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Prince Madog ISIS50

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)Prince Madog (74PD)
Cruise identifierISIS50
Cruise period1986-08-04 — 1986-08-06
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 scientistE Gay Mitchelson-Jacob (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 = 5
Description: surface only
CTD stationsQuantity: number of stations = 1
Description: CTD,6 profiles
Transparency (eg transmissometer)Quantity: 1
Description: 12 profiles
Biology and fisheries 
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence)Quantity: 1
Description: 6 profiles
SestonQuantity: 1
Description: 6 profiles
Meteorology 
Incident radiation