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RRS James Clark Ross JR20131005 (AMT23, JR300)

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)RRS James Clark Ross (74JC)
Cruise identifierJR20131005 (AMT23, JR300)
Cruise period2013-10-01 — 2013-11-11
StatusCompleted
Port of departureImmingham, United Kingdom
Port of returnStanley, Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
PurposeResearch
ObjectivesThe JR300 cruise was the 23rd cruise of the Atlantic Meridional Transect (AMT) - a multidisciplinary programme agglomerating biological, chemical and physical oceanographic research during an annual voyage between the UK and destinations in the South Atlantic. This time the cruise ended at the Falkland Islands. The AMT multidisciplinary ocean observation programme provided a platform for national and international scientific collaboration, for training the next generation of oceanographers and for validating novel methods and technology. The main deliverable of AMT is an unique time series (1995-2012) of spatially extensive observations on the structure and biogeochemical properties of planktonic ecosystems in the Atlantic Ocean that are required to validate models addressing questions related to the global carbon cycle.

Data sets include:
Vertical CTD profiles and continuous underway data;
Optical characteristics of the water column;
Biological characteristics of the waters column;
Biogeochemical measurements on water samples including nutrients, pigments, dissolved gases
and particulate carbon and nitrogen;
Primary, new production and respiration, microbial activity measurements.
Chief scientistMikhail V Zubkov (National Oceanography Centre, Southampton)
ProjectAtlantic Meridional Transect (AMT)
Coordinating bodyNatural Environment Research Council (NERC)
Cruise reportRRS James Clark Ross JR20131005 (AMT23, JR300) cruise report jr300.pdf (5.99 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralAtlantic Ocean
Track chartsRRS James Clark Ross JR20131005 (AMT23, JR300) cruise track — jr300trk.pdf (1.17 MB) 
Measurements 
Physical oceanography 
CTD stationsQuantity: number of profiles = 27
Description: Discrete samples for primary productivity from 6 depths.
Optics (eg underwater light levels)Quantity: number of measurements = 430
Description: Microtops sunphotometer measurements used to determine aerosol optical thickness.
Optics (eg underwater light levels)Quantity: activity duration in days = 29
Description: Continuous measurements of particulate scattering coefficients determined with a hyperspectral WETLabs ACs meter and a WETLabs ECO-BB3 meter on water from the ship's non-toxic supply.
Optics (eg underwater light levels)Quantity: activity duration in days = 29
Description: Continuous measurements of above-water radiometery using a hyperspectral radiometer (Satlantic HyperSAS) from dawn to dusk. Including downwelling irradiance, sky radiance and water-leaving radiance.
Optics (eg underwater light levels)Quantity: number of profiles = 29
Description: Profiles of spectrally-resolved optical scattering coefficients determined with a WETLabs ECO-BB3 and a HobiLabs Hydroscat 6 meters.
Chemical oceanography 
OxygenQuantity: number of profiles = 51
Description: Discrete samples from the mixed layer, O2 max (alternatively DCM) for triple oxygen isotope composition and oxygen/Argon measurements to determine net and gross community production.
OxygenQuantity: number of profiles = 26
Description: Discrete oxygen concentration measurements for calibration of the CTD from 6-7 depths of the pre-dawn CTD.
Carbon dioxideQuantity: activity duration in days = 28
Description: Continuous sea surface measurements of carbon dioxide (pCO2) from the ship's underway non-toxic seawater supply.
Carbon dioxideQuantity: activity duration in days = 23
Description: Continuous sea surface measurements of climatically active gases (CO2, N2O, CO, CH4) sampled every second.
Other dissolved gasesQuantity: number of profiles = 50
Description: Discrete samples for methane and Nitrous oxide (N2O) from 10 depths up to 300m at the pre-dawn cast and 6 depths at the noon cast to 300m.
Other dissolved gasesQuantity: activity duration in days = 26
Description: Discrete samples approx. every 70 min for monoterpenes, halocarbons, isoprene and DMS measurements, from the ship's non-toxic seawater supply,
Other dissolved gasesQuantity: activity duration in days = 23
Description: Continuous sea surface measurements of climatically active gases (CO2, N2O, CO, CH4) sampled every second.
Other dissolved gasesQuantity: number of profiles = 5
Description: Monoterpenes, halocarbons, isoprene and DMS measurements from discrete samples of 7 or 8 depths including from the DCM and O2 max.
PhosphateQuantity: number of profiles = 54
Description: Discrete samples of phosphate nutrients from all depths between the surface and 500m from predawn and solar noon CTD casts.
PhosphateQuantity: number of samples = 54
Description: Enumeration of bacterioplankton and smallest unicellular protists at all sampled depths between the surface and 200m from CTD casts by flow cytometry; assessments of bacterioplankton photoheterotrophy in the surface mixed layer was done at selected 1-2 depths at 23 stations.
NitrateQuantity: number of profiles = 54
Description: Discrete samples of phosphate nutrients from all depths between the surface and 500m from predawn and solar noon CTD casts.
NitriteQuantity: number of profiles = 54
Description: Discrete samples of phosphate nutrients from all depths between the surface and 500m from predawn and solar noon CTD casts.
SilicateQuantity: number of profiles = 54
Description: Discrete samples of phosphate nutrients from all depths between the surface and 500m from predawn and solar noon CTD casts.
AlkalinityQuantity: number of profiles = 54
Description: Discrete samples of DIC measurements from the surface, DCM and below the DCM.
pHQuantity: number of profiles = 54
Description: Discrete samples for pH analysis from all depths between the surface and 250m.
IsotopesQuantity: number of profiles = 51
Description: Discrete samples from the mixed layer, O2 max (alternatively DCM) for triple oxygen isotope composition and oxygen/Argon measurements to determine net and gross community production.
Other chemical oceanographic measurementsQuantity: number of profiles = 7
Description: Incubation experiments with 15 N -labelled tracers at 4 depths to measure remineralisation and nitrification rates. Subsampling at every 6 hours over 48 hours of incubations for nutrients, PON, DON and molecular biological analysis.
Contamination 
Suspended matterQuantity: number of samples = 138
Description: Discrete profiles of total suspended matter.
Biology and fisheries 
Primary productivityQuantity: number of profiles = 25
Description: Photosynthetic rate parameters collected from discrete samples from the midday cast.
Primary productivityQuantity: number of profiles = 27
Description: Discrete samples for primary productivity from 6 depths.
Primary productivityQuantity: number of profiles = 23
Description: Discrete samples for net/gross primary production and respiration rates (24 hr planktonic community incubations) from 5 depths from the pre-dawn cast.
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence)Quantity: activity duration in days = 28
Description: Discrete sample measurements from the non-toxice supply for fluorometric chlorophyll-a analysis.
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence)Quantity: number of profiles = 54
Description: Discrete samples for fluorometric chlorophyll-a analysis from the predawn and solar noon CTD casts.
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence)Quantity: number of samples = 79
Description: This dataset refers specifically to samples collected for High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) from the ships underway system. Samples will be analysed by HPLC at Plymouth Marine Laboratory after the cruise.
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence)Quantity: number of profiles = 25
Description: Fluorometric size fractionated chlorophyll and pigments data from discrete samples.
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence)Quantity: number of samples = 434
Description: This dataset refers specifically to samples collected for High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) from the Niskin bottles attached to the CTD. Seawater samples were collected from the predawn and noon CTD casts. Samples will be analysed by HPLC at Plymouth Marine Laboratory after the cruise.
Particulate organic matter (inc POC, PON)Quantity: number of profiles = 7
Description: Incubation experiments with 15 N -labelled tracers at 4 depths to measure remineralisation and nitrification rates. Subsampling at every 6 hours over 48 hours of incubations for nutrients, PON, DON and molecular biological analysis.
Particulate organic matter (inc POC, PON)Quantity: number of samples = 138
Description: Discrete profiles of particulate organic carbon and nitrogen.
Dissolved organic matter (inc DOC)Quantity: number of profiles = 7
Description: Incubation experiments with 15 N -labelled tracers at 4 depths to measure remineralisation and nitrification rates. Subsampling at every 6 hours over 48 hours of incubations for nutrients, PON, DON and molecular biological analysis.
Biochemical measurements (eg lipids, amino acids)Quantity: number of samples = 54
Description: Enumeration of bacterioplankton and smallest unicellular protists at all sampled depths between the surface and 200m from CTD casts by flow cytometry; assessments of bacterioplankton photoheterotrophy in the surface mixed layer was done at selected 1-2 depths at 23 stations.
PhytoplanktonQuantity: number of profiles = 54
Description: Quantification of pico- and nanophytoplankton abundance from all depths between the surface and 200m from CTD casts by flow cytometry.
PhytoplanktonQuantity: number of hauls = 25
Description: Vertical net hauls from 200m to the surface using a bongo WP-2 net system with 200 µm mesh nets to collect mesoplankton.
PhytoplanktonQuantity: activity duration in days = 28
Description: Continuous sea surface (6-7m) measurements of mesoplankton community abundance and size structure taken using an opical plankton counter attached to the ship's underway non-toxic seawater supply.
PhytoplanktonQuantity: number of profiles = 27
Description: DNA analysis of whole community of Synechococcus present at 200m, DCM, 33% or 20% and surface waters using a filtering system from pre-dawn casts.
PhytoplanktonQuantity: number of profiles = 39
Description: DNA and RNA analysis of whole community of Synechococcus present at 20m using a cell trap system from pre-dawn and noon CTD casts.
PhytoplanktonQuantity: activity duration in days = 10
Description: DNA analyses of whole community of Synechococcus collected from the underway in high frequency.
PhytoplanktonQuantity: number of profiles = 54
Description: Collection of seawater samples for quantification of microplankton community abundance and size structure collected from solar noon CTD casts at the surface, 20 m, deep chlorophyll maximum and 200 m and preserved with Lugol's iodine solution.
PhytoplanktonQuantity: activity duration in days = 2
Description: Incubation of three different phages with material collected in cell traps and concentrated by filtration from different depths in order to analyse infection preference.
PhytoplanktonQuantity: activity duration in days = 23
Description: Water collected from two depths at pre-dawn and noon CTDs and when not possible underway for the purposes of culturing Synechococcus and picoeukaryotes.
PhytoplanktonQuantity: activity duration in days = 6
Description: Incubation of Pteridomonas sp. with material collected in cell traps from different depths in order to analyse grazing preference.
ZooplanktonQuantity: activity duration in days = 28
Description: Continuous sea surface (6-7m) measurements of mesoplankton community abundance and size structure taken using an opical plankton counter attached to the ship's underway non-toxic seawater supply.
ZooplanktonQuantity: number of profiles = 54
Description: Collection of seawater samples for quantification of microplankton community abundance and size structure collected from solar noon CTD casts at the surface, 20 m, deep chlorophyll maximum and 200 m and preserved with Lugol's iodine solution.
ZooplanktonQuantity: number of hauls = 25
Description: Vertical net hauls from 200m to the surface using a bongo WP-2 net system with 200 µm mesh nets to collect mesoplankton.
Pelagic bacteria/micro-organismsQuantity: number of profiles = 7
Description: Incubation experiments with 15 N -labelled tracers at 4 depths to measure remineralisation and nitrification rates. Subsampling at every 6 hours over 48 hours of incubations for nutrients, PON, DON and molecular biological analysis.
Pelagic bacteria/micro-organismsQuantity: number of samples = 54
Description: Enumeration of bacterioplankton and smallest unicellular protists at all sampled depths between the surface and 200m from CTD casts by flow cytometry; assessments of bacterioplankton photoheterotrophy in the surface mixed layer was done at selected 1-2 depths at 23 stations.
Other biological/fisheries measurementQuantity: number of samples = 25
Description: Quantification of mesoplankton community abundance and size structure collected from vertical net hauls and analysed using an optical plankton counter.
Other biological/fisheries measurementQuantity: number of samples = 54
Description: Enumeration of bacterioplankton and smallest unicellular protists at all sampled depths between the surface and 200m from CTD casts by flow cytometry; assessments of bacterioplankton photoheterotrophy in the surface mixed layer was done at selected 1-2 depths at 23 stations.
Meteorology 
Atmospheric chemistryQuantity: activity duration in days = 28
Description: Air samples for atmospheric concentrations of monoterpenes, halocarbons, isoprene and DMS taken approximately every 30 min (inlet on the meteorological platform cross-trees).
Atmospheric chemistryQuantity: number of samples = 31
Description: Filter samples for organic aerosol composition and aerosol organic/inorganic nitrogen deposition using a high-volume aerosol collector, including 5 blanks (various types); each filter deployed for ca. 24 hours.
Atmospheric chemistryQuantity: activity duration in days = 26
Description: Measurements of atmospheric ozone, 10 second average (inlet on the meteorological platform cross-trees).
Data held at BODC Get data
Series/Profiles 
162  Bottle station
Reference numbers
Carotenoid and flavenoid pigment concentrations in water bodies
Vertical spatial coordinates
Phytoplankton taxonomic abundance in water bodies
Plankton abundance per unit volume of the water column
Quality control flags
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies
Reference numbers
Carotenoid and flavenoid pigment concentrations in water bodies
Vertical spatial coordinates
Phytoplankton taxonomic abundance in water bodies
Plankton abundance per unit volume of the water column
Quality control flags
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies

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20035392013-10-11 05:00:30 41° 46' 38" N  15° 58' 0" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2003539
20036442013-10-16 05:34 24° 12' 54" N  26° 15' 22" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2003644
20036932013-10-18 05:36:30 17° 3' 50" N  29° 9' 32" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2003693
20037362013-10-20 05:38 9° 16' 29" N  29° 32' 22" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2003736
20037612013-10-21 05:46:30 5° 27' 26" N  29° 24' 52" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2003761
20038772013-10-27 05:38:30 17° 42' 7" S  25° 42' 19" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2003877
20040572013-11-04 05:41:30 40° 36' 40" S  44° 7' 46" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2004057
20042662013-10-11 05:00:30 41° 46' 38" N  15° 58' 0" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2004266
20045552013-10-24 13:37:30 7° 25' 32" S  27° 56' 38" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2004555
20045792013-10-25 13:40:30 11° 7' 5" S  27° 9' 40" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2004579
20046112013-10-27 05:38:30 17° 42' 7" S  25° 42' 19" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2004611
20046722013-10-30 05:37 26° 55' 29" S  30° 2' 25" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2004672
20048202013-11-06 14:32:30 46° 16' 16" S  50° 44' 44" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2004820
20104812013-10-14 12:35:30 30° 22' 8" N  23° 9' 23" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2010481
20104932013-10-15 05:35 27° 48' 18" N  24° 29' 5" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2010493
20105732013-10-18 13:32:30 15° 53' 42" N  29° 30' 5" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2010573
20106412013-10-21 13:38 4° 21' 48" N  29° 23' 22" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2010641
20106652013-10-23 13:41:30 3° 39' 24" S  28° 44' 37" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2010665
20107212013-10-26 05:32 13° 56' 42" S  26° 33' 29" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2010721
20107692013-10-28 05:35:30 21° 31' 45" S  25° 9' 46" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2010769
20107702013-10-28 13:36:30 22° 34' 15" S  25° 54' 37" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2010770
20108502013-11-01 13:39 33° 11' 59" S  36° 15' 21" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2010850
20109172013-11-05 05:36 42° 53' 46" S  46° 43' 27" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2010917
20109292013-11-05 13:36 43° 42' 31" S  47° 40' 1" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2010929
20036682013-10-17 05:36:30 20° 38' 35" N  27° 59' 24" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2003668
20035032013-10-09 12:29:30 46° 37' 7" N  10° 37' 42" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2003503
20035402013-10-11 12:36:30 40° 48' 32" N  16° 40' 33" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2003540
20036322013-10-15 13:42:30 26° 39' 17" N  25° 3' 46" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2003632
20038282013-10-25 05:32:30 10° 0' 7" S  27° 23' 48" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2003828
20038902013-10-28 05:35:30 21° 31' 45" S  25° 9' 46" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2003890
20039452013-10-30 05:37 26° 55' 29" S  30° 2' 25" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2003945
20039572013-10-30 13:34:30 27° 47' 21" S  30° 52' 10" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2003957
20040702013-11-05 13:36 43° 42' 31" S  47° 40' 1" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2004070
20042422013-10-10 04:59 45° 0' 7" N  13° 35' 40" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2004242
20042542013-10-10 12:33 44° 6' 41" N  14° 15' 17" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2004254
20043102013-10-13 05:10:30 34° 56' 57" N  20° 40' 6" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2004310
20043342013-10-14 05:08 31° 18' 17" N  22° 40' 24" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2004334
20043462013-10-14 12:35:30 30° 22' 8" N  23° 9' 23" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2004346
20043952013-10-16 13:38 23° 4' 46" N  26° 48' 53" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2004395
20044992013-10-21 05:46:30 5° 27' 26" N  29° 24' 52" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2004499
20045062013-10-21 13:38 4° 21' 48" N  29° 23' 22" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2004506
20045672013-10-25 05:32:30 10° 0' 7" S  27° 23' 48" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2004567
20045802013-10-26 05:32 13° 56' 42" S  26° 33' 29" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2004580
20047392013-11-02 05:34:30 35° 9' 32" S  38° 16' 25" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2004739
20047402013-11-02 13:34:30 35° 59' 58" S  39° 9' 48" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2004740
20103882013-10-10 12:33 44° 6' 41" N  14° 15' 17" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2010388
20104682013-10-14 05:08 31° 18' 17" N  22° 40' 24" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2010468
20105122013-10-16 05:34 24° 12' 54" N  26° 15' 22" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2010512
20108132013-10-30 13:34:30 27° 47' 21" S  30° 52' 10" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2010813
20109052013-11-04 05:41:30 40° 36' 40" S  44° 7' 46" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2010905
20037972013-10-23 13:41:30 3° 39' 24" S  28° 44' 37" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2003797
20040692013-11-05 05:36 42° 53' 46" S  46° 43' 27" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2004069
20036072013-10-14 05:08 31° 18' 17" N  22° 40' 24" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2003607
20037732013-10-21 13:38 4° 21' 48" N  29° 23' 22" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2003773
20038892013-10-27 13:36 18° 59' 49" S  25° 23' 14" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2003889
20039822013-11-01 05:37 32° 15' 40" S  35° 18' 1" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2003982
20040082013-11-02 05:34:30 35° 9' 32" S  38° 16' 25" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2004008
20040212013-11-02 13:34:30 35° 59' 58" S  39° 9' 48" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2004021
20044632013-10-19 13:35 12° 4' 55" N  29° 38' 33" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2004463
20042302013-10-09 12:29:30 46° 37' 7" N  10° 37' 42" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2004230
20042782013-10-11 12:36:30 40° 48' 32" N  16° 40' 33" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2004278
20043222013-10-13 12:34:30 33° 55' 0" N  21° 16' 49" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2004322
20043832013-10-16 05:34 24° 12' 54" N  26° 15' 22" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2004383
20044022013-10-17 05:36:30 20° 38' 35" N  27° 59' 24" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2004402
20048072013-11-05 13:36 43° 42' 31" S  47° 40' 1" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2004807
20048192013-11-06 06:01:30 45° 24' 14" S  49° 41' 24" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2004819
20105482013-10-17 13:36 19° 39' 12" N  28° 23' 56" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2010548
20105972013-10-19 13:35 12° 4' 55" N  29° 38' 33" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2010597
20103762013-10-10 04:59 45° 0' 7" N  13° 35' 40" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2010376
20104322013-10-12 12:39 37° 23' 47" N  19° 2' 39" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2010432
20106162013-10-20 13:39:30 8° 7' 10" N  29° 30' 35" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2010616
20107822013-10-29 05:34:30 24° 25' 40" S  27° 38' 42" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2010782
20108012013-10-30 05:37 26° 55' 29" S  30° 2' 25" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2010801
65  CTD/STD cast
Reference numbers
Transmittance and attenuance of the water column
Optical backscatter
Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column
Temperature of the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
Salinity of the water column
Visible waveband radiance and irradiance measurements in the water column
Density of the water column
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies
Reference numbers
Transmittance and attenuance of the water column
Optical backscatter
Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column
Temperature of the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
Salinity of the water column
Visible waveband radiance and irradiance measurements in the water column
Density of the water column
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies

BODC idDate/TimeLocationDoc.
17474122013-10-12 12:17:17 37° 23' 48" N  19° 2' 39" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1747412
17474482013-10-14 04:45:44 31° 18' 17" N  22° 40' 23" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1747448
17475162013-10-16 13:14:45 23° 4' 46" N  26° 48' 54" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1747516
17475532013-10-18 05:09:39 17° 3' 50" N  29° 9' 32" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1747553
17476332013-10-21 13:15:07 4° 21' 49" N  29° 23' 22" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1747633
17476692013-10-24 05:40:22 6° 20' 16" S  28° 10' 45" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1747669
17478172013-10-31 13:13:06 30° 19' 55" S  33° 22' 28" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1747817
17478782013-11-03 13:18:57 38° 45' 13" S  42° 6' 35" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1747878
17474242013-10-13 04:41:23 34° 56' 56" N  20° 40' 9" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1747424
17474852013-10-15 05:14:17 27° 48' 18" N  24° 29' 5" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1747485
17478542013-11-02 13:11:05 35° 59' 59" S  39° 9' 47" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1747854
17473682013-10-11 04:41:02 41° 46' 38" N  15° 58' 0" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1747368
17473932013-10-11 12:10:30 40° 48' 32" N  16° 40' 34" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1747393
17475652013-10-18 13:10:23 15° 53' 41" N  29° 30' 5" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1747565
17477132013-10-26 13:11:33 15° 0' 8" S  26° 19' 46" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1747713
17477622013-10-29 05:11:59 24° 25' 40" S  27° 38' 42" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1747762
17479092013-11-05 05:11:05 42° 53' 46" S  46° 43' 27" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1747909
17479712013-10-15 14:12:44 26° 39' 17" N  25° 3' 46" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1747971
17474972013-10-15 13:20:18 26° 39' 18" N  25° 3' 46" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1747497
17475042013-10-16 05:09 24° 12' 53" N  26° 15' 22" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1747504
17475892013-10-19 13:12:27 12° 4' 55" N  29° 38' 33" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1747589
17476082013-10-20 13:13:43 8° 7' 10" N  29° 30' 40" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1747608
17477492013-10-28 05:11:35 21° 31' 45" S  25° 9' 46" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1747749
17477502013-10-28 13:14:17 22° 34' 15" S  25° 54' 37" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1747750
17478422013-11-02 05:11:02 35° 9' 31" S  38° 16' 25" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1747842
17478662013-11-03 05:30:42 38° 3' 15" S  41° 20' 46" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1747866
17479222013-10-09 12:58:24 46° 37' 7" N  10° 37' 42" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1747922
17479342013-10-10 05:23:32 45° 0' 7" N  13° 35' 40" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1747934
17473442013-10-10 04:39:13 45° 0' 7" N  13° 35' 40" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1747344
17474612013-10-14 12:09:22 30° 22' 8" N  23° 9' 23" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1747461
17474732013-11-06 14:11:41 46° 16' 23" S  50° 44' 36" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1747473
17476452013-10-23 05:41:17 2° 32' 49" S  28° 58' 58" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1747645
17477012013-10-26 05:09:54 13° 56' 42" S  26° 33' 29" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1747701
17477742013-10-29 13:11:34 25° 9' 43" S  28° 20' 20" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1747774
17478052013-10-31 05:12:21 29° 31' 17" S  32° 34' 46" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1747805
17479102013-11-05 13:13:37 43° 42' 31" S  47° 40' 1" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1747910
17479462013-10-14 05:36:39 31° 18' 17" N  22° 40' 23" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1747946
17480102013-10-28 14:16:35 22° 34' 16" S  25° 54' 37" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1748010
17473812013-11-06 05:40:15 45° 24' 17" S  49° 41' 26" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1747381
17475282013-10-17 05:10:39 20° 38' 35" N  27° 59' 23" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1747528
17475772013-10-19 05:12 13° 18' 47" N  29° 40' 14" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1747577
17476572013-10-23 13:15:42 3° 39' 24" S  28° 44' 38" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1747657
17476942013-10-25 13:13:59 11° 7' 5" S  27° 9' 40" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1747694
17477862013-10-30 05:13:22 26° 55' 28" S  30° 2' 25" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1747786
17478292013-11-01 05:12:17 32° 15' 40" S  35° 17' 58" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1747829
17473322013-10-09 12:07:45 46° 37' 7" N  10° 37' 42" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1747332
17473562013-10-10 12:15:01 44° 6' 41" N  14° 15' 18" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1747356
17475902013-10-20 05:12:03 9° 16' 30" N  29° 32' 26" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1747590
17476212013-10-21 05:22:15 5° 27' 26" N  29° 25' 13" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1747621
17476822013-10-25 05:08:59 10° 0' 7" S  27° 23' 48" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1747682
17477252013-10-27 05:15:36 17° 42' 5" S  25° 42' 17" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1747725
17477372013-10-27 13:13:21 18° 59' 49" S  25° 23' 14" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1747737
17478302013-11-01 13:17:40 33° 11' 59" S  36° 15' 21" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1747830
17479582013-10-14 13:06:39 30° 22' 8" N  23° 9' 23" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1747958
17479832013-10-17 06:10:56 20° 38' 35" N  27° 59' 23" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1747983
17479952013-10-21 06:21:51 5° 27' 26" N  29° 24' 24" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1747995
17480092013-10-25 06:03:26 10° 0' 7" S  27° 23' 48" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1748009
17480222013-10-29 06:07:08 24° 25' 39" S  27° 38' 42" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1748022
17480342013-11-03 06:22:02 38° 2' 42" S  41° 19' 27" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1748034
17474002013-10-12 04:43:14 38° 23' 37" N  18° 22' 34" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1747400
17474362013-10-13 12:11:49 33° 55' 1" N  21° 16' 49" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1747436
17475412013-10-17 13:12:40 19° 39' 12" N  28° 23' 55" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1747541
17476702013-10-24 13:15:08 7° 25' 32" S  27° 56' 38" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1747670
17477982013-10-30 13:13:27 27° 47' 21" S  30° 52' 10" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1747798
17478912013-11-04 05:19:30 40° 36' 38" S  44° 7' 41" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1747891
1  Meteorological data logger
Horizontal spatial co-ordinates
Air pressure
Visible waveband radiance and irradiance measurements in the atmosphere
Date and time
Air temperature
Wind strength and direction
Solar Radiation
Atmospheric humidity
Horizontal spatial co-ordinates
Air pressure
Visible waveband radiance and irradiance measurements in the atmosphere
Date and time
Air temperature
Wind strength and direction
Solar Radiation
Atmospheric humidity

BODC idDate/TimeLocationDoc.
17623042013-10-07 07:51  — 2013-11-08 13:04 51° 14' 56" S  57° 6' 55" W — 50° 48' 0" N  0° 58' 19" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1762304
1  Multiple instrument types
Horizontal spatial co-ordinates
Sound velocity and travel time in the water column
Date and time
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Electrical conductivity of the water column
Metadata parameters
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies
Horizontal spatial co-ordinates
Sound velocity and travel time in the water column
Date and time
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Electrical conductivity of the water column
Metadata parameters
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies

BODC idDate/TimeLocationDoc.
17623162013-10-07 07:51  — 2013-11-08 13:04 51° 14' 56" S  57° 6' 55" W — 50° 48' 0" N  0° 58' 19" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1762316
2  Pumped water sample
Horizontal spatial co-ordinates
Date and time
Carotenoid and flavenoid pigment concentrations in water bodies
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies
Horizontal spatial co-ordinates
Date and time
Carotenoid and flavenoid pigment concentrations in water bodies
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies

BODC idDate/TimeLocationDoc.
20034842013-10-09 10:40  — 2013-11-06 16:27 46° 25' 8" S  50° 47' 45" W — 46° 46' 19" N  10° 19' 55" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2003484
20034962013-10-09 08:28  — 2013-11-06 16:34 46° 25' 51" S  50° 48' 37" W — 47° 1' 1" N  9° 52' 23" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2003496
1  Single-beam echosounder
Horizontal spatial co-ordinates
Date and time
Platform or instrument orientation
Horizontal platform movement
Bathymetry and Elevation
Horizontal spatial co-ordinates
Date and time
Platform or instrument orientation
Horizontal platform movement
Bathymetry and Elevation

BODC idDate/TimeLocationDoc.
17622972013-10-07 07:51  — 2013-11-08 13:03 51° 14' 56" S  57° 6' 55" W — 50° 48' 0" N  0° 58' 19" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1762297
Discrete samples 
65  CTD frame plus rosette samplerCarotenoid and flavenoid pigment concentrations in water bodies
Nitrite concentration parameters in the water column
Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column
Phytoplankton taxonomic abundance in water bodies
Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column
Salinity of the water column
Silicate concentration parameters in the water column
Plankton abundance per unit volume of the water column
Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column
Dissolved concentration parameters for other gases in the water column
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies
19  Metocean Argos Drifting Buoy
69  Optical instruments
290  Sample taken from ship's non-toxic supplySalinity of the water column
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies
26  Twin WP-2 net mounted on a frame