RV Prince Madog PD38/04

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Ship name (ship code)

RV Prince Madog (74P2)

Cruise identifier

PD38/04

Cruise period

2004-09-08 — 2004-09-09

Status

Completed

Port of departure

Menai Bridge, United Kingdom

Port of return

Menai Bridge, United Kingdom

Purpose

Research

Objectives

A) To service an ADCP and a SmartBuoy at 53 32 N 3 21.8 W.
B) To obtain CTD profiles and water samples at the Coastal Observatory sites.

Chief scientist

M John Howarth (Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory)

Cruise report

(0.22 MB)

Ocean/sea areas

General

Irish Sea and St. George's Channel

Specific

Liverpool Bay/eastern Irish Sea

Track charts

Measurements

Physical oceanography

Surface measurements underway (T,S)

Quantity: track kilometres = 400
Description: Underway thermosalinograph

Water bottle stations

Quantity: number of stations = 33
Description: Lab analysis for nitrate, phosphate, silicate, near bed and near surface

CTD stations

Quantity: number of profiles = 35
Description: SeaBird CTD

Transparency (eg transmissometer)

Quantity: number of profiles = 35
Description: Transmissometer and LISST on CTD

Transparency (eg transmissometer)

Quantity: track kilometres = 400
Description: Underway transmissometer

Optics (eg underwater light levels)

Quantity: number of profiles = 35
Description: Irradiance sensors on CTD

Chemical oceanography

Phosphate

Quantity: number of stations = 33
Description: Lab analysis for nitrate, phosphate, silicate, near bed and near surface

Nitrate

Quantity: number of stations = 33
Description: Lab analysis for nitrate, phosphate, silicate, near bed and near surface

Silicate

Quantity: number of stations = 33
Description: Lab analysis for nitrate, phosphate, silicate, near bed and near surface

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 = 35
Description: Fluorometer on CTD

Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence)

Quantity: track kilometres = 400
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 = 400
Description: Underway surface irradiance and PAR measurement

Routine standard measurements

Quantity: track kilometres = 400
Description: Met station (wind, atmospheric pressure, air temperature, humidity)

Moorings, landers, buoys

Physical oceanography

Transparency (eg transmissometer)

53° 31' 59" N 3° 21' 52" W — SeaTech 25 cm transmissometer on a bottom frame. Recovery and deployment.

Transparency (eg transmissometer)

53° 32' 11" N 3° 22' 9" W — Buoy mounted turbidity. Recovery and deployment.

Optics (eg underwater light levels)

53° 32' 11" N 3° 22' 9" W — Buoy mounted subsurface irradiance sensors. Recovery and deployment.

Current profiler (eg ADCP)

53° 31' 59" N 3° 21' 52" 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' 59" N 3° 21' 52" W — Bottom pressure recorder. Recovery and deployment.

Other physical oceanographic measurements

53° 31' 59" N 3° 21' 52" W — Temperature and conductivity on bottom frame. Recovery and deployment.

Other physical oceanographic measurements

53° 32' 11" N 3° 22' 9" W — Buoy mounted temperature and conductivity. Recovery and deployment.

Chemical oceanography

Nitrate

53° 32' 11" N 3° 22' 9" W — Buoy mounted nutrient analyser and water sampler. Recovery and deployment.

Nitrite

53° 32' 11" N 3° 22' 9" W — Buoy mounted nutrient analyser and water sampler. Recovery and deployment.

Silicate

53° 32' 11" N 3° 22' 9" W — Buoy mounted nutrient analyser and water sampler. Recovery and deployment.

Biology and fisheries

Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence)

53° 32' 11" N 3° 22' 9" W — Buoy mounted fluorometer. Recovery and deployment.

Data held at BODC

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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.
1622927	2004-09-08 12:20:01 — 2004-10-29 11:00:09	53° 31' 58" N 3° 21' 52" W

47 Bottle station

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

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BODC id	Date/Time	Location
1315638	2004-09-09 02:09	53° 42' 21" N 3° 55' 34" W
1682931	2004-09-08 21:22	53° 37' 12" N 3° 21' 59" W
1315478	2004-09-08 16:19	53° 31' 52" N 3° 15' 48" W
1315522	2004-09-08 19:13	53° 51' 49" N 3° 22' 2" W
1315595	2004-09-08 23:22	53° 46' 55" N 3° 30' 2" W
1682918	2004-09-08 20:39	53° 42' 2" N 3° 22' 21" W
1315509	2004-09-08 17:44	53° 42' 9" N 3° 13' 24" W
1315558	2004-09-08 21:22	53° 37' 12" N 3° 21' 59" W
1315571	2004-09-08 22:01	53° 36' 56" N 3° 30' 15" W
1315626	2004-09-09 01:22	53° 47' 12" N 3° 55' 32" W
1315651	2004-09-09 02:54	53° 37' 37" N 3° 55' 11" W
1682955	2004-09-09 10:29	53° 26' 58" N 3° 22' 28" W
1315706	2004-09-09 07:15	53° 37' 25" N 3° 38' 8" W
1315780	2004-09-09 12:14	53° 22' 52" N 3° 38' 37" W
1315718	2004-09-09 08:06	53° 31' 59" N 3° 37' 48" W
1315767	2004-09-09 11:05	53° 27' 6" N 3° 30' 31" W
1315755	2004-09-09 10:29	53° 26' 58" N 3° 22' 28" W
1315779	2004-09-09 11:39	53° 26' 54" N 3° 38' 37" W
1315792	2004-09-09 12:50	53° 23' 17" N 3° 47' 26" W
1315835	2004-09-09 14:33	53° 22' 10" N 3° 55' 9" W
1315896	2004-09-09 09:44	53° 32' 17" N 3° 22' 29" W
1315860	2004-09-08 19:55	53° 46' 57" N 3° 21' 48" W
1315811	2004-09-09 13:17	53° 27' 2" N 3° 47' 30" W
1315466	2004-09-08 15:37	53° 26' 53" N 3° 13' 25" W
1315663	2004-09-09 03:45	53° 32' 3" N 3° 55' 41" W
1315731	2004-09-09 08:48	53° 32' 3" N 3° 30' 25" W
1315859	2004-09-08 19:13	53° 51' 49" N 3° 22' 2" W
1315903	2004-09-09 10:29	53° 26' 58" N 3° 22' 28" W
1682943	2004-09-09 09:44	53° 32' 17" N 3° 22' 29" W
1315583	2004-09-08 22:43	53° 42' 4" N 3° 30' 16" W
1315602	2004-09-08 23:59	53° 47' 2" N 3° 38' 34" W
1315614	2004-09-09 00:42	53° 46' 57" N 3° 47' 37" W
1315687	2004-09-09 05:24	53° 42' 14" N 3° 47' 35" W
1315743	2004-09-09 09:44	53° 32' 17" N 3° 22' 29" W
1315847	2004-09-08 13:28	53° 32' 8" N 3° 21' 49" W
1315872	2004-09-08 20:39	53° 42' 2" N 3° 22' 21" W
1682906	2004-09-08 19:55	53° 46' 57" N 3° 21' 48" W
1315491	2004-09-08 17:04	53° 37' 5" N 3° 13' 32" W
1315510	2004-09-08 18:23	53° 47' 1" N 3° 13' 35" W
1315534	2004-09-08 19:55	53° 46' 57" N 3° 21' 48" W
1315546	2004-09-08 20:39	53° 42' 2" N 3° 22' 21" W
1315675	2004-09-09 04:44	53° 37' 27" N 3° 47' 44" W
1315699	2004-09-09 06:20	53° 42' 4" N 3° 38' 59" W
1315823	2004-09-09 13:54	53° 27' 7" N 3° 55' 19" W
1315884	2004-09-08 21:22	53° 37' 12" N 3° 21' 59" W
1682887	2004-09-08 13:28	53° 32' 8" N 3° 21' 49" W
1682899	2004-09-08 19:13	53° 51' 49" N 3° 22' 2" 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.
1194441	2004-09-08 13:00 — 2004-10-29 12:00	53° 32' 7" N 3° 22' 1" 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.
1194465	2004-09-08 14:00 — 2004-09-10 00:00	53° 32' 7" N 3° 22' 1" W
1194490	2004-09-09 00:00 — 2004-10-25 00:00	53° 32' 7" N 3° 22' 1" W

4 Moored CTD

Reference numbers
Moored instrument depth
Date and time
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Concentration of suspended particulate material in the water column
Electrical conductivity of the water column
Sea level

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BODC id	Date/Time	Location
695974	2004-09-08 12:20:03 — 2004-10-29 11:00:03	53° 31' 58" N 3° 21' 52" W
695949	2004-09-08 12:50:01 — 2004-10-29 12:10:01	53° 32' 7" N 3° 22' 1" W
695950	2004-09-08 12:20:01 — 2004-10-29 11:00:01	53° 31' 58" N 3° 21' 52" W
1194428	2004-09-08 13:00 — 2004-10-29 12:00	53° 32' 7" N 3° 22' 1" 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.
1194453	2004-09-08 13:00 — 2004-10-29 12:00	53° 32' 7" N 3° 22' 1" W

1 Paddle wheel current meter

Reference numbers
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
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.
695937	2004-09-08 12:45 — 2004-10-29 12:15	53° 32' 7" N 3° 22' 1" 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.
1194489	2004-09-08 13:00 — 2004-10-29 12:00	53° 32' 7" N 3° 22' 1" W
1194477	2004-09-08 13:00 — 2004-10-29 12:00	53° 32' 7" N 3° 22' 1" 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
Concentration of suspended particulate material in the water column
Visible waveband radiance and irradiance measurements in the water column
Silicate concentration parameters in the water column
Ammonium and ammonia concentration parameters in water bodies
Raw light meter output
Density of the water column
Raw fluorometer output
Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column
Phaeopigment concentrations in the water column
Raw suspended particulate material concentration sensor output
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies

2 Instrument mooring

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