' W Click for more
1760082 CTD/STD cast 2009-11-23 01:46Z 25° 57' N, 76° 53' W Click for more
1760094 CTD/STD cast 2009-11-23 05:33Z 25° 58' N, 76° 54' W Click for more
1760101 CTD/STD cast 2009-11-23 12:34Z 26° 31' N, 76° 52' W Click for more
1760113 CTD/STD cast 2009-11-23 13:53Z 26° 30' N, 76° 49' W Click for more
1760125 CTD/STD cast 2009-11-23 16:23Z 26° 30' N, 76° 44' W Click for more
1760137 CTD/STD cast 2009-11-23 21:44Z 26° 30' N, 76° 39' W Click for more
1760149 CTD/STD cast 2009-11-24 14:22Z 26° 30' N, 76° 34' W Click for more
1760150 CTD/STD cast 2009-11-24 19:23Z 26° 30' N, 76° 28' W Click for more
1760162 CTD/STD cast 2009-11-25 00:27Z 26° 30' N, 76° 21' W Click for more
1760174 CTD/STD cast 2009-11-25 05:07Z 26° 30' N, 76° 12' W Click for more
1760186 CTD/STD cast 2009-11-25 12:29Z 26° 30' N, 76° 5' W Click for more
1760198 CTD/STD cast 2009-11-25 17:52Z 26° 30' N, 75° 54' W Click for more
1760205 CTD/STD cast 2009-11-25 22:55Z 26° 30' N, 75° 42' W Click for more
1760217 CTD/STD cast 2009-11-26 03:33Z 26° 30' N, 75° 30' W Click for more
1760229 CTD/STD cast 2009-11-26 08:17Z 26° 30' N, 75° 18' W Click for more
1760230 CTD/STD cast 2009-11-26 13:41Z 26° 30' N, 75° 4' W Click for more
1760242 CTD/STD cast 2009-11-26 18:34Z 26° 30' N, 74° 48' W Click for more
1760254 CTD/STD cast 2009-11-26 23:49Z 26° 30' N, 74° 31' W Click for more
1760266 CTD/STD cast 2009-11-27 04:40Z 26° 30' N, 74° 14' W Click for more
1760278 CTD/STD cast 2009-11-27 10:13Z 26° 30' N, 73° 52' W Click for more
1760291 CTD/STD cast 2009-11-27 16:09Z 26° 29' N, 73° 30' W Click for more
1760309 CTD/STD cast 2009-11-27 22:13Z 26° 30' N, 73° 7' W Click for more
1760310 CTD/STD cast 2009-11-28 04:10Z 26° 30' N, 72° 46' W Click for more
1760322 CTD/STD cast 2009-11-28 23:01Z 26° 30' N, 72° 23' W Click for more
1760334 CTD/STD cast 2009-11-29 05:05Z 26° 30' N, 71° 59' W Click for more
1760346 CTD/STD cast 2009-12-01 02:40Z 26° 30' N, 75° 42' W Click for more
1760358 CTD/STD cast 2009-12-03 13:45Z 26° 29' N, 76° 28' W Click for more
1760371 CTD/STD cast 2009-12-03 23:33Z 26° 31' N, 76° 49' W Click for more
1760383 CTD/STD cast 2009-12-04 02:33Z 26° 31' N, 76° 46' W Click for more
1781375 Inverted Echo Sounder 2009-12-03 12:00Z to 2010-03-30 12:00Z 26° 29' N, 76° 28' W Click for more
1781480 Inverted Echo Sounder 2009-12-01 12:00Z to 2010-03-29 12:00Z 26° 31' N, 76° 49' W Click for more

Project Database

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