FRV Scotia 0804S_1
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |||||
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (748S) | ||||
| Cruise identifier | 0804S_1 | ||||
| Cruise period | 2004-05-12 — 2004-05-30 | ||||
| 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 Rockall section. 3. To perform a survey of the Wyville-Thomson Ridge. 4. To perform hydrographic surveys along the standard Faroe Shetland Channel sections. 5. To service two ADCP moorings. 6. To attempt to recover two current meter moorings. 7. To perform eddy surveys in the Faroe Shetland Channel 8. To perform ad-hoc towed array acoustic recordings for cetaceans. | ||||
| Chief scientist | Bill Turrell (Fisheries Research Services Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) | ||||
| Cruise report |  (0.11 MB) | ||||
| Ocean/sea areas | |||||
| General | North Sea North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) | ||||
| Specific | The North Sea (East of the Orkney Islands), The Faroe-Shetland Channel and Wyville-Thomson ridge | ||||
| Measurements | |||||
| Physical oceanography | |||||
| CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 181 Description: CTD stations | ||||
| Chemical oceanography | |||||
| Phosphate | Quantity: number of samples = 433 Description: Phosphate samples | ||||
| Nitrate | Quantity: number of samples = 433 Description: Nitrate samples | ||||
| Silicate | Quantity: number of samples = 433 Description: Silicate samples | ||||
| Contamination | |||||
| Trace metals | Quantity: number of samples = 335 Description: water samples for analysis of aluminium content. | ||||
| Biology and fisheries | |||||
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: number of deployments = 181 Description: Fluorometer profiles + continuous fluorometer readings underway | ||||
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: number of samples = 159 Description: Chlorophyll samples | ||||
| Mammals and reptiles | Description: Acoustic survey for cetaceans. | ||||
| Moorings, landers, buoys | |||||
| Physical oceanography | |||||
| Current meters | 60° 14' 44" N 8° 59' 38" W — Deployed MOEN WT02b 20/05/04 2 current meters | ||||
| Current meters | 60° 16' 14" N 9° 0' 47" W — Deployed MOEN WT01b 20/05/04 3 current meters | ||||
| Current profiler (eg ADCP) | 60° 27' 0" N 4° 22' 17" W — Recovered NWSD 14/05/04 75kHz ADCP (laid 25/09/03) | ||||
| Current profiler (eg ADCP) | 60° 27' 0" N 4° 22' 36" W — Deployed NWSD 29/05/04 75 kHz ADCP | ||||
| Current profiler (eg ADCP) | 60° 16' 55" N 4° 20' 18" W — Deployed NWSE 09/06/04 75 kHz ADCP | ||||
| Current profiler (eg ADCP) | 60° 16' 33" N 4° 20' 5" W — Recovered NWSE 14/05/04 150 kHz ADCP (laid 25/09/03) | ||||
| Instrumented wave measurements | 60° 14' 44" N 8° 59' 38" W — Deployed MOEN WT02b 20/05/04 chain of 20 miniloggers | ||||
| Other physical oceanographic measurements | 60° 16' 14" N 9° 0' 47" W — Deployed MOEN WT01b 20/05/04 chain of 20 miniloggers | ||||
| Other physical oceanographic measurements | 60° 16' 14" N 9° 0' 47" W — Deployed MOEN WT01b 20/05/04 Microcat | ||||
| Other physical oceanographic measurements | 60° 14' 44" N 8° 59' 38" W — Deployed MOEN WT02b 20/05/04 Microcat | ||||
| Data held at BODC | Get data | ||||
| Series/Profiles | |||||
| 181 CTD/STD cast | Transmittance and attenuance of the water column Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column Vertical spatial coordinates Salinity of the water column Temperature of the water column Electrical conductivity of the water column Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies Transmittance and attenuance of the water column Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column Vertical spatial coordinates Salinity of the water column Temperature of the water column Electrical conductivity of the water column Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies
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| 1 Moored CTD | Date and time Salinity of the water column Temperature of the water column
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| 2 Paddle wheel current meter | Date and time Temperature of the water column Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents) Date and time Temperature of the water column Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents)
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