FRV Scotia 1403S

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Ship name (ship code)

FRV Scotia (748S)

Cruise identifier

1403S

Cruise period

2003-09-16 — 2003-09-30

Status

Completed

Port of departure

Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Port of return

Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Purpose

Research

Objectives

1) To perform hydrographic surveys along the JONSIS standard section in the northern North Sea.
2) To perform hydrographic surveys along the standard Faroe Shetland Channel sections.
3) To service two ADCP moorings in the Faeroe Shetland Channel.
4) To deploy an ADCP mooring near the Wyville - Thomson Ridge for SAMS.
5) To perform hydrographic surveys along the standard Rockall section.
6) To perform hydrographic surveys in the area north east of Rockall up to the Wyville - Thomson Ridge area.
7) To perform ad-hoc towed array acoustic recordings for cetaceans and deployment of sonobuoys.

Chief scientist

George Slesser (Fisheries Research Services Aberdeen Marine Laboratory)

Project

JONSIS & WOCE

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Ocean/sea areas

General

North Sea
North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W)

Specific

Northern North Sea, Faroe-Shetland Channel, Wyville Thomson Ridge and Faroe Bank

Measurements

Physical oceanography

CTD stations

Quantity: number of stations = 113
Description: CTD stations on the standard lines and over the Wyville-Thomson ridge area

Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements

Quantity: activity duration in days = 14
Description: Days of thermosalinograph records

Chemical oceanography

Oxygen

Quantity: number of samples = 16
Description: Oxygen samples in triplicate

Phosphate

Quantity: number of samples = 287
Description: Phosphate samples

Nitrate

Quantity: activity duration in days = 287
Description: Nitrate Samples

Silicate

Quantity: number of samples = 287
Description: Silicates samples

Biology and fisheries

Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence)

Quantity: number of stations = 113
Description: Fluorometer profiles taken with CTD

Moorings, landers, buoys

Physical oceanography

Current profiler (eg ADCP)

60° 27' 11" N 4° 22' 39" W — Deployed NWSD0309 25/9/03 75 kHz ADCP

Current profiler (eg ADCP)

60° 16' 34" N 4° 20' 5" W — Deployed NWSE 25/9/02 150 kHz ADCP

Current profiler (eg ADCP)

60° 16' 52" N 4° 19' 30" W — Recovered NWSE 22/9/02 150 kHz ADCP (deployed 3/5/02)

Current profiler (eg ADCP)

60° 26' 55" N 4° 22' 7" W — Recovered NWSD0309 22/9/03 75 kHz ADCP (deployed 3/5/03)

Data held at BODC

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Series/Profiles

1 Acoustic doppler current profiler

Reference numbers
Date and time
Vertical spatial coordinates
Temperature of the water column
Platform or instrument orientation
Vertical velocity of the water column (currents)
Acoustic backscatter in the water column
Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents)
Metadata parameters
Sea level

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BODC id	Date/Time	Location	Doc.
1014435	2003-09-28 19:30 — 2004-04-05 13:30	60° 14' 21" N 8° 52' 5" W

113 CTD/STD cast

Transmittance and attenuance of the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Density of the water column
Electrical conductivity of the water column
Raw fluorometer output
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies

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BODC id	Date/Time	Location
630641	2003-09-26 21:06	60° 20' 7" N 8° 52' 45" W
630757	2003-09-27 07:37	60° 58' 59" N 7° 54' 37" W
630850	2003-09-27 17:56	60° 52' 29" N 8° 8' 35" W
630874	2003-09-27 20:19	60° 47' 50" N 8° 41' 21" W
631110	2003-09-28 18:26	60° 26' 19" N 8° 36' 29" W
631171	2003-09-28 22:58	60° 24' 0" N 8° 31' 11" W
630014	2003-09-17 12:24	59° 16' 58" N 1° 29' 42" W
630026	2003-09-17 13:21	59° 16' 55" N 1° 39' 37" W
630235	2003-09-19 00:17	61° 11' 53" N 6° 22' 13" W
630500	2003-09-26 04:48	60° 9' 31" N 7° 23' 27" W
630524	2003-09-26 07:56	60° 15' 54" N 7° 51' 31" W
630548	2003-09-26 10:29	60° 21' 42" N 8° 15' 2" W
630653	2003-09-26 21:52	60° 22' 4" N 8° 52' 7" W
630721	2003-09-27 04:59	61° 0' 45" N 8° 29' 55" W
630769	2003-09-27 08:09	60° 58' 52" N 7° 50' 28" W
630954	2003-09-28 04:29	60° 31' 41" N 8° 7' 50" W
631066	2003-09-28 14:45	60° 26' 6" N 8° 36' 50" W
630247	2003-09-19 05:56	61° 59' 45" N 6° 12' 11" W
630192	2003-09-18 18:18	60° 46' 45" N 5° 15' 38" W
629977	2003-09-17 08:01	59° 17' 4" N 0° 40' 0" W
630075	2003-09-17 16:26	59° 17' 4" N 2° 13' 46" W
630167	2003-09-18 13:53	60° 34' 54" N 4° 45' 15" W
630303	2003-09-19 21:00	61° 21' 1" N 3° 9' 55" W
630573	2003-09-26 15:43	60° 10' 39" N 8° 55' 34" W
630002	2003-09-17 11:31	59° 16' 54" N 1° 19' 42" W
630038	2003-09-17 14:12	59° 16' 55" N 1° 47' 35" W
630063	2003-09-17 15:40	59° 16' 55" N 2° 4' 52" W
630087	2003-09-18 00:54	60° 9' 47" N 3° 42' 40" W
630131	2003-09-18 05:55	60° 20' 11" N 4° 9' 24" W
630143	2003-09-18 07:20	60° 25' 1" N 4° 18' 50" W
630211	2003-09-18 19:44	60° 51' 0" N 5° 28' 58" W
631078	2003-09-28 15:43	60° 24' 2" N 8° 31' 15" W
630376	2003-09-20 06:48	61° 1' 19" N 1° 35' 20" W
630456	2003-09-25 22:32	59° 58' 51" N 6° 20' 41" W
630388	2003-09-20 08:00	60° 58' 43" N 1° 17' 44" W
630801	2003-09-27 13:08	60° 45' 57" N 7° 48' 0" W
630407	2003-09-20 09:12	60° 55' 56" N 0° 59' 58" W
630536	2003-09-26 09:13	60° 18' 15" N 8° 3' 33" W
630561	2003-09-26 11:55	60° 25' 22" N 8° 29' 0" W
630604	2003-09-26 18:05	60° 14' 33" N 8° 54' 36" W
630444	2003-09-25 20:12	59° 51' 24" N 6° 5' 30" W
630966	2003-09-28 05:40	60° 32' 5" N 8° 17' 7" W
630690	2003-09-27 01:47	60° 40' 54" N 8° 50' 17" W
630689	2003-09-27 00:51	60° 35' 49" N 8° 51' 19" W
630849	2003-09-27 17:15	60° 51' 36" N 8° 4' 37" W
631005	2003-09-28 08:46	60° 33' 33" N 8° 45' 0" W
630917	2003-09-27 23:43	60° 39' 56" N 8° 13' 22" W
631158	2003-09-28 22:06	60° 26' 20" N 8° 36' 38" W
631030	2003-09-28 12:02	60° 23' 58" N 8° 31' 10" W
631134	2003-09-28 20:17	60° 26' 21" N 8° 36' 40" W
630259	2003-09-19 08:07	61° 53' 46" N 5° 45' 36" W
630770	2003-09-27 08:47	60° 58' 34" N 7° 46' 22" W
630862	2003-09-27 18:29	60° 53' 54" N 8° 12' 38" W
630155	2003-09-18 09:27	60° 28' 51" N 4° 25' 16" W
630260	2003-09-19 09:52	61° 48' 46" N 5° 21' 24" W
630468	2003-09-26 00:07	60° 2' 24" N 6° 33' 47" W
630813	2003-09-27 14:18	60° 47' 13" N 7° 52' 9" W
630481	2003-09-26 02:02	60° 2' 46" N 6° 54' 8" W
630733	2003-09-27 06:30	60° 59' 25" N 8° 2' 50" W
630782	2003-09-27 09:45	60° 58' 28" N 7° 41' 53" W
630930	2003-09-28 02:00	60° 35' 49" N 7° 59' 17" W
631017	2003-09-28 09:34	60° 33' 53" N 8° 54' 7" W
631122	2003-09-28 19:22	60° 24' 1" N 8° 30' 59" W
631183	2003-09-28 23:49	60° 26' 16" N 8° 36' 38" W
630051	2003-09-17 14:54	59° 17' 1" N 1° 55' 50" W
630118	2003-09-18 04:42	60° 17' 48" N 4° 4' 3" W
630180	2003-09-18 16:54	60° 42' 56" N 5° 6' 7" W
630223	2003-09-18 22:14	61° 1' 54" N 5° 57' 16" W
630339	2003-09-20 02:30	61° 7' 55" N 2° 10' 10" W
630340	2003-09-20 03:26	61° 7' 55" N 2° 10' 10" W
630352	2003-09-20 04:28	61° 6' 4" N 2° 1' 32" W
630364	2003-09-20 05:30	61° 4' 7" N 1° 52' 43" W
630665	2003-09-26 22:43	60° 25' 40" N 8° 51' 50" W
630708	2003-09-27 02:58	60° 48' 47" N 8° 50' 40" W
630837	2003-09-27 16:23	60° 49' 51" N 8° 0' 34" W
630929	2003-09-28 00:54	60° 37' 56" N 8° 6' 21" W
630942	2003-09-28 03:17	60° 31' 19" N 7° 58' 38" W
631029	2003-09-28 11:11	60° 26' 18" N 8° 36' 43" W
629965	2003-09-17 06:30	59° 17' 3" N 0° 19' 57" W
629990	2003-09-17 10:38	59° 17' 3" N 1° 10' 13" W
630284	2003-09-19 15:00	61° 35' 11" N 4° 14' 59" W
630315	2003-09-20 00:02	61° 13' 58" N 2° 40' 2" W
630327	2003-09-20 01:23	61° 11' 7" N 2° 25' 2" W
630616	2003-09-26 19:08	60° 15' 57" N 8° 54' 13" W
630745	2003-09-27 07:02	60° 59' 10" N 7° 58' 41" W
630886	2003-09-27 21:00	60° 45' 53" N 8° 34' 23" W
630978	2003-09-28 06:45	60° 32' 44" N 8° 26' 24" W
630991	2003-09-28 07:42	60° 33' 15" N 8° 35' 59" W
631054	2003-09-28 13:48	60° 24' 5" N 8° 31' 7" W
631091	2003-09-28 16:38	60° 26' 16" N 8° 36' 28" W
629953	2003-09-17 05:15	59° 16' 59" N 0° 0' 8" E
629989	2003-09-17 09:54	59° 17' 2" N 0° 59' 58" W
630106	2003-09-18 03:35	60° 15' 35" N 3° 58' 36" W
630585	2003-09-26 16:28	60° 12' 24" N 8° 55' 0" W
630597	2003-09-26 17:12	60° 13' 20" N 8° 54' 43" W
630628	2003-09-26 20:09	60° 17' 58" N 8° 53' 55" W
630677	2003-09-26 23:49	60° 30' 27" N 8° 51' 15" W
630794	2003-09-27 10:44	60° 58' 17" N 7° 37' 58" W
630825	2003-09-27 15:22	60° 48' 29" N 7° 56' 18" W
630898	2003-09-27 21:44	60° 43' 51" N 8° 27' 24" W
630905	2003-09-27 22:34	60° 41' 51" N 8° 20' 23" W
631042	2003-09-28 12:56	60° 26' 17" N 8° 36' 42" W
631109	2003-09-28 17:36	60° 24' 1" N 8° 31' 16" W
631146	2003-09-28 21:12	60° 24' 0" N 8° 31' 7" W
630099	2003-09-18 02:24	60° 12' 38" N 3° 50' 35" W
630179	2003-09-18 15:28	60° 38' 2" N 4° 53' 55" W
630272	2003-09-19 12:40	61° 41' 59" N 4° 51' 43" W
630296	2003-09-19 17:52	61° 27' 48" N 3° 42' 18" W
630419	2003-09-20 18:58	60° 25' 2" N 4° 18' 58" W
630420	2003-09-20 20:48	60° 29' 7" N 4° 25' 55" W
630432	2003-09-21 09:16	60° 16' 34" N 4° 18' 40" W
630493	2003-09-26 03:26	60° 5' 52" N 7° 9' 49" W
630512	2003-09-26 06:45	60° 12' 54" N 7° 40' 2" W

Discrete samples

1 Instrument mooring

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