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Cornide de Saavedra RADPROF0910

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)Cornide de Saavedra (29CS)
Cruise identifierRADPROF0910
Cruise period2010-08-30 — 2010-09-01
StatusCompleted
Port of departureVigo, Spain
Port of returnSantander, Spain
PurposeResearch
ObjectivesRecovery of four bottom pressure recorders (BPRs) deployed in 2009 off Cape Finisterre and two other BPRs off Cape Mayor as part of the RAPID-WAVE project. Redeployment of two BPRs off Cape Mayor.
Chief scientistGuillermo Diaz del Río (Spanish Institute of Oceanography, La Coruna Oceanographic Centre), Miguel Angel Morales Maqueda (National Oceanography Centre, Liverpool)
ProjectRAPID-WAVE
Coordinating bodyNatural Environment Research Council (NERC)
Cruise reportCornide de Saavedra RADPROF0910 cruise report cornidedesaavedra0910.pdf (0.11 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralBay of Biscay
SpecificBay of Biscay off Santander, Spain.
Moorings, landers, buoys 
Physical oceanography 
Sea level (inc. bot. press., inverted echosounder)43° 43' 23" N  3° 45' 35" W — Site Mareografo 1: RL22-Bottom Pressure Recorder, deployed into 1120 m, 01-09-2010, 20:07
Sea level (inc. bot. press., inverted echosounder)43° 43' 47" N  3° 45' 29" W — Site Mareografo 1: RL14-Bottom Pressure Recorder, recovered from 1113 m, 01-09-2010, 16:00
Sea level (inc. bot. press., inverted echosounder)43° 45' 35" N  3° 45' 35" W — Site Mareografo 2: RL09-Bottom Pressure Recorder, recovered from 1749 m, 01-09-2010, 19:28
Sea level (inc. bot. press., inverted echosounder)43° 0' 11" N  9° 40' 53" W — Site Mareografo 4: TRL02-Bottom Pressure Recorder, recovered from 1736 m, 31-08-2010, 06:23
Sea level (inc. bot. press., inverted echosounder)43° 45' 35" N  3° 45' 29" W — Site Mareografo 2: RL09-Bottom Pressure Recorder, recovered from 1749 m, 01-09-2010, 16:59
Sea level (inc. bot. press., inverted echosounder)43° 0' 5" N  9° 34' 35" W — Site Mareografo 3: TRL03-Bottom Pressure Recorder, NOT recovered from 1129 m. LOST
Data held at BODC Get data
Series/Profiles 
1  Bottom pressure sensor tide gauge
Reference numbers
Date and time
Temperature of the water column
Sea level
Reference numbers
Date and time
Temperature of the water column
Sea level

BODC idDate/TimeLocationDoc.
11928882010-09-02 01:07:30  — 2011-07-22 09:21:25 43° 45' 33" N  3° 45' 38" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1192888
Discrete samples 
2  Instrument mooring