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FRV Scotia 0987S
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |||||
Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (749S) | ||||
Cruise identifier | 0987S | ||||
Cruise period | 1987-09-09 — 1987-09-29 | ||||
Status | Completed | ||||
Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom | ||||
Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom | ||||
Purpose | Research | ||||
Objectives | 1. To lay 13 current meter moorings, eight in the North Sea, four west of Orkney and one west of Shetland as part of the "ACE" project.
2. To recover two current meter moorings from the Faroe-Shetland Channel and work hydrographic sections. 3. To do an extensive hydrographic survey adjaent to the Fair Isle and Dooley currents. 4. To release and recover an Argos satellite buoy in the Fair Isle area. 5. To collect radio-caesium samples. | ||||
Chief scientist | J H Anthony Martin (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) | ||||
Project | ACE/NANSEN | ||||
Coordinating body | DAFS/ICES | ||||
Cruise report | (0.07 MB) | ||||
Ocean/sea areas | |||||
General | North Sea Norwegian Sea North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) | ||||
Specific | NW North Sea, Orkney, Shetland, Faroe-Shetland Channel | ||||
Track charts | |||||
Measurements | |||||
Physical oceanography | |||||
Surface measurements underway (T,S) | |||||
Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 101 Description: 27 surface and bottom only; 22 in NANSEN data set | ||||
CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 67 Description: data rejected by ICES | ||||
Current meters | Description: 4 deployed; 786 hours | ||||
Chemical oceanography | |||||
Phosphate | Quantity: number of stations = 10 | ||||
Silicate | Quantity: number of stations = 21 | ||||
Data held at BODC | Get data | ||||
Series/Profiles | |||||
67 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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