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RV Lough Foyle LF/01/92

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)RV Lough Foyle (74LG)
Cruise identifierLF/01/92
Cruise period1992-02-11 — 1992-02-13
StatusCompleted
Port of departureOban, United Kingdom
Port of returnOban, United Kingdom
PurposeResearch
ObjectivesRecover and remove all SOAFD instruments moored in Loch Linnhe.
Chief scientistMike R Heath (Scottish Office Agriculture and Fisheries Department Aberdeen Marine Laboratory)
ProjectLoch Linnhe Project
Coordinating bodySOAFD
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralInner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland
SpecificLoch Linnhe
Measurements 
Physical oceanography 
Water bottle stations
CTD stations
Current metersQuantity: number of deployments = 1
Chemical oceanography 
Nitrate
Moorings, landers, buoys 
Physical oceanography 
Subsurface temperature measurements56° 32' 59" N  5° 30' 0" W — 1 * 60M, 1 lost at sea recovered
Transparency (eg transmissometer)56° 31' 59" N  5° 32' 59" W — 5 transmissometers "
Optics (eg underwater light levels)56° 32' 59" N  5° 30' 0" W — 5 fluorometers
Current meters56° 51' 0" N  5° 11' 29" W — 10 ACM
Sea level (inc. bot. press., inverted echosounder)56° 32' 59" N  5° 30' 0" W — 3 WLR
Chemical oceanography 
Other chemical oceanographic measurements56° 32' 59" N  5° 30' 0" W — 5 nutrient analysers
Biology and fisheries 
Sediment traps56° 32' 59" N  5° 30' 0" W — 2 auto sed traps