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Prince Madog ISIS41

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)Prince Madog (74PD)
Cruise identifierISIS41
Cruise period1985-05-06 — 1985-05-09
StatusCompleted
Port of departureMenai Bridge, United Kingdom
Port of returnMenai Bridge, United Kingdom
PurposeResearch
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 scientistJuan Brown (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)
Water bottle stationsQuantity: number of stations = 28
Description: surface only
CTD stationsQuantity: number of stations = 50
Description: disc
Transparency (eg transmissometer)
Optics (eg underwater light levels)Quantity: 9
Description: disc,irradiance meter
Current metersQuantity: 1
Current profiler (eg ADCP)Quantity: activity duration in days = 4
Description: doppler shift(bed mounted)
Other physical oceanographic measurementsQuantity: activity duration in days = 30
Description: HF Radar(OSCR)
Chemical oceanography 
Trace elementsQuantity: 33
Contamination 
Trace metalsQuantity: 33
Biology and fisheries 
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence)Quantity: 50
Dissolved organic matter (inc DOC)Quantity: 50
SestonQuantity: 50
Meteorology 
Upper air observationsDescription: deadalus multi spectral scanner from NERC aircraft
Incident radiation
Data held at BODC 
Series/Profiles 
73  CTD/STD cast
Vertical spatial coordinates
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Electrical conductivity of the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Electrical conductivity of the water column

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