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RRS Challenger CH108A

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)RRS Challenger (74CH)
Cruise identifierCH108A
Cruise period1993-11-09 — 1993-11-24
StatusCompleted
Port of departureBarry, United Kingdom
Port of returnHull, United Kingdom
PurposeResearch
Objectives1. To quantify hydrodynamical transports and the processes affecting transformations, interactions and fates of particles, biogeochemically important elements and representative contaminants from land sources to the coastal zone.
2. To provide the first integrated environmental data base for a UK coastal region covering seasonal cycles and interannual variability and incorporating measurements of the fluxes of materials and rates of biological productivity.
3. To generate new quantitative understanding of estuarine and coastal zone processes controlling the fluxes and reactivities of both natural and anthropogenic materials.
4. To provide integratable models of these processes as building blocks for comprehensive coastal zone system models which will realistically predict the affects of future environmental change.
Chief scientistRobin M H Howland (Plymouth Marine Laboratory)
ProjectLOIS - RACS
Coordinating bodyUK NERC
Cruise reportRRS Challenger CH108A cruise report ch108a_93.pdf (1.23 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralNorth Sea
SpecificUK coastal waters from the Wash to the Tweed
Track chartsRRS Challenger CH108A cruise track — trk3860.html
Measurements 
Physical oceanography 
Surface measurements underway (T,S)Quantity: track kilometres = 5550
Description: Thermosalinograph, transmissometer, fluorometer, ADCP, bathymetry, continuous autoanalyser, surface PAR
CTD stationsQuantity: number of profiles = 83
Description: CTDO with transmissometer and fluorometer
Subsurface temperature and salinity measurementsQuantity: number of track lines = 9
Description: UOR tows at fixed depth
Transparency (eg transmissometer)Quantity: number of track lines = 9
Description: UOR tows at fixed depth
Transparency (eg transmissometer)Quantity: track kilometres = 5550
Description: Thermosalinograph, transmissometer, fluorometer, ADCP, bathymetry, continuous autoanalyser, surface PAR
Transparency (eg transmissometer)
Transparency (eg transmissometer)Quantity: number of profiles = 83
Description: CTDO with transmissometer and fluorometer
Optics (eg underwater light levels)Quantity: track kilometres = 5550
Description: Thermosalinograph, transmissometer, fluorometer, ADCP, bathymetry, continuous autoanalyser, surface PAR
Optics (eg underwater light levels)Quantity: number of profiles = 12
Description: profiling radiometer deployments
Current metersQuantity: number of stations = 4
Current profiler (eg ADCP)Quantity: track kilometres = 5550
Description: Thermosalinograph, transmissometer, fluorometer, ADCP, bathymetry, continuous autoanalyser, surface PAR
Sea level (inc. bot. press., inverted echosounder)Quantity: number of stations = 2
Chemical oceanography 
OxygenQuantity: track kilometres = 5550
Description: Thermosalinograph, transmissometer, fluorometer, ADCP, bathymetry, continuous autoanalyser, surface PAR
OxygenQuantity: number of profiles = 83
Description: CTDO with transmissometer and fluorometer
PhosphateQuantity: number of samples = 100
Description: non-toxic supply for particulate and dissolved phosphorus
PhosphateQuantity: number of deployments = 3
Description: Near-bed water sampler
PhosphateQuantity: track kilometres = 5550
Description: Thermosalinograph, transmissometer, fluorometer, ADCP, bathymetry, continuous autoanalyser, surface PAR
Total - PQuantity: number of samples = 100
Description: non-toxic supply for particulate and dissolved phosphorus
NitrateQuantity: track kilometres = 5550
Description: Thermosalinograph, transmissometer, fluorometer, ADCP, bathymetry, continuous autoanalyser, surface PAR
NitriteQuantity: track kilometres = 5550
Description: Thermosalinograph, transmissometer, fluorometer, ADCP, bathymetry, continuous autoanalyser, surface PAR
NitriteQuantity: number of deployments = 3
Description: Near-bed water sampler
pH
Trace elementsQuantity: number of samples = 100
Description: part/diss metal + Al (rosette/non-toxic/setting velocity tubes)
Contamination 
Suspended matterQuantity: number of samples = 122
Description: gravimetric, chlorophyll, Lugol's iodine and formalin samples, CTD/non-toxic
Suspended matterQuantity: number of deployments = 3
Description: Near-bed water sampler
Suspended matter
Biology and fisheries 
Primary productivityQuantity: number of experiments = 7
Description: 15NO3, 15NH4, phosphorus incubations, 14C incubations
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence)Quantity: number of track lines = 9
Description: UOR tows at fixed depth
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence)Quantity: track kilometres = 5550
Description: Thermosalinograph, transmissometer, fluorometer, ADCP, bathymetry, continuous autoanalyser, surface PAR
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence)Quantity: number of profiles = 83
Description: CTDO with transmissometer and fluorometer
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence)Quantity: number of samples = 122
Description: gravimetric, chlorophyll, Lugol's iodine and formalin samples, CTD/non-toxic
PhytoplanktonQuantity: number of samples = 122
Description: gravimetric, chlorophyll, Lugol's iodine and formalin samples, CTD/non-toxic
Geology and geophysics 
In-situ seafloor measurement/samplingQuantity: number of deployments = 3
Description: Near-bed water sampler
Single-beam echosoundingQuantity: track kilometres = 5550
Description: Thermosalinograph, transmissometer, fluorometer, ADCP, bathymetry, continuous autoanalyser, surface PAR
Moorings, landers, buoys 
Physical oceanography 
Transparency (eg transmissometer)53° 46' 59" N  0° 1' 0" E — transmissometer on above rig
Current meters53° 46' 59" N  0° 1' 0" E — doppler current meter, S4 current meter
Current meters53° 47' 59" N  0° 1' 59" E — rig with instruments as above
Current meters53° 49' 59" N  0° 9' 0" E — S4 current meter, acoustic doppler current meter
Current meters53° 37' 59" N  0° 3' 0" E — rig with instruments as above
Sea level (inc. bot. press., inverted echosounder)35° 0' 0" N  0° 9' 0" E — transmissometer on above rig
Sea level (inc. bot. press., inverted echosounder)53° 46' 59" N  0° 1' 0" E — water level recorder on current meter rig above
Chemical oceanography 
pH53° 46' 59" N  0° 1' 0" E — EMP 2000 Environmental Monitor on above rig
Contamination 
Suspended matter53° 46' 59" N  0° 1' 0" E — EMP 2000 Environmental Monitor on above rig
Data held at BODC Get data
Series/Profiles 
63  Bottle station
Reference numbers
Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
Phaeopigment concentrations in the water column
Quality control flags
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies
Reference numbers
Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
Phaeopigment concentrations in the water column
Quality control flags
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies

BODC idDate/TimeLocationDoc.
12851131993-11-15 22:42 52° 53' 50" N  1° 31' 23" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1285113
12852171993-11-17 17:19 55° 1' 23" N  1° 21' 46" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1285217
12852421993-11-19 05:41 54° 58' 32" N  0° 42' 1" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1285242
12853711993-11-21 23:33 53° 33' 0" N  0° 6' 56" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1285371
16840831993-11-17 11:23 55° 3' 12" N  0° 54' 49" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1684083
16840951993-11-17 13:22 54° 56' 21" N  1° 17' 21" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1684095
16842311993-11-20 05:19 53° 39' 8" N  0° 57' 52" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1684231
12850941993-11-15 17:34 52° 59' 59" N  1° 3' 57" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1285094
12851621993-11-16 16:26 54° 7' 7" N  0° 14' 21" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1285162
12852541993-11-19 09:06 54° 45' 4" N  0° 12' 23" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1285254
12853101993-11-21 18:33 53° 32' 59" N  0° 6' 58" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1285310
16839461993-11-15 17:34 52° 59' 59" N  1° 3' 57" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1683946
16840091993-11-16 16:26 54° 7' 7" N  0° 14' 21" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1684009
16840341993-11-17 03:02 54° 47' 56" N  0° 35' 43" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1684034
16841631993-11-18 12:40 55° 54' 58" N  2° 5' 1" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1684163
16841991993-11-19 18:41 53° 43' 9" N  0° 8' 20" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1684199
12851491993-11-16 05:40 53° 11' 46" N  1° 29' 37" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1285149
12851501993-11-16 13:11 54° 2' 15" N  0° 18' 14" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1285150
12851981993-11-17 11:23 55° 3' 12" N  0° 54' 49" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1285198
12852781993-11-21 17:02 53° 32' 58" N  0° 7' 3" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1285278
16840101993-11-16 18:38 54° 11' 23" N  0° 12' 58" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1684010
16840581993-11-17 07:04 54° 52' 21" N  0° 50' 15" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1684058
16841381993-11-17 21:10 55° 12' 19" N  1° 26' 53" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1684138
16842181993-11-20 02:47 53° 29' 46" N  0° 24' 1" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1684218
12851371993-11-16 02:24 52° 47' 17" N  2° 11' 58" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1285137
12852291993-11-17 21:10 55° 12' 19" N  1° 26' 53" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1285229
12853221993-11-21 19:35 53° 33' 0" N  0° 6' 58" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1285322
12853581993-11-21 22:34 53° 33' 0" N  0° 6' 58" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1285358
16839221993-11-13 22:53 53° 15' 13" N  0° 38' 51" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1683922
16840461993-11-17 05:14 54° 38' 19" N  1° 1' 37" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1684046
16841021993-11-17 15:25 55° 6' 50" N  0° 57' 49" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1684102
16841261993-11-17 19:22 55° 12' 25" N  1° 1' 34" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1684126
12851741993-11-16 18:38 54° 11' 23" N  0° 12' 58" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1285174
12851861993-11-17 08:50 54° 41' 30" N  1° 7' 19" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1285186
12852301993-11-18 13:51 56° 0' 2" N  2° 16' 51" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1285230
12853461993-11-21 21:34 53° 33' 1" N  0° 6' 57" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1285346
12853831993-11-22 00:37 53° 32' 59" N  0° 7' 6" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1285383
12851011993-11-15 20:08 53° 17' 25" N  1° 21' 5" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1285101
12852661993-11-21 16:35 53° 32' 57" N  0° 7' 6" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1285266
12853951993-11-22 01:34 53° 32' 58" N  0° 7' 6" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1285395
16839341993-11-15 12:35 53° 0' 2" N  0° 23' 52" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1683934
16839711993-11-15 22:42 52° 53' 50" N  1° 31' 23" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1683971
16839831993-11-16 00:32 52° 43' 12" N  1° 49' 3" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1683983
16841511993-11-18 08:55 55° 46' 26" N  1° 56' 10" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1684151
16841871993-11-19 09:06 54° 45' 4" N  0° 12' 23" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1684187
16842431993-11-20 09:37 53° 47' 57" N  0° 2' 28" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1684243
12854381993-11-22 06:33 53° 32' 59" N  0° 7' 7" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1285438
12854141993-11-22 04:34 53° 33' 0" N  0° 7' 8" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1285414
12854261993-11-22 05:33 53° 32' 58" N  0° 7' 7" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1285426
12853341993-11-21 20:35 53° 33' 0" N  0° 6' 57" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1285334
12854021993-11-22 02:35 53° 32' 59" N  0° 7' 8" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1285402
12851251993-11-16 00:32 52° 43' 12" N  1° 49' 3" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1285125
12852051993-11-17 13:22 54° 56' 21" N  1° 17' 21" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1285205
12852911993-11-21 17:33 53° 32' 57" N  0° 7' 1" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1285291
12853091993-11-21 18:03 53° 32' 58" N  0° 6' 59" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1285309
16841751993-11-18 13:51 56° 0' 2" N  2° 16' 51" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1684175
16839101993-11-13 20:44 53° 25' 25" N  0° 46' 26" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1683910
16839581993-11-15 20:08 53° 17' 25" N  1° 21' 5" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1683958
16839951993-11-16 02:24 52° 47' 17" N  2° 11' 58" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1683995
16840711993-11-17 08:50 54° 41' 30" N  1° 7' 19" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1684071
16840221993-11-17 01:19 54° 33' 57" N  0° 44' 48" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1684022
16841141993-11-17 17:19 55° 1' 23" N  1° 21' 46" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1684114
16842061993-11-20 01:20 53° 32' 56" N  0° 8' 7" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1684206
4  Bottom pressure sensor tide gauge
Date and time
Temperature of the water column
Sea level
Date and time
Temperature of the water column
Sea level

BODC idDate/TimeLocationDoc.
5765571993-11-13 15:40:40  — 1993-11-22 11:40:40 53° 33' 34" N  0° 3' 20" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 576557
5765331993-11-12 14:40:41  — 1993-11-23 13:40:49 53° 47' 42" N  0° 0' 9" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 576533
5765821993-11-12 09:50  — 1993-11-15 02:00 53° 50' 35" N  0° 9' 0" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 576582
5765691993-11-12 11:30:42  — 1993-11-22 09:30:56 53° 48' 29" N  0° 2' 49" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 576569
84  CTD/STD cast
Transmittance and attenuance of the water column
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column
Concentration of suspended particulate material in the water column
Visible waveband radiance and irradiance measurements in the water column
Density of the water column
Transmittance and attenuance of the water column
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column
Concentration of suspended particulate material in the water column
Visible waveband radiance and irradiance measurements in the water column
Density of the water column

BODC idDate/TimeLocationDoc.
8319841993-11-20 02:45 53° 29' 46" N  0° 24' 1" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 831984
8320471993-11-12 18:16 54° 1' 56" N  0° 31' 21" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 832047
8320841993-11-13 05:05 53° 29' 5" N  0° 23' 55" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 832084
8321271993-11-13 16:50 53° 32' 57" N  0° 8' 35" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 832127
8322441993-11-17 01:14 54° 33' 56" N  0° 44' 48" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 832244
8323361993-11-15 12:31 53° 0' 2" N  0° 23' 52" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 832336
8314981993-11-21 08:06 52° 59' 53" N  0° 24' 10" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 831498
8315661993-11-21 19:33 53° 32' 59" N  0° 6' 58" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 831566
8315781993-11-21 20:04 53° 33' 1" N  0° 6' 58" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 831578
8316341993-11-21 22:32 53° 33' 0" N  0° 6' 58" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 831634
8317631993-11-22 01:06 53° 33' 0" N  0° 7' 7" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 831763
8321521993-11-15 17:32 53° 0' 0" N  1° 3' 57" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 832152
8321761993-11-16 00:29 52° 43' 11" N  1° 49' 3" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 832176
8322321993-11-16 18:35 54° 11' 23" N  0° 12' 58" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 832232
8323241993-11-13 19:21 53° 20' 37" N  0° 28' 54" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 832324
8323481993-11-15 22:38 52° 53' 51" N  1° 31' 23" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 832348
8314621993-11-21 17:31 53° 32' 57" N  0° 7' 1" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 831462
8315301993-11-21 18:01 53° 32' 58" N  0° 7' 0" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 831530
8315911993-11-21 20:33 53° 33' 0" N  0° 6' 57" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 831591
8316951993-11-22 06:31 53° 32' 59" N  0° 7' 7" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 831695
8319591993-11-18 13:46 56° 0' 2" N  2° 16' 51" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 831959
8319961993-11-20 05:16 53° 39' 9" N  0° 57' 52" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 831996
8320351993-11-12 15:29 53° 51' 40" N  0° 0' 21" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 832035
8320601993-11-12 23:01 53° 43' 30" N  0° 9' 32" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 832060
8321641993-11-15 20:05 53° 17' 25" N  1° 21' 5" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 832164
8322191993-11-16 13:07 54° 2' 15" N  0° 18' 14" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 832219
8323121993-11-20 09:34 53° 47' 58" N  0° 2' 28" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 832312
8323611993-11-16 05:50 53° 11' 22" N  1° 29' 43" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 832361
8323731993-11-16 16:23 54° 7' 7" N  0° 14' 21" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 832373
8314741993-11-20 10:41 53° 50' 17" N  0° 8' 23" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 831474
8316091993-11-21 21:02 53° 33' 1" N  0° 6' 57" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 831609
8317751993-11-22 01:32 53° 32' 58" N  0° 7' 6" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 831775
8317991993-11-22 02:33 53° 32' 59" N  0° 7' 8" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 831799
8318431993-11-22 04:32 53° 33' 0" N  0° 7' 8" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 831843
8318791993-11-22 07:01 53° 32' 58" N  0° 7' 6" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 831879
8320721993-11-13 02:01 53° 45' 31" N  0° 50' 25" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 832072
8321881993-11-16 02:21 52° 47' 17" N  2° 11' 58" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 832188
8314861993-11-21 05:38 53° 13' 15" N  0° 38' 10" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 831486
8316461993-11-21 23:01 53° 33' 1" N  0° 6' 59" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 831646
8317021993-11-17 15:19 55° 6' 50" N  0° 57' 49" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 831702
8317511993-11-22 00:34 53° 32' 59" N  0° 7' 5" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 831751
8318801993-11-22 10:03 53° 34' 11" N  0° 6' 6" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 831880
8319111993-11-17 17:17 55° 1' 23" N  1° 21' 46" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 831911
8320591993-11-12 19:50 53° 53' 45" N  0° 41' 13" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 832059
8322201993-11-16 14:45 54° 2' 46" N  0° 3' 6" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 832220
8322811993-11-17 08:47 54° 41' 30" N  1° 7' 19" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 832281
8315291993-11-21 17:01 53° 32' 58" N  0° 7' 3" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 831529
8317381993-11-17 13:19 54° 56' 21" N  1° 17' 21" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 831738
8318061993-11-22 03:02 53° 32' 59" N  0° 7' 9" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 831806
8318551993-11-22 05:32 53° 32' 58" N  0° 7' 7" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 831855
8319601993-11-19 09:01 54° 45' 4" N  0° 12' 24" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 831960
8322931993-11-19 05:37 54° 58' 32" N  0° 42' 1" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 832293
8323001993-11-20 01:17 53° 32' 57" N  0° 8' 7" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 832300
8315421993-11-21 18:33 53° 32' 59" N  0° 6' 58" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 831542
8319351993-11-18 08:52 55° 46' 26" N  1° 56' 10" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 831935
8319231993-11-17 19:18 55° 12' 25" N  1° 1' 34" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 831923
8319471993-11-18 12:36 55° 54' 58" N  2° 5' 1" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 831947
8321151993-11-13 11:03 53° 25' 9" N  0° 45' 20" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 832115
8315051993-11-21 13:18 53° 20' 19" N  0° 28' 50" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 831505
8315171993-11-21 16:33 53° 32' 57" N  0° 7' 6" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 831517
8318181993-11-22 03:34 53° 33' 0" N  0° 7' 7" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 831818
8318671993-11-22 06:02 53° 32' 58" N  0° 7' 7" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 831867
8317871993-11-22 02:03 53° 33' 0" N  0° 7' 7" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 831787
8320231993-11-12 14:00 53° 47' 30" N  0° 0' 21" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 832023
8320961993-11-13 07:56 53° 39' 19" N  0° 58' 21" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 832096
8318921993-11-23 14:02 53° 47' 51" N  0° 0' 23" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 831892
8320111993-11-12 10:48 53° 49' 3" N  0° 4' 26" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 832011
8321031993-11-13 09:39 53° 29' 10" N  0° 59' 52" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 832103
8321401993-11-13 22:50 53° 15' 13" N  0° 38' 50" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 832140
8316221993-11-21 22:05 53° 33' 2" N  0° 6' 57" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 831622
8322681993-11-17 06:59 54° 52' 21" N  0° 50' 15" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 832268
8316581993-11-21 23:31 53° 33' 0" N  0° 6' 56" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 831658
8316711993-11-22 00:05 53° 32' 58" N  0° 7' 4" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 831671
8321391993-11-13 20:41 53° 25' 25" N  0° 46' 26" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 832139
8322071993-11-16 05:38 53° 11' 46" N  1° 29' 37" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 832207
8322561993-11-17 05:09 54° 38' 19" N  1° 1' 37" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 832256
8323851993-11-17 02:57 54° 47' 56" N  0° 35' 43" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 832385
8315541993-11-21 19:01 53° 32' 59" N  0° 6' 58" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 831554
8316101993-11-21 21:32 53° 33' 1" N  0° 6' 56" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 831610
8316831993-11-22 05:01 53° 32' 59" N  0° 7' 7" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 831683
8317141993-11-17 21:06 55° 12' 19" N  1° 26' 53" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 831714
8317261993-11-17 11:18 55° 3' 12" N  0° 54' 49" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 831726
8318311993-11-22 04:02 53° 33' 0" N  0° 7' 8" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 831831
8319721993-11-19 18:36 53° 43' 9" N  0° 8' 21" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 831972
4  Electromagnetic current meter
Date and time
Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents)
Date and time
Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents)

BODC idDate/TimeLocationDoc.
4496871993-11-12 10:00  — 1993-11-22 14:04:59 53° 50' 41" N  0° 9' 11" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 449687
4497431993-11-12 12:00  — 1993-11-23 09:04:59 53° 46' 29" N  0° 2' 48" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 449743
4496511993-11-13 16:00:01  — 1993-11-22 10:04:59 53° 33' 34" N  0° 3' 20" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 449651
4497311993-11-12 15:00  — 1993-11-23 13:04:59 53° 47' 42" N  0° 0' 9" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 449731
1  Meteorological data logger
Visible waveband radiance and irradiance measurements in the atmosphere
Horizontal spatial co-ordinates
Date and time
Solar Radiation
Visible waveband radiance and irradiance measurements in the atmosphere
Horizontal spatial co-ordinates
Date and time
Solar Radiation

BODC idDate/TimeLocationDoc.
9501841993-11-10 08:36  — 1993-11-23 23:44:30 49° 49' 37" N  5° 32' 4" W — 56° 0' 48" N  2° 12' 1" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 950184
3  Multi-Parameter Environmental Monitoring Probe
Date and time
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Raw suspended particulate material concentration sensor output
Electrical conductivity of the water column
Alkalinity, acidity and pH of the water column
Sea level
Date and time
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Raw suspended particulate material concentration sensor output
Electrical conductivity of the water column
Alkalinity, acidity and pH of the water column
Sea level

BODC idDate/TimeLocationDoc.
5794381993-11-12 15:41:13  — 1993-11-23 13:46:13 53° 47' 42" N  0° 0' 9" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 579438
5794751993-11-12 12:33:22  — 1993-11-23 09:43:22 53° 46' 29" N  0° 2' 48" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 579475
5794511993-11-13 16:33:21  — 1993-11-22 11:43:21 53° 33' 34" N  0° 3' 20" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 579451
3  Pumped water sample
Horizontal spatial co-ordinates
Date and time
Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column
Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column
Phaeopigment concentrations in the water column
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies
Horizontal spatial co-ordinates
Date and time
Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column
Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column
Phaeopigment concentrations in the water column
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies

BODC idDate/TimeLocationDoc.
13620111993-11-15 17:45  — 1993-11-21 12:00 52° 44' 40" N  2° 16' 51" W — 56° 0' 12" N  2° 0' 37" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1362011
18499301993-11-12 20:20  — 1993-11-20 19:08 53° 1' 32" N  1° 36' 57" W — 55° 58' 32" N  1° 28' 23" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1849930
16828751993-11-12 15:40  — 1993-11-19 22:06 53° 14' 24" N  1° 35' 27" W — 56° 0' 1" N  1° 20' 40" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1682875
1  Ship's non-toxic supply
Horizontal spatial co-ordinates
Transmittance and attenuance of the water column
Nitrite concentration parameters in the water column
Date and time
Salinity of the water column
Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column
Temperature of the water column
Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column
Concentration of suspended particulate material in the water column
Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies
Horizontal spatial co-ordinates
Transmittance and attenuance of the water column
Nitrite concentration parameters in the water column
Date and time
Salinity of the water column
Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column
Temperature of the water column
Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column
Concentration of suspended particulate material in the water column
Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies

BODC idDate/TimeLocationDoc.
9501961993-11-10 08:36  — 1993-11-23 23:44:30 49° 49' 37" N  5° 32' 4" W — 56° 0' 48" N  2° 12' 1" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 950196
1  Single-beam echosounder
Horizontal spatial co-ordinates
Date and time
Bathymetry and Elevation
Horizontal spatial co-ordinates
Date and time
Bathymetry and Elevation

BODC idDate/TimeLocationDoc.
9501721993-11-10 08:36  — 1993-11-23 23:44:30 49° 49' 37" N  5° 32' 4" W — 56° 0' 48" N  2° 12' 1" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 950172
4  Transmissometer
Transmittance and attenuance of the water column
Date and time
Concentration of suspended particulate material in the water column
Transmittance and attenuance of the water column
Date and time
Concentration of suspended particulate material in the water column

BODC idDate/TimeLocationDoc.
5766011993-11-12 14:35  — 1993-11-23 13:47 53° 47' 44" N  0° 0' 8" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 576601
5766371993-11-13 15:34  — 1993-11-22 11:35 53° 33' 57" N  0° 3' 34" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 576637
5766501993-11-12 09:34  — 1993-11-22 14:48 53° 50' 39" N  0° 9' 18" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 576650
5766131993-11-12 11:31  — 1993-11-23 09:40 53° 48' 32" N  0° 2' 51" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 576613
Discrete samples 
84  CTD frame plus rosette samplerParticulate metal concentrations in the water column
Transmittance and attenuance of the water column
Dissolved total or organic phosphorus concentration in the water column
Phytoplankton taxonomic abundance in water bodies
Salinity of the water column
Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column
Temperature of the water column
Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column
Microzooplankton taxonomy-related biomass expressed as carbon per unit volume of the water column
Concentration of suspended particulate material in the water column
Phytoplankton taxonomic biomass in water bodies
Phytoplankton generic biomass in water bodies
Visible waveband radiance and irradiance measurements in the water column
Phytoplankton generic abundance in water bodies
Density of the water column
Particulate total and organic phosphorus concentrations in the water column
Microzooplankton taxonomic abundance in water bodies
Phaeopigment concentrations in the water column
Metadata parameters
Primary production in the water column
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies
5  Instrument mooring
12  Profiling radiometer
139  Sample taken from ship's non-toxic supplyDissolved total or organic phosphorus concentration in the water column
Phytoplankton taxonomic abundance in water bodies
Salinity of the water column
Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column
Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column
Microzooplankton taxonomy-related biomass expressed as carbon per unit volume of the water column
Concentration of suspended particulate material in the water column
Phytoplankton taxonomic biomass in water bodies
Phytoplankton generic biomass in water bodies
Phytoplankton generic abundance in water bodies
Particulate total and organic phosphorus concentrations in the water column
Microzooplankton taxonomic abundance in water bodies
Phaeopigment concentrations in the water column
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies
3  Sediment-water interfacial samplerNitrite concentration parameters in the water column
Salinity of the water column
Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column
Concentration of suspended particulate material in the water column
Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column
7  Settling velocity tube
9  Undulating Oceanographic Recorder Tow