FRV Scotia 1796S
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |||||
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (749S) | ||||
| Cruise identifier | 1796S | ||||
| Cruise period | 1996-10-14 — 1996-10-28 | ||||
| Status | Completed | ||||
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom | ||||
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom | ||||
| Objectives | 1. To perform hydrographic surveys along the standard Faroe-Shetland Channel sections.
2. To service the single NWOCE ADCP mooring at the shelf edge west of Shetland. 3. To deploy a deepwater mooring in the centre of the Faroe-Shetland Channel. 4. To perform experimental deep water trawls northwest of Shetland. 5. To deploy a shelf mooring on the Viking Bank. 6. To perform hydrographic surveys along the JONSIS standard section and in the northern North Sea if time permits. 7. To collect the Fair Isle caesium sample. | ||||
| Chief scientist | Bill Turrell (Scottish Office Agriculture Environment and Fisheries Department Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) | ||||
| Cruise report |  (0.15 MB) | ||||
| Ocean/sea areas | |||||
| General | North Sea North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) | ||||
| Specific | NE Atlantic, North Sea, Faroe-Shetland Channel, Viking Bank | ||||
| Track charts |  | ||||
| Measurements | |||||
| Physical oceanography | |||||
| CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 90 Description: CTD/Rosette | ||||
| Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Quantity: activity duration in days = 12 Description: T and S at 3m | ||||
| Current profiler (eg ADCP) | Quantity: activity duration in days = 12 Description: Days VM ADCP | ||||
| Chemical oceanography | |||||
| Radioactivity | Quantity: number of samples = 1 Description: Sample Caesium | ||||
| Biology and fisheries | |||||
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: activity duration in days = 12 | ||||
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 5 Description: Hauls deep water trawl | ||||
| Exploratory fishing | Quantity: number of hauls = 5 Description: Hauls deep water trawl | ||||
| Moorings, landers, buoys | |||||
| Physical oceanography | |||||
| Current meters | 60° 34' 59" N 4° 43' 59" W — Deployed 3 ACM 19/10/96 | ||||
| Current meters | 60° 34' 59" N 4° 43' 59" W — Recovered 3 ACM afloat 10/1/97 | ||||
| Current profiler (eg ADCP) | 60° 19' 0" N 4° 1' 59" W — Lost 1 ADCP 18/10/96 | ||||
| Data held at BODC | Get data | ||||
| Series/Profiles | |||||
| 91 CTD/STD cast | Salinity of the water column Temperature of the water column Vertical spatial coordinates Electrical conductivity of the water column Salinity of the water column Temperature of the water column Vertical spatial coordinates Electrical conductivity of the water column
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