MV Dawn Sky DSK1/86
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |||||
| Ship name (ship code) | MV Dawn Sky (74GS) | ||||
| Cruise identifier | DSK1/86 | ||||
| Cruise period | 1986-06-02 — 1986-06-15 | ||||
| Status | Completed | ||||
| Port of departure | Fleetwood, United Kingdom | ||||
| Port of return | Dunstaffnage, United Kingdom | ||||
| Objectives | Charter - Current meters; tetrapod and guard buoys; water sampling and surveys; nutrient and phytoplankton distribution mapping | ||||
| Chief scientist | Anton Edwards (Scottish Marine Biological Association) | ||||
| Cruise report |  (0.34 MB) | ||||
| Ocean/sea areas | |||||
| General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) | ||||
| Specific | Irish Sea; The Minches; Clyde Sea | ||||
| Track charts |  | ||||
| Measurements | |||||
| Physical oceanography | |||||
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 145 Description: S only 3 S bottom | ||||
| CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 148 Description: Data received, but rejected(413D) | ||||
| Current meters | Quantity: 20 Description: relaid | ||||
| Chemical oceanography | |||||
| Nitrate | Quantity: 47 | ||||
| Silicate | Quantity: 47 | ||||
| pH | Quantity: 47 | ||||
| Isotopes | Quantity: number of samples = 73 Description: Cs-137 | ||||
| Contamination | |||||
| Suspended matter | Quantity: number of samples = 1 Description: Tetrapod suspended sediment samples taken at surface,mid and bottom dephts every hour for 12 hours | ||||
| Biology and fisheries | |||||
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: 147 | ||||
| Data held at BODC | Get data | ||||
| Series/Profiles | |||||
| 148 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
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| 1 Savonius rotor current meter | Moored instrument depth Date and time Temperature of the water column Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents) Moored instrument depth Date and time Temperature of the water column Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents)
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