RV Falcon Spirit 2012-08

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Ship name (ship code)

RV Falcon Spirit (748F)

Cruise identifier

2012-08

Cruise period

2012-08-10 — 2012-08-24

Status

Completed

Port of departure

Plymouth, United Kingdom

Port of return

Plymouth, United Kingdom

Purpose

Research

Objectives

The data were acquired from the RV Falcon Spirit, the Plymouth University vessel. The small 14m catermaran was used on a daily basis from 10 August 2012 to 24 August 2012 based off northern Cornish Coast in the Celtic Sea. The aim was to better understand which processes are most important within marginally stratified shelf seas. This project was funded by the NERC Discovery Science grant NE/I001832/1 - Assessing the sensitivity of marginally stratified shelf seas within a changing climate.

Objectives

To identify the processes involved in the existence and intensity of the front displays that are not governed by tidal periodicities.
To test whether the processes that were identified as important to changes in shelf sea stratification through in-situ measurements are indeed responsible for the observed changes.
To incorporate new knowledge into state-of-the-art numerical models that can up-scale the processes observed within this project to the shelf sea environment.

Chief scientist

Phil Hosegood (University of Plymouth School of Marine Science and Engineering)

Ocean/sea areas

General

Celtic Sea

Specific

North Cornish Coast

Moorings, landers, buoys

Physical oceanography

Subsurface temperature measurements

50° 21' 0" N 5° 35' 59" W — Moored chain of temperature loggers

Current profiler (eg ADCP)

50° 21' 0" N 5° 35' 59" W — ADCP

Currents measured from ship drift

50° 19' 59" N 5° 35' 59" W — VMADCP

Other physical oceanographic measurements

50° 19' 59" N 5° 34' 59" W — MSS MicroStructure Shear Profiles

Other physical oceanographic measurements

50° 19' 59" N 5° 35' 59" W — Towed minibat CTD

Data held at BODC

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Series/Profiles

98 Acoustic doppler current profiler

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BODC id	Date/Time	Location
1904021	2012-08-13 12:00:01 — 2012-08-13 23:59:59	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904070	2012-08-16 00:00 — 2012-08-16 11:59:58	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904346	2012-09-04 00:00:26 — 2012-09-04 23:45:38	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904162	2012-08-20 12:00:01 — 2012-08-20 23:59:59	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904242	2012-08-26 00:00:07 — 2012-08-26 23:45:19	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904291	2012-08-30 00:00:15 — 2012-08-30 23:45:27	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904881	2012-10-22 00:02:10 — 2012-10-22 23:47:22	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904506	2012-09-18 00:00:56 — 2012-09-18 23:46:08	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904567	2012-09-23 00:01:07 — 2012-09-23 23:46:19	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904819	2012-10-16 00:01:57 — 2012-10-16 23:47:09	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904844	2012-10-19 00:02:03 — 2012-10-19 23:47:15	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904752	2012-10-11 00:01:46 — 2012-10-11 23:46:58	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904936	2012-10-27 00:02:21 — 2012-10-27 23:47:32	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904948	2012-10-28 00:02:23 — 2012-10-28 23:47:34	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904008	2012-08-13 00:00 — 2012-08-13 11:59:59	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904101	2012-08-17 12:00 — 2012-08-17 23:59:58	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904230	2012-08-25 00:00:05 — 2012-08-25 23:45:17	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904309	2012-08-31 00:00:18 — 2012-08-31 23:45:30	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904531	2012-09-20 00:01:01 — 2012-09-20 23:46:13	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904543	2012-09-21 00:01:03 — 2012-09-21 23:46:15	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904647	2012-09-30 00:01:22 — 2012-09-30 23:46:34	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904672	2012-10-03 00:01:29 — 2012-10-03 23:46:41	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904924	2012-10-26 00:02:19 — 2012-10-26 23:47:30	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1903945	2012-08-10 11:23:15 — 2012-08-10 11:59:59	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1903970	2012-08-11 12:00:01 — 2012-08-11 23:59:59	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904045	2012-08-14 12:00:01 — 2012-08-14 23:59:58	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904069	2012-08-15 12:00 — 2012-08-15 23:59:58	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904278	2012-08-29 00:00:13 — 2012-08-29 23:45:25	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904358	2012-09-05 00:00:28 — 2012-09-05 23:45:40	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904518	2012-09-19 00:00:59 — 2012-09-19 23:46:11	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904555	2012-09-22 00:01:05 — 2012-09-22 23:46:17	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904635	2012-09-29 00:01:20 — 2012-09-29 23:46:32	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904696	2012-10-05 00:01:33 — 2012-10-05 23:46:45	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904893	2012-10-23 00:02:12 — 2012-10-23 23:47:24	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904961	2012-10-29 00:02:25 — 2012-10-29 23:47:37	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904149	2012-08-19 12:00 — 2012-08-19 23:59:58	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904217	2012-08-23 00:00 — 2012-08-23 23:45:12	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904334	2012-09-03 00:00:24 — 2012-09-03 23:45:36	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904475	2012-09-15 00:00:50 — 2012-09-15 23:46:02	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904487	2012-09-16 00:00:52 — 2012-09-16 23:46:04	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904592	2012-09-26 00:01:14 — 2012-09-26 23:46:26	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904703	2012-10-06 00:01:35 — 2012-10-06 23:46:47	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904715	2012-10-07 00:01:38 — 2012-10-07 23:46:49	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904740	2012-10-10 00:01:44 — 2012-10-10 23:46:56	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904788	2012-10-14 00:01:53 — 2012-10-14 23:47:04	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904820	2012-10-17 00:01:59 — 2012-10-17 23:47:11	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904832	2012-10-18 00:02:01 — 2012-10-18 23:47:13	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904868	2012-10-21 00:02:08 — 2012-10-21 23:47:20	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904900	2012-10-24 00:02:14 — 2012-10-24 23:47:26	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1903969	2012-08-11 00:00:01 — 2012-08-11 11:59:59	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1903994	2012-08-12 12:00 — 2012-08-12 23:59:58	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904094	2012-08-17 00:00:01 — 2012-08-17 11:59:58	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904174	2012-08-21 00:00:01 — 2012-08-21 11:59:58	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904186	2012-08-21 12:00 — 2012-08-21 23:59:59	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904198	2012-08-22 00:00:01 — 2012-08-22 09:42:51	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904383	2012-09-07 00:00:33 — 2012-09-07 23:45:45	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904426	2012-09-11 00:00:41 — 2012-09-11 23:45:53	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904451	2012-09-13 00:00:46 — 2012-09-13 23:45:58	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904579	2012-09-24 00:01:09 — 2012-09-24 23:46:21	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904764	2012-10-12 00:01:48 — 2012-10-12 23:47	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904033	2012-08-14 00:00:01 — 2012-08-14 11:59:59	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904776	2012-10-13 00:01:50 — 2012-10-13 23:47:02	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904985	2012-10-31 00:02:29 — 2012-10-31 23:47:41	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1903982	2012-08-12 00:00:01 — 2012-08-12 11:59:58	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904082	2012-08-16 12:00 — 2012-08-16 23:59:59	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904113	2012-08-18 00:00 — 2012-08-18 11:59:58	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904125	2012-08-18 12:00 — 2012-08-18 23:59:58	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904150	2012-08-20 00:00 — 2012-08-20 11:59:59	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904254	2012-08-27 00:00:09 — 2012-08-27 23:45:21	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904395	2012-09-08 00:00:35 — 2012-09-08 23:45:47	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904438	2012-09-12 00:00:44 — 2012-09-12 23:45:55	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904659	2012-10-01 00:01:25 — 2012-10-01 23:46:36	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904727	2012-10-08 00:01:40 — 2012-10-08 23:46:51	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904739	2012-10-09 00:01:42 — 2012-10-09 23:46:53	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1905000	2012-11-02 00:02:34 — 2012-11-02 09:47	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1903957	2012-08-10 12:00:01 — 2012-08-10 23:59:59	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904057	2012-08-15 00:00 — 2012-08-15 11:59:58	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904229	2012-08-24 00:00:02 — 2012-08-24 23:45:14	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904402	2012-09-09 00:00:37 — 2012-09-09 23:45:49	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904463	2012-09-14 00:00:48 — 2012-09-14 23:46	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904580	2012-09-25 00:01:12 — 2012-09-25 23:46:24	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904611	2012-09-27 00:01:16 — 2012-09-27 23:46:28	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904623	2012-09-28 00:01:18 — 2012-09-28 23:46:30	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904684	2012-10-04 00:01:31 — 2012-10-04 23:46:43	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904912	2012-10-25 00:02:16 — 2012-10-25 23:47:28	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904973	2012-10-30 00:02:27 — 2012-10-30 23:47:38	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904137	2012-08-19 00:00 — 2012-08-19 11:59:58	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904205	2012-08-22 15:00 — 2012-08-22 23:45:10	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904266	2012-08-28 00:00:11 — 2012-08-28 23:45:23	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904310	2012-09-01 00:00:20 — 2012-09-01 23:45:32	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904322	2012-09-02 00:00:22 — 2012-09-02 23:45:34	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904371	2012-09-06 00:00:31 — 2012-09-06 23:45:42	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904414	2012-09-10 00:00:39 — 2012-09-10 23:45:51	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904499	2012-09-17 00:00:54 — 2012-09-17 23:46:06	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904660	2012-10-02 00:01:27 — 2012-10-02 23:46:39	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904807	2012-10-15 00:01:55 — 2012-10-15 23:47:07	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904856	2012-10-20 00:02:06 — 2012-10-20 23:47:18	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W
1904997	2012-11-01 00:02:32 — 2012-11-01 23:47:43	50° 20' 45" N 5° 35' 58" W

17 Thermistor chain

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Moored instrument depth
Date and time
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column

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Date and time
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Temperature of the water column

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BODC id	Date/Time	Location
1718597	2012-08-10 13:56 — 2012-08-22 15:16	50° 20' 43" N 5° 36' 3" W
1718708	2012-08-10 13:56 — 2012-08-22 15:16	50° 20' 43" N 5° 36' 3" W
1718585	2012-08-10 13:56 — 2012-08-22 15:16	50° 20' 43" N 5° 36' 3" W
1718628	2012-08-10 13:56 — 2012-08-22 15:16	50° 20' 43" N 5° 36' 3" W
1718689	2012-08-10 13:56 — 2012-08-22 15:16	50° 20' 43" N 5° 36' 3" W
1718757	2012-08-10 13:56 — 2012-08-22 15:16	50° 20' 43" N 5° 36' 3" W
1718653	2012-08-10 13:56 — 2012-08-22 15:16	50° 20' 43" N 5° 36' 3" W
1718665	2012-08-10 13:56 — 2012-08-22 15:16	50° 20' 43" N 5° 36' 3" W
1718677	2012-08-10 13:56 — 2012-08-22 15:16	50° 20' 43" N 5° 36' 3" W
1718690	2012-08-10 13:56 — 2012-08-22 15:16	50° 20' 43" N 5° 36' 3" W
1718616	2012-08-10 13:56 — 2012-08-22 15:16	50° 20' 43" N 5° 36' 3" W
1718641	2012-08-10 13:56 — 2012-08-22 15:16	50° 20' 43" N 5° 36' 3" W
1718604	2012-08-10 13:56 — 2012-08-22 15:16	50° 20' 43" N 5° 36' 3" W
1718721	2012-08-10 13:56 — 2012-08-22 15:16	50° 20' 43" N 5° 36' 3" W
1718745	2012-08-10 13:56 — 2012-08-22 15:16	50° 20' 43" N 5° 36' 3" W
1718769	2012-08-10 13:56 — 2012-08-22 15:16	50° 20' 43" N 5° 36' 3" W
1718733	2012-08-10 13:56 — 2012-08-22 15:16	50° 20' 43" N 5° 36' 3" W

Discrete samples

2 Instrument mooring

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RV Falcon Spirit 2012-08

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