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Prince Madog UCES22/D (ISIS22)

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)Prince Madog (74PD)
Cruise identifierUCES22/D (ISIS22)
Cruise period1981-07-27 — 1981-07-30
StatusCompleted
ObjectivesSurvey cruise contributing to research directed toward an understanding of how the physics of the Irish Sea and surrounding regions (Celtic Sea, St, George's Channel, North Channel and Clyde Sea) determined biogeochemical processes and sediment transport.
Chief scientistToby J Sherwin (University of Wales, Bangor School of Ocean Sciences)
ProjectInterdisciplinary Study of the Irish Sea
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralIrish Sea and St. George's Channel
Measurements 
Physical oceanography 
Surface measurements underway (T,S)
CTD stationsQuantity: number of stations = 15
Subsurface temperature and salinity measurementsQuantity: 2
Transparency (eg transmissometer)Quantity: 10
Description: beam attenuation
Optics (eg underwater light levels)Quantity: 4
Description: irradiance
Current metersQuantity: 1
Description: 2 c.m.re-deployed on one mooring
Other physical oceanographic measurementsQuantity: 2
Description: conductivity and temp.sensors
Biology and fisheries 
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence)Quantity: 52
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence)Description: Chlorophyll fluorescence,10 profiles
Dissolved organic matter (inc DOC)Quantity: 52
Description: yellow substances
SestonQuantity: 52
Meteorology 
Incident radiation
Other meteorological measurementsDescription: data buoy(wind speed and direction,air temp.)
Data held at BODC Get data
Series/Profiles 
5  CTD/STD cast
Vertical spatial coordinates
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column

BODC idDate/TimeLocationDoc.
714801981-07-27 07:00 53° 51' 43" N  5° 30' 0" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 71480
715111981-07-27 23:58 53° 51' 25" N  5° 30' 46" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 71511
714921981-07-27 07:32 53° 51' 43" N  5° 30' 0" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 71492
715351981-07-27 23:33 53° 35' 52" N  5° 3' 25" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 71535
715231981-07-27 08:45 53° 34' 26" N  4° 58' 22" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 71523