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RV Sea Vigil SV2B

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)RV Sea Vigil (74S9)
Cruise identifierSV2B
Cruise period1993-08-04 — 1993-08-04
StatusCompleted
Port of departureHull, United Kingdom
Port of returnHull, United Kingdom
PurposeResearch
ObjectivesTo obtain measurements of the optical characteristics and water quality within the Humber Estuary during synchronous airborne CASI (Compact Airborne Spectral Imager) overflights for the development of algorithms and atmospheric corrections.
Chief scientistTony Bale (Plymouth Marine Laboratory)
ProjectLOIS (RACS)
Cruise reportRV Sea Vigil SV2B cruise report sv2.pdf (4.56 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralNorth Sea
SpecificHumber Estuary and feeder rivers
Measurements 
Physical oceanography 
Surface measurements underway (T,S)Description: Water samples were taken at half hourly intervals from 1m below surface to determine salinity levels.
Transparency (eg transmissometer)Description: Surface measurements and sampling along an axial track from South Killinghome along the main navigation channel. Water samples were taken at half hourly intervals from 1m below surface.
Contamination 
Suspended matterDescription: Water samples were taken at half hourly intervals from 1m below surface to determine particle size distribution.
Suspended matterDescription: Surface measurements and sampling along an axial track from South Killinghome along the main navigation channel. Water samples were taken at half hourly intervals from 1m below surface.
Biology and fisheries 
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence)Description: Surface measurements and sampling along an axial track from South Killinghome along the main navigation channel. Water samples were taken at half hourly intervals from 1m below surface.
PhytoplanktonDescription: Surface measurements and sampling along an axial track from South Killinghome along the main navigation channel. Water samples were taken at half hourly intervals from 1m below surface.
Data held at BODC 
Discrete samples 
18  Sample taken from ship's non-toxic supplySalinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Concentration of suspended particulate material in the water column
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies
3  Undulating Oceanographic Recorder Tow