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RV Clione CLI7/85

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)RV Clione (74CN)
Cruise identifierCLI7/85
Cruise period1985-06-07 — 1985-06-17
StatusCompleted
Port of departureLowestoft, United Kingdom
Port of returnLowestoft, United Kingdom
ObjectivesThe objectives of this cruise were:
(1) To recover the 6 current meter moorings deployed by RV Clione cruise 5B. Four recovered intact plus another collected from a naval patrol vessel.
(2) To recover the current meter mooring deployed at Nab Tower. Recovered intact.
(3) To make a CTD survey of the North Channel with water samples for nutrients. Three sections worked.
(4) To release sea-bed drifters at each North Channel current meter station. Accomplished.
(5) To collect water samples for analysis of CD, Pb, Cu and Hg. Accomplished.
(6) To take surface water samples from the North Channel and Irish Sea for radiocaesium analysis. Accomplished.
Chief scientistJ Alan Durance (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory)
Cruise reportRV Clione CLI7/85 cruise report clione7_85.pdf (0.10 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralIrish Sea and St. George's Channel
SpecificNorth Channel; Irish Sea
Track chartsRV Clione CLI7/85 cruise track — trk3131.html
Measurements 
Physical oceanography 
CTD stationsQuantity: number of stations = 23
Current metersQuantity: number of stations = 7
Description: 11 current meters recovered;45 days
Surface drifters/drifting buoysQuantity: number of deployments = 300
Description: bottom
Chemical oceanography 
Oxygen
PhosphateQuantity: number of stations = 22
NitrateQuantity: number of stations = 22
NitriteQuantity: number of stations = 22
SilicateQuantity: number of stations = 22
RadioactivityQuantity: number of samples = 30
Description: caesium (Cs)
Contamination 
Trace metalsQuantity: number of samples = 31
Data held at BODC Get data
Series/Profiles 
22  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.
1799071985-06-11 05:54 54° 46' 41" N  5° 4' 30" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 179907
1799441985-06-11 17:28 54° 41' 11" N  5° 14' 17" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 179944
1799811985-06-11 21:09 54° 36' 11" N  5° 26' 17" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 179981
1800051985-06-12 17:19 54° 29' 29" N  5° 20' 59" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 180005
1800301985-06-12 21:00 54° 33' 5" N  4° 57' 11" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 180030
1801101985-06-13 12:35 54° 50' 24" N  5° 32' 59" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 180110
1801341985-06-13 14:05 54° 49' 5" N  5° 40' 23" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 180134
1799931985-06-12 16:40 54° 29' 5" N  5° 23' 23" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 179993
1801221985-06-13 13:23 54° 49' 23" N  5° 38' 29" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 180122
1799561985-06-11 18:39 54° 39' 18" N  5° 19' 5" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 179956
1800421985-06-13 05:25 54° 36' 0" N  4° 53' 47" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 180042
1801091985-06-13 11:39 54° 51' 41" N  5° 26' 17" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 180109
1799191985-06-11 07:44 54° 44' 17" N  5° 7' 53" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 179919
1799681985-06-11 20:19 54° 37' 48" N  5° 22' 53" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 179968
1800911985-06-13 10:00 54° 52' 59" N  5° 18' 47" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 180091
1800781985-06-13 09:06 54° 54' 11" N  5° 13' 59" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 180078
1800661985-06-13 08:36 54° 54' 11" N  5° 11' 24" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 180066
1800291985-06-12 19:41 54° 30' 0" N  4° 59' 53" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 180029
1799321985-06-11 13:08 54° 42' 36" N  5° 12' 41" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 179932
1799201985-06-11 10:24 54° 43' 23" N  5° 11' 17" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 179920
1800541985-06-13 06:00 54° 37' 53" N  4° 52' 30" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 180054
1800171985-06-12 18:34 54° 29' 29" N  5° 11' 35" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 180017