RV Prince Madog PD16/06

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Ship name (ship code)

RV Prince Madog (74P2)

Cruise identifier

PD16/06

Cruise period

2006-05-09 — 2006-05-11

Status

Completed

Port of departure

Menai Bridge, United Kingdom

Port of return

Menai Bridge, United Kingdom

Purpose

Research

Objectives

A) To service an ADCP mooring and a Smartbuoy at 53 32N 3 22W.
B) To service an ADCP mooring and a Smartbuoy at 53 27N 3 39W.
C) To obtain CTD profiles and water samples at the Coastal Observatory sites.
D) 25 hr CTD profiles every 30 minutes at 53 32N 3 22W (main mooring site).

The cruise is the 35th in a series starting in August 2002 to maintain the moorings in objective (A+B+D) and to steam round a CTD grid in Liverpool Bay / the eastern Irish Sea, objective (C).

Chief scientist

Phil J Knight (Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory)

Project

POL Coastal Observatory

Cruise report

(0.27 MB)

Ocean/sea areas

General

Irish Sea and St. George's Channel

Specific

Liverpool Bay, eastern Irish Sea

Track charts

(0.08 MB)

Measurements

Physical oceanography

Water bottle stations

Quantity: number of stations = 54
Description: Lab analysis for nitrate (H24), phosphate (H22), silicate (H26), near bed and near surface

CTD stations

Quantity: number of profiles = 87
Description: SeaBird CTD

Transparency (eg transmissometer)

Quantity: number of profiles = 87
Description: Transmissometer and LISST on CTD

Optics (eg underwater light levels)

Quantity: number of profiles = 87
Description: Irradiance sensors on CTD

Chemical oceanography

Nitrate

Quantity: number of stations = 54
Description: Lab analysis for nutrients taken from water bottle samples

Contamination

Suspended matter

Quantity: number of stations = 54
Description: Filtration of near surface and near bed water samples POL(22) CEFAS(32)

Biology and fisheries

Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence)

Quantity: number of profiles = 87
Description: Fluorometer on CTD

Phytoplankton

Quantity: number of stations = 10
Description: Net hauls at 53 32N 3 22W

Phytoplankton

Quantity: number of stations = 31
Description: Lab analysis for phytoplankton from water bottle samples

Zooplankton

Quantity: number of stations = 10
Description: Net hauls at 53 32N 3 22W

Moorings, landers, buoys

Physical oceanography

Transparency (eg transmissometer)

53° 27' 0" N 3° 38' 59" W — Sea-Bird SBE 16Plus with turbidity, temperature, conductivity & pressure sensor. Recovery and deployment.

Current meters

53° 31' 59" N 3° 22' 0" W — SonTek ADV. Single point current readings at 16Hz. Burst mode. Recover and deployment.

Current profiler (eg ADCP)

53° 31' 59" N 3° 22' 0" W — ADCP in a sea bed frame, 10 minute averages 35x1 bins from 2.65m above bed. Recovery and deployment.

Current profiler (eg ADCP)

53° 27' 0" N 3° 38' 59" W — Telemetry buoy for above ADCP sea bed frame. Recovery and deployment.

Current profiler (eg ADCP)

53° 27' 0" N 3° 38' 59" W — Telemetry ADCP in sea bed frame, same as above. Recovery and deployment

Current profiler (eg ADCP)

53° 27' 0" N 3° 38' 59" W — ADCP in a sea bed frame, 10 minute averages 35x1 bins from 2.65m above bed. Recovery and deployment.

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

53° 31' 59" N 3° 22' 0" W — Sea-Bird SBE 16Plus with turbidity, temperature, conductivity & pressure sensor. Recovery and deployment.

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

53° 27' 0" N 3° 38' 59" W — Sea-Bird SBE 16Plus with turbidity, temperature, conductivity & pressure sensor. Recovery and deployment.

Other physical oceanographic measurements

53° 31' 59" N 3° 22' 0" W — Sea-Bird Micro-Cat temperature and conductivity. Recovery and deployment.

Chemical oceanography

Nitrate

53° 27' 0" N 3° 38' 59" W — Buoy mounted CTD. Recovery and deployment

Nitrate

53° 31' 59" N 3° 22' 0" W — Buoy mounted CTD, nutrient analyser and water sampler. Recovery and deployment.

Nitrite

53° 31' 59" N 3° 22' 0" W — Buoy mounted CTD, nutrient analyser and water sampler. Recovery and deployment.

Silicate

53° 31' 59" N 3° 22' 0" W — Buoy mounted CTD, nutrient analyser and water sampler. Recovery and deployment.

Data held at BODC

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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

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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.
1623212	2006-05-09 14:30 — 2006-06-23 09:00	53° 31' 58" N 3° 21' 36" W
1623224	2006-05-30 20:18:38 — 2006-06-23 12:38:38	53° 26' 54" N 3° 38' 25" W

66 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
1323767	2006-05-09 22:12	53° 31' 54" N 3° 22' 11" W
1323884	2006-05-10 09:01	53° 31' 54" N 3° 22' 11" W
1323927	2006-05-10 13:04	53° 31' 53" N 3° 22' 13" W
1323988	2006-05-10 22:14	53° 47' 1" N 3° 22' 3" W
1651796	2006-05-09 23:10	53° 31' 53" N 3° 22' 13" W
1651888	2006-05-10 08:00	53° 31' 54" N 3° 22' 10" W
1323823	2006-05-10 03:04	53° 31' 53" N 3° 22' 15" W
1323903	2006-05-10 11:04	53° 31' 54" N 3° 22' 12" W
1324040	2006-05-11 12:57	53° 26' 57" N 3° 38' 41" W
1651784	2006-05-09 22:12	53° 31' 54" N 3° 22' 11" W
1323860	2006-05-10 07:01	53° 31' 54" N 3° 22' 10" W
1323872	2006-05-10 08:00	53° 31' 54" N 3° 22' 10" W
1323939	2006-05-10 14:04	53° 31' 53" N 3° 22' 14" W
1323952	2006-05-10 16:02	53° 31' 51" N 3° 22' 12" W
1323964	2006-05-10 17:03	53° 31' 51" N 3° 22' 10" W
1324003	2006-05-10 22:55	53° 42' 0" N 3° 22' 10" W
1324015	2006-05-10 23:38	53° 37' 13" N 3° 22' 15" W
1651920	2006-05-10 11:04	53° 31' 54" N 3° 22' 12" W
1651803	2006-05-10 00:05	53° 31' 53" N 3° 22' 14" W
1651932	2006-05-10 12:06	53° 31' 53" N 3° 22' 13" W
1323743	2006-05-09 20:02	53° 31' 53" N 3° 22' 9" W
1323779	2006-05-09 23:10	53° 31' 53" N 3° 22' 13" W
1323811	2006-05-10 02:06	53° 31' 53" N 3° 22' 15" W
1323976	2006-05-10 21:37	53° 51' 40" N 3° 21' 50" W
1651827	2006-05-10 02:06	53° 31' 53" N 3° 22' 15" W
1651840	2006-05-10 04:02	53° 31' 52" N 3° 22' 14" W
1651907	2006-05-10 09:01	53° 31' 54" N 3° 22' 11" W
1651919	2006-05-10 10:04	53° 31' 54" N 3° 22' 12" W
1651944	2006-05-10 13:04	53° 31' 53" N 3° 22' 13" W
1651993	2006-05-10 17:03	53° 31' 51" N 3° 22' 10" W
1652032	2006-05-10 23:38	53° 37' 13" N 3° 22' 15" W
1651981	2006-05-10 16:02	53° 31' 51" N 3° 22' 12" W
1652019	2006-05-10 22:14	53° 47' 1" N 3° 22' 3" W
1652056	2006-05-11 01:19	53° 27' 6" N 3° 22' 9" W
1652020	2006-05-10 22:55	53° 42' 0" N 3° 22' 10" W
1652068	2006-05-11 12:57	53° 26' 57" N 3° 38' 41" W
1323780	2006-05-10 00:05	53° 31' 53" N 3° 22' 14" W
1323835	2006-05-10 04:02	53° 31' 52" N 3° 22' 14" W
1324027	2006-05-11 00:29	53° 32' 19" N 3° 22' 15" W
1651723	2006-05-09 16:06	53° 31' 51" N 3° 22' 11" W
1651735	2006-05-09 17:03	53° 31' 52" N 3° 22' 10" W
1651747	2006-05-09 18:05	53° 31' 53" N 3° 22' 9" W
1651772	2006-05-09 21:01	53° 31' 53" N 3° 22' 9" W
1651839	2006-05-10 03:04	53° 31' 53" N 3° 22' 15" W
1651956	2006-05-10 14:04	53° 31' 53" N 3° 22' 14" W
1652007	2006-05-10 21:37	53° 51' 40" N 3° 21' 50" W
1652044	2006-05-11 00:29	53° 32' 19" N 3° 22' 15" W
1323896	2006-05-10 10:04	53° 31' 54" N 3° 22' 12" W
1324039	2006-05-11 01:19	53° 27' 6" N 3° 22' 9" W
1651760	2006-05-09 20:02	53° 31' 53" N 3° 22' 9" W
1323699	2006-05-09 16:06	53° 31' 51" N 3° 22' 11" W
1323706	2006-05-09 17:03	53° 31' 52" N 3° 22' 10" W
1323718	2006-05-09 18:05	53° 31' 53" N 3° 22' 9" W
1323731	2006-05-09 19:02	53° 31' 53" N 3° 22' 9" W
1323755	2006-05-09 21:01	53° 31' 53" N 3° 22' 9" W
1323792	2006-05-10 01:06	53° 31' 53" N 3° 22' 14" W
1323847	2006-05-10 05:01	53° 31' 54" N 3° 22' 10" W
1323859	2006-05-10 06:01	53° 31' 54" N 3° 22' 10" W
1323915	2006-05-10 12:06	53° 31' 53" N 3° 22' 13" W
1323940	2006-05-10 15:03	53° 31' 53" N 3° 22' 14" W
1651759	2006-05-09 19:02	53° 31' 53" N 3° 22' 9" W
1651815	2006-05-10 01:06	53° 31' 53" N 3° 22' 14" W
1651852	2006-05-10 05:01	53° 31' 54" N 3° 22' 10" W
1651864	2006-05-10 06:01	53° 31' 54" N 3° 22' 10" W
1651876	2006-05-10 07:01	53° 31' 54" N 3° 22' 10" W
1651968	2006-05-10 15:03	53° 31' 53" N 3° 22' 14" W

2 Fluorometers

Reference numbers
Date and time
Raw fluorometer output
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies

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Reference numbers
Date and time
Raw fluorometer output
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies

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BODC id	Date/Time	Location	Doc.
700401	2006-05-09 12:00 — 2006-06-07 23:30	53° 32' 4" N 3° 21' 1" W
700382	2006-05-11 12:00 — 2006-06-23 13:30	53° 26' 37" N 3° 37' 25" W

1 In-situ dissolved gas analyser

Reference numbers
Date and time
Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column

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Reference numbers
Date and time
Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column

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BODC id	Date/Time	Location	Doc.
700530	2006-05-09 12:00 — 2006-06-23 09:30	53° 32' 4" N 3° 21' 1" W

1 In-situ nutrient analyser

Reference numbers
Date and time
Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column

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Reference numbers
Date and time
Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column

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BODC id	Date/Time	Location	Doc.
700505	2006-05-09 13:08 — 2006-06-21 02:38	53° 32' 4" N 3° 21' 1" W

2 Moored CTD

Reference numbers
Date and time
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column

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Reference numbers
Date and time
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column

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BODC id	Date/Time	Location	Doc.
700333	2006-05-11 12:00 — 2006-06-23 13:30	53° 26' 37" N 3° 37' 25" W
700357	2006-05-09 12:00 — 2006-06-23 09:30	53° 32' 4" N 3° 21' 1" W

2 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.
700474	2006-05-09 12:00 — 2006-06-07 23:30	53° 32' 4" N 3° 21' 1" W
700449	2006-05-11 12:00 — 2006-06-23 13:30	53° 26' 37" N 3° 37' 25" W

1 Surface water sample (unspecified)

Reference numbers
Date and time
Silicate concentration parameters in the water column

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Reference numbers
Date and time
Silicate concentration parameters in the water column

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BODC id	Date/Time	Location	Doc.
700646	2006-05-10 00:00 — 2006-06-23 00:00	53° 32' 4" N 3° 21' 1" W

2 radiometers

Reference numbers
Light extinction and diffusion coefficients
Date and time
Visible waveband radiance and irradiance measurements in the water column

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Reference numbers
Light extinction and diffusion coefficients
Date and time
Visible waveband radiance and irradiance measurements in the water column

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BODC id	Date/Time	Location	Doc.
700610	2006-05-09 12:00 — 2006-06-07 21:00	53° 32' 4" N 3° 21' 1" W
700578	2006-05-09 12:00 — 2006-06-07 21:00	53° 32' 4" N 3° 21' 1" W

Discrete samples

87 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
Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column
Temperature of 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
Raw light meter output
Ammonium and ammonia concentration parameters in water bodies
Raw fluorometer output
Phaeopigment concentrations in the water column
Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column
Raw suspended particulate material concentration sensor output
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies

4 Instrument mooring

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