RV Prince Madog PD29/04

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Ship name (ship code)

RV Prince Madog (74P2)

Cruise identifier

PD29/04

Cruise period

2004-07-20 — 2004-07-21

Status

Completed

Port of departure

Menai Bridge, United Kingdom

Port of return

Menai Bridge, United Kingdom

Purpose

Research

Objectives

1. To service an ADCP and a SmartBuoy at 53 32 N 3 21.8 W.
2. To obtain CTD profiles and water samples at the Coastal Observatory sites.
The cruise is the 19th in a series starting in August 2002 to maintain the moorings in objective (1) and to steam round a CTD grid in Liverpool Bay/the eastern Irish Sea, objective (2).

Chief scientist

Phil J Knight (Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory)

Cruise report

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Ocean/sea areas

General

Irish Sea and St. George's Channel

Specific

Liverpool Bay; eastern Irish Sea

Track charts

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Measurements

Physical oceanography

Surface measurements underway (T,S)

Quantity: track kilometres = 380
Description: Underway thermosalinograph

Water bottle stations

Quantity: number of stations = 35
Description: Lab analysis for nitrate (H24), phosphate (H22), silicate (H26), near bed & near surface

CTD stations

Quantity: number of profiles = 36
Description: SeaBird CTD

Transparency (eg transmissometer)

Quantity: track kilometres = 380
Description: Underway transmissometer

Transparency (eg transmissometer)

Quantity: number of profiles = 36
Description: Transmissometer and LISST on CTD

Optics (eg underwater light levels)

Quantity: number of profiles = 36
Description: Irradiance sensors on CTD

Contamination

Suspended matter

Quantity: number of stations = 35
Description: Filtration of near surface and near bed water samples

Biology and fisheries

Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence)

Quantity: number of profiles = 36
Description: Fluorometer on CTD

Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence)

Quantity: track kilometres = 380
Description: Underway fluorimeter

Phytoplankton

Quantity: number of stations = 7
Description: Lab analysis for phytoplankton from water bottle samples

Zooplankton

Quantity: number of hauls = 10
Description: Vertical net hauls for zooplankton

Meteorology

Incident radiation

Quantity: track kilometres = 380
Description: Underway surface irradiance and PAR measurement

Routine standard measurements

Quantity: track kilometres = 380
Description: Met station (wind, atmospheric pressure, air temperature, humidity)

Moorings, landers, buoys

Physical oceanography

CTD stations

53° 31' 57" N 3° 21' 46" W — SeaBird micro cat logger on a bottom frame. Recovery and deployment.

CTD stations

53° 32' 3" N 3° 21' 42" W — SeaBird micro cat logger under Smartbuoy. Recovery and deployment.

CTD stations

53° 32' 3" N 3° 21' 42" W — Aanderaa logger under Smartbuoy. Recovery and deployment.

Transparency (eg transmissometer)

53° 31' 57" N 3° 21' 46" W — SeaTech 25 cm transmissometer on a bottom frame. Recovery and deployment.

Optics (eg underwater light levels)

53° 32' 3" N 3° 21' 42" W — Buoy mounted subsurface irradiance sensors. Recovery and deployment.

Current profiler (eg ADCP)

53° 31' 57" N 3° 21' 46" W — 600 kHz ADCP in a sea bed frame, 10 min averages 35 x 1m bins from 2.65 mab. Turn round.

Sea level (inc. bot. press., inverted echosounder)

53° 31' 57" N 3° 21' 46" W — Bottom pressure recorder. Recovery and deployment.

Chemical oceanography

Nitrate

53° 32' 3" N 3° 21' 46" W — Buoy mounted nutrient analyser and water sampler. Recovery and deployment.

Nitrite

53° 32' 3" N 3° 21' 42" W — Buoy mounted nutrient analyser and water sampler. Recovery and deployment.

Silicate

53° 32' 3" N 3° 21' 42" W — Buoy mounted nutrient analyser and water sampler. Recovery and deployment.

Biology and fisheries

Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence)

53° 32' 3" N 3° 21' 42" W — Buoy mounted fluorometer. Recovery and deployment.

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Series/Profiles

1 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

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Date and time
Vertical spatial coordinates
Vertical velocity of the water column (currents)
Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents)
Metadata parameters
Sea level

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BODC id	Date/Time	Location	Doc.
1622835	2004-07-20 12:20 — 2004-08-11 11:20	53° 32' 5" N 3° 21' 25" W

43 Bottle station

Reference numbers
Nitrite concentration parameters in the water column
Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
Silicate concentration parameters in the water column
Ammonium and ammonia concentration parameters in water bodies
Phaeopigment concentrations in the water column
Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column
Quality control flags
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies

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BODC id	Date/Time	Location
1312548	2004-07-20 16:52	53° 36' 56" N 3° 13' 45" W
1312561	2004-07-20 17:33	53° 42' 0" N 3° 13' 37" W
1312782	2004-07-21 08:00	53° 27' 38" N 3° 47' 22" W
1312801	2004-07-21 09:25	53° 37' 33" N 3° 47' 3" W
1312813	2004-07-21 10:02	53° 42' 6" N 3° 46' 58" W
1312862	2004-07-20 20:30	53° 42' 1" N 3° 21' 53" W
1312898	2004-07-20 22:50	53° 26' 53" N 3° 22' 13" W
1312524	2004-07-20 15:28	53° 26' 57" N 3° 13' 46" W
1312677	2004-07-21 01:06	53° 37' 9" N 3° 29' 57" W
1312794	2004-07-21 08:38	53° 32' 14" N 3° 47' 19" W
1312850	2004-07-20 19:45	53° 47' 10" N 3° 21' 39" W
1312874	2004-07-20 21:15	53° 37' 19" N 3° 21' 51" W
1312886	2004-07-20 22:02	53° 32' 16" N 3° 21' 21" W
1312512	2004-07-20 13:04	53° 32' 14" N 3° 21' 47" W
1312628	2004-07-20 22:02	53° 32' 16" N 3° 21' 21" W
1312825	2004-07-21 10:52	53° 41' 58" N 3° 54' 49" W
1312573	2004-07-20 18:14	53° 46' 56" N 3° 13' 27" W
1312616	2004-07-20 21:15	53° 37' 19" N 3° 21' 51" W
1312653	2004-07-20 23:37	53° 27' 9" N 3° 30' 19" W
1312769	2004-07-21 06:34	53° 22' 50" N 3° 38' 38" W
1312770	2004-07-21 07:18	53° 23' 5" N 3° 47' 20" W
1669768	2004-07-20 13:04	53° 32' 14" N 3° 21' 47" W
1669800	2004-07-20 20:30	53° 42' 1" N 3° 21' 53" W
1669836	2004-07-20 22:50	53° 26' 53" N 3° 22' 13" W
1312585	2004-07-20 19:06	53° 51' 38" N 3° 22' 22" W
1312665	2004-07-21 00:24	53° 32' 1" N 3° 30' 8" W
1312733	2004-07-21 04:27	53° 37' 15" N 3° 38' 50" W
1312849	2004-07-20 19:06	53° 51' 38" N 3° 22' 22" W
1312641	2004-07-20 22:50	53° 26' 53" N 3° 22' 13" W
1669824	2004-07-20 22:02	53° 32' 16" N 3° 21' 21" W
1312536	2004-07-20 16:11	53° 31' 52" N 3° 15' 56" W
1312597	2004-07-20 19:45	53° 47' 10" N 3° 21' 39" W
1312604	2004-07-20 20:30	53° 42' 1" N 3° 21' 53" W
1312689	2004-07-21 01:45	53° 42' 5" N 3° 29' 58" W
1312690	2004-07-21 02:24	53° 46' 52" N 3° 30' 1" W
1312708	2004-07-21 03:03	53° 47' 7" N 3° 38' 41" W
1312745	2004-07-21 05:12	53° 31' 56" N 3° 38' 34" W
1312757	2004-07-21 05:57	53° 26' 55" N 3° 38' 41" W
1312837	2004-07-20 13:04	53° 32' 14" N 3° 21' 47" W
1669781	2004-07-20 19:06	53° 51' 38" N 3° 22' 22" W
1669812	2004-07-20 21:15	53° 37' 19" N 3° 21' 51" W
1312721	2004-07-21 03:45	53° 41' 57" N 3° 38' 27" W
1669793	2004-07-20 19:45	53° 47' 10" N 3° 21' 39" W

1 Bottom pressure sensor tide gauge

Reference numbers
Date and time
Temperature of the water column
Sea level

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Reference numbers
Date and time
Temperature of the water column
Sea level

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BODC id	Date/Time	Location	Doc.
664312	2004-07-20 12:29:40 — 2004-08-11 11:19:40	53° 32' 5" N 3° 21' 25" W

1 Fluorometers

Reference numbers
Date and time
Raw fluorometer output

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Reference numbers
Date and time
Raw fluorometer output

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BODC id	Date/Time	Location	Doc.
1194281	2004-07-20 12:30 — 2004-08-11 12:30	53° 31' 59" N 3° 21' 33" W

2 In-situ nutrient analyser

Reference numbers
Date and time
Concentration of suspended particulate material in the water column
Silicate concentration parameters in the water column
Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column

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BODC id	Date/Time	Location	Doc.
1194300	2004-07-20 16:00 — 2004-08-11 12:00	53° 31' 59" N 3° 21' 33" W
1194336	2004-07-22 00:00 — 2004-08-11 00:00	53° 31' 59" N 3° 21' 33" W

2 Moored CTD

Reference numbers
Moored instrument depth
Date and time
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Electrical conductivity of the water column

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Reference numbers
Moored instrument depth
Date and time
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Electrical conductivity of the water column

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BODC id	Date/Time	Location	Doc.
664256	2004-07-20 12:30:01 — 2004-08-11 12:50:01	53° 31' 59" N 3° 21' 33" W
1194268	2004-07-20 12:30 — 2004-08-11 12:30	53° 31' 59" N 3° 21' 33" W

1 Nephelometers and optical backscatter sensors

Reference numbers
Date and time
Concentration of suspended particulate material in the water column

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Reference numbers
Date and time
Concentration of suspended particulate material in the water column

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BODC id	Date/Time	Location	Doc.
1194293	2004-07-20 12:30 — 2004-08-11 12:30	53° 31' 59" N 3° 21' 33" W

2 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

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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

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BODC id	Date/Time	Location	Doc.
664336	2004-07-20 12:25 — 2004-08-11 11:15	53° 32' 5" N 3° 21' 25" W
664244	2004-07-20 12:35 — 2004-08-11 12:55	53° 31' 59" N 3° 21' 33" W

2 radiometers

Reference numbers
Date and time
Visible waveband radiance and irradiance measurements in the water column

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Reference numbers
Date and time
Visible waveband radiance and irradiance measurements in the water column

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BODC id	Date/Time	Location	Doc.
1194312	2004-07-20 12:30 — 2004-08-11 12:30	53° 31' 59" N 3° 21' 33" W
1194324	2004-07-20 12:30 — 2004-08-11 12:30	53° 31' 59" N 3° 21' 33" W

Discrete samples

35 CTD frame plus rosette sampler

Transmittance and attenuance of the water column
Nitrite concentration parameters in the water column
Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column
Concentration of suspended particulate material in the water column
Silicate concentration parameters in the water column
Visible waveband radiance and irradiance measurements in the water column
Density of the water column
Ammonium and ammonia concentration parameters in water bodies
Raw light meter output
Phaeopigment concentrations in the water column
Raw suspended particulate material concentration sensor output
Raw fluorometer output
Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies

2 Instrument mooring

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