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RRS Discovery D245

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)RRS Discovery (74E3)
Cruise identifierD245
Cruise period2000-01-27 — 2000-02-20
StatusCompleted
Port of departureSouthampton, United Kingdom
Port of returnSouthampton, United Kingdom
PurposeResearch
Objectives1) Occupy the Ellett Line (Sound of Mull to Rockall) and the SOC extension to Iceland. Due to atrocious weather conditions we didn't even make it to Rockall, 23 nm short.
2) Recover 5 current meter moorings deployed on Challenger 143 - Y, F, M, 2 in Muck Hole. All recovered except F which was subsequently recovered on an RVS trial trip in April 2000 on Charles Darwin.
3) Sample for nutrients for the entire cruise.
4) Take cores from the Muck Deep.
Chief scientistColin R Griffiths (Scottish Association for Marine Science), N Penny Holliday (Southampton Oceanography Centre)
Cruise reportRRS Discovery D245 cruise report d245.pdf (2.09 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralEnglish Channel
Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland
Irish Sea and St. George's Channel
North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W)
SpecificRockall Trough, Malin Shelf, Irish Sea and English Channel
Track chartsRRS Discovery D245 cruise track — trk4405.html
Measurements 
Physical oceanography 
Surface measurements underway (T,S)Quantity: track kilometres = 2778
Description: T,S, nutrients
BathythermographQuantity: number of profiles = 95
Description: XBT drops with T5 and T7 probes
Water bottle stationsQuantity: number of stations = 44
Description: FSI rosette pylon - 24 bottles employed on CTD upcasts with calibration samples taken for temperature, salinity, pressure and chlorophyll
CTD stationsQuantity: number of stations = 44
Description: CTD casts
Current profiler (eg ADCP)Quantity: number of stations = 44
Description: CTD with LADCP aquatracka, oxygen, fluorometer, altimeter and nitrate sensors + SIS reversing thermometer and pressure sensor
Current profiler (eg ADCP)Quantity: track kilometres = 2778
Description: ADCP
Instrumented wave measurementsQuantity: track kilometres = 2778
Description: T,S, nutrients
Chemical oceanography 
OxygenQuantity: number of stations = 44
Description: Calibration samples taken for oxygen
OxygenQuantity: number of stations = 44
Description: CTD with LADCP aquatracka, oxygen, fluorometer, altimeter and nitrate sensors + SIS reversing thermometer and pressure sensor
PhosphateQuantity: track kilometres = 2778
Description: T,S, nutrients
PhosphateQuantity: number of stations = 44
Description: Nutrient samples
NitrateQuantity: track kilometres = 2778
Description: T,S, nutrients
NitrateQuantity: number of stations = 44
Description: CTD with LADCP aquatracka, oxygen, fluorometer, altimeter and nitrate sensors + SIS reversing thermometer and pressure sensor
NitrateQuantity: number of stations = 44
Description: Nutrient samples
SilicateQuantity: track kilometres = 2778
Description: T,S, nutrients
SilicateQuantity: number of stations = 44
Description: Nutrient samples
Biology and fisheries 
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence)Quantity: number of stations = 44
Description: FSI rosette pylon - 24 bottles employed on CTD upcasts with calibration samples taken for temperature, salinity, pressure and chlorophyll
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence)Quantity: number of stations = 44
Description: CTD with LADCP aquatracka, oxygen, fluorometer, altimeter and nitrate sensors + SIS reversing thermometer and pressure sensor
BirdsQuantity: track kilometres = 2778
Description: Seabirds and cetaceans
Mammals and reptilesQuantity: track kilometres = 2778
Description: Seabirds and cetaceans
Meteorology 
Routine standard measurementsQuantity: activity duration in days = 25
Description: Synoptic met. reports - voluntary observing ship
Other meteorological measurementsQuantity: track kilometres = 2778
Description: T,S, nutrients
Geology and geophysics 
Core - soft bottomQuantity: number of deployments = 11
Description: SMBA multi-corer deployed in Muck Deep
Single-beam echosoundingQuantity: track kilometres = 2778
Description: Bathymetry - PES
Moorings, landers, buoys 
Physical oceanography 
Current meters57° 31' 59" N  12° 15' 0" W — Recovered mooring F with 5 RCMs. Note: Mooring F recovered on RVS Charles Darwin cruise in April 2000.
Current meters56° 48' 59" N  6° 30' 59" W — Recovered Muck Hole mooring with 3 RCMs, 8 miniloggers and 3 transmissomers
Current meters57° 16' 59" N  10° 22' 59" W — Recovered mooring M with 6 RCMs
Current meters56° 37' 59" N  6° 24' 59" W — Recovered Tiree Passage mooring Y with 2 RCMs
Current meters56° 48' 59" N  6° 37' 59" W — Recovered Muck Hole mooring with 1 SCADCP
Data held at BODC Get data
Series/Profiles 
36  Bottle station
Reference numbers
Vertical spatial coordinates
Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column
Silicate concentration parameters in the water column
Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column
Quality control flags
Reference numbers
Vertical spatial coordinates
Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column
Silicate concentration parameters in the water column
Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column
Quality control flags

BODC idDate/TimeLocationDoc.
16218442000-02-01 02:28 56° 48' 30" N  6° 26' 35" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1621844
16219612000-02-03 08:11 57° 0' 4" N  9° 0' 2" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1621961
16220242000-02-03 21:29 57° 9' 38" N  9° 41' 3" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1622024
16221412000-02-16 04:47 56° 48' 25" N  6° 26' 28" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1622141
16221892000-02-17 00:10 56° 48' 43" N  6° 23' 44" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1622189
16219122000-02-02 21:54 56° 46' 41" N  8° 1' 7" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1621912
16219242000-02-03 01:07 56° 50' 8" N  8° 19' 59" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1621924
16219482000-02-03 06:24 56° 56' 50" N  8° 46' 46" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1621948
16220612000-02-04 16:46 57° 21' 46" N  10° 40' 9" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1622061
16221282000-02-15 06:40 57° 32' 46" N  13° 0' 19" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1622128
16221532000-02-16 19:45 56° 48' 54" N  6° 40' 6" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1622153
16221772000-02-16 22:36 56° 48' 32" N  6° 31' 17" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1622177
16221902000-02-17 01:27 56° 48' 17" N  6° 20' 11" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1622190
16218682000-02-01 17:36 56° 44' 5" N  7° 0' 12" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1621868
16219002000-02-01 23:47 56° 43' 59" N  7° 39' 38" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1621900
16219972000-02-03 13:12 57° 5' 31" N  9° 19' 39" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1621997
16220002000-02-03 15:40 57° 6' 34" N  9° 25' 39" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1622000
16220122000-02-03 18:43 57° 7' 10" N  9° 33' 37" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1622012
16220362000-02-04 01:40 57° 13' 31" N  10° 3' 25" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1622036
16221652000-02-16 21:07 56° 48' 28" N  6° 37' 0" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1622165
16219362000-02-03 03:43 56° 53' 3" N  8° 29' 48" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1621936
16219852000-02-03 11:07 57° 2' 39" N  9° 13' 18" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1621985
16220852000-02-04 22:12 57° 26' 58" N  11° 3' 15" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1622085
16218072000-01-30 16:42 56° 40' 2" N  6° 8' 45" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1621807
16218812000-02-01 19:45 56° 43' 55" N  7° 19' 48" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1621881
16218932000-02-01 22:01 56° 43' 57" N  7° 30' 15" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1621893
16220732000-02-04 19:38 57° 24' 4" N  10° 51' 56" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1622073
16218192000-01-31 17:51 56° 48' 26" N  6° 37' 37" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1621819
16218202000-01-31 19:50 56° 40' 47" N  6° 17' 10" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1621820
16218322000-01-31 22:41 56° 44' 27" N  6° 24' 56" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1621832
16220482000-02-04 05:50 57° 17' 57" N  10° 23' 54" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1622048
16219732000-02-03 09:34 57° 1' 12" N  9° 6' 42" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1621973
16220972000-02-05 05:44 57° 28' 11" N  11° 18' 42" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1622097
16221042000-02-05 10:07 57° 29' 30" N  11° 29' 55" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1622104
16221162000-02-14 06:49 57° 30' 37" N  11° 50' 28" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1622116
16218562000-02-01 15:38 56° 43' 49" N  6° 44' 36" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1621856
44  CTD/STD cast
Transmittance and attenuance of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
Salinity of the water column
Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column
Density of the water column
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies
Transmittance and attenuance of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
Salinity of the water column
Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column
Density of the water column
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies

BODC idDate/TimeLocationDoc.
10750482000-02-01 23:43 56° 43' 59" N  7° 39' 38" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1075048
10751892000-02-04 00:47 57° 13' 31" N  10° 3' 25" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1075189
10752212000-02-04 19:11 57° 24' 4" N  10° 51' 56" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1075221
10752692000-02-14 05:45 57° 30' 37" N  11° 50' 28" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1075269
10753132000-02-16 20:52 56° 48' 28" N  6° 37' 0" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1075313
10748812000-01-30 16:23 56° 40' 2" N  6° 8' 45" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1074881
10749362000-01-31 23:43 56° 48' 27" N  6° 20' 28" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1074936
10749972000-02-01 07:46 56° 49' 25" N  6° 39' 58" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1074997
10751162000-02-03 09:19 57° 1' 12" N  9° 6' 42" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1075116
10751652000-02-03 17:50 57° 7' 10" N  9° 33' 37" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1075165
10752942000-02-16 05:59 56° 48' 34" N  6° 31' 13" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1075294
10749122000-01-31 21:03 56° 37' 34" N  6° 24' 5" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1074912
10749482000-02-01 00:58 56° 48' 40" N  6° 23' 54" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1074948
10749612000-02-01 02:15 56° 48' 30" N  6° 26' 35" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1074961
10749852000-02-01 06:17 56° 48' 45" N  6° 35' 56" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1074985
10750612000-02-02 21:42 56° 46' 41" N  8° 1' 7" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1075061
10750972000-02-03 06:12 56° 56' 50" N  8° 46' 46" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1075097
10751042000-02-03 08:01 57° 0' 4" N  9° 0' 2" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1075104
10748682000-01-30 09:37 56° 25' 1" N  6° 36' 45" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1074868
10750122000-02-01 17:21 56° 44' 5" N  7° 0' 12" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1075012
10750242000-02-01 19:31 56° 43' 55" N  7° 19' 48" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1075024
10752702000-02-15 06:13 57° 32' 46" N  13° 0' 19" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1075270
10753492000-02-17 01:21 56° 48' 17" N  6° 20' 11" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1075349
10749242000-01-31 22:30 56° 44' 27" N  6° 24' 56" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1074924
10751282000-02-03 10:44 57° 2' 39" N  9° 13' 18" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1075128
10752082000-02-04 15:53 57° 21' 46" N  10° 40' 9" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1075208
10752452000-02-05 05:17 57° 28' 11" N  11° 18' 42" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1075245
10753252000-02-16 22:21 56° 48' 32" N  6° 31' 17" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1075325
10750002000-02-01 15:31 56° 43' 49" N  6° 44' 36" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1075000
10751412000-02-03 12:40 57° 5' 31" N  9° 19' 39" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1075141
10751772000-02-03 20:40 57° 9' 38" N  9° 41' 3" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1075177
10748932000-01-31 17:36 56° 48' 26" N  6° 37' 37" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1074893
10750852000-02-03 03:32 56° 53' 3" N  8° 29' 48" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1075085
10751532000-02-03 14:49 57° 6' 34" N  9° 25' 39" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1075153
10751902000-02-04 04:50 57° 17' 57" N  10° 23' 54" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1075190
10752332000-02-04 21:49 57° 26' 58" N  11° 3' 15" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1075233
10752572000-02-05 09:12 57° 29' 30" N  11° 29' 55" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1075257
10752822000-02-16 04:32 56° 48' 25" N  6° 26' 28" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1075282
10749002000-01-31 19:46 56° 40' 47" N  6° 17' 10" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1074900
10749732000-02-01 03:43 56° 48' 34" N  6° 31' 15" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1074973
10750362000-02-01 21:48 56° 43' 57" N  7° 30' 15" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1075036
10750732000-02-03 00:55 56° 50' 8" N  8° 19' 59" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1075073
10753012000-02-16 19:31 56° 48' 54" N  6° 40' 6" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1075301
10753372000-02-16 23:57 56° 48' 43" N  6° 23' 44" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1075337
Discrete samples 
44  CTD frame plus rosette samplerTransmittance and attenuance of the water column
Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column
Salinity of the water column
Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column
Temperature of the water column
Silicate concentration parameters in the water column
Density of the water column
Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies