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RV Prince Madog PD20/02

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)RV Prince Madog (74P2)
Cruise identifierPD20/02
Cruise period2002-08-07 — 2002-08-08
StatusCompleted
Port of departureMenai Bridge, United Kingdom
Port of returnMenai Bridge, United Kingdom
PurposeResearch
Objectives1. Deploy at 53° 32'N 3° 21.8'W:
Seabed frame with 600kHz ADCP to measure mean current profile; also fitted with transmissometer/conductivity/temperature logger;
Seabed frame with 600kHz ADCP to measure fast sample current profiles;
Single point mooring with temperature and conductivity loggers at 2, 5, 10m below surface.
2. Conduct CTD survey of 34 stations every 5 miles covering eastern Irish Sea to determine effects of rivers Dee, Mersey and Ribble on Liverpool Bay.
Chief scientistM John Howarth (Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory)
ProjectLiverpool Bay Coastal Observatory
Coordinating bodyProudman Oceanographic Laboratory
Cruise reportRV Prince Madog PD20/02 cruise report pd20_02.pdf (0.11 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralIrish Sea and St. George's Channel
Specificeastern Irish Sea
Measurements 
Physical oceanography 
Surface measurements underway (T,S)Quantity: activity duration in days = 2
Description: Underway data: temperature, salinity, fluorescence, turbidity, windspeed, wind direction, air temperature, relative humidity, barometric pressure, PAR, solar radiation
CTD stationsQuantity: number of stations = 34
Description: Vertical profiles of temperature, salinity, fluorescence, beam transmission, oxygen, pressure
Moorings, landers, buoys 
Physical oceanography 
Transparency (eg transmissometer)53° 31' 59" N  3° 22' 0" W — 1 25cm Sea Tech transmissometer with T/C sensors to measure beam attenuation, temperature and conductivity. Deployed 07/08/02 near bed in 25m depth.
Current profiler (eg ADCP)53° 31' 59" N  3° 22' 0" W — 1 600kHz fast sample ADCP to measure velocity profile. Deployed 07/08/02 at bed in 24m depth.
Current profiler (eg ADCP)53° 31' 59" N  3° 22' 0" W — 1 600kHz ADCP to measure mean current profile and pressure. Deployed 07/08/02 at bed in 25m depth.
Sea level (inc. bot. press., inverted echosounder)53° 31' 59" N  3° 22' 0" W — 1 Aanderaa pressure recorder to measure bottom pressure. Deployed 07/08/02 at bed in 25m depth.
Other physical oceanographic measurements53° 31' 59" N  3° 22' 0" W — 3 Aanderaa current meters logging temperature and conductivity only. Deployed on 07/08/02 in 26m depth; instruments at 2, 5 and 10m below surface.
Data held at BODC Get data
Series/Profiles 
2  Acoustic doppler current profiler
Date and time
Vertical spatial coordinates
Vertical velocity of the water column (currents)
Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents)
Metadata parameters
Sea level
Date and time
Vertical spatial coordinates
Vertical velocity of the water column (currents)
Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents)
Metadata parameters
Sea level

BODC idDate/TimeLocationDoc.
16237102002-08-07 12:55  — 2002-09-25 11:45 53° 31' 58" N  3° 22' 2" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1623710
5932352002-08-07 12:55  — 2002-09-25 11:45 53° 31' 58" N  3° 22' 2" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 593235
1  Bottom pressure sensor tide gauge
Reference numbers
Date and time
Temperature of the water column
Sea level
Reference numbers
Date and time
Temperature of the water column
Sea level

BODC idDate/TimeLocationDoc.
6367902002-08-07 12:49:40  — 2002-09-25 12:19:40 53° 31' 58" N  3° 22' 2" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 636790
4  Paddle wheel current meter
Reference numbers
Transmittance and attenuance of the water column
Date and time
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Electrical conductivity of the water column
Sea level
Reference numbers
Transmittance and attenuance of the water column
Date and time
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Electrical conductivity of the water column
Sea level

BODC idDate/TimeLocationDoc.
5929512002-08-07 12:55  — 2002-09-25 12:15 53° 31' 58" N  3° 22' 2" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 592951
5929382002-08-07 12:14  — 2002-09-25 15:54 53° 31' 58" N  3° 22' 11" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 592938
5929262002-08-07 12:15  — 2002-09-25 15:55 53° 31' 58" N  3° 22' 11" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 592926
5929142002-08-07 12:15  — 2002-09-25 15:55 53° 31' 58" N  3° 22' 11" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 592914
Discrete samples 
35  CTD frame plus rosette samplerTransmittance and attenuance of the water column
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column
Density of the water column
Raw fluorometer output
2  Instrument mooring