RV Sea Vigil SV3
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |||||||||
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Sea Vigil (74S9) | ||||||||
| Cruise identifier | SV3 | ||||||||
| Cruise period | 1993-09-01 — 1993-09-01 | ||||||||
| Status | Completed | ||||||||
| Port of departure | Hull, United Kingdom | ||||||||
| Port of return | Hull, United Kingdom | ||||||||
| Purpose | Research | ||||||||
| Objectives | To obtain measurements of the optical characteristics and water quality of the Humber Estuary during synchronous airborne CASI (Compact Airborne Spectrographic Imager) overflights for the development of algorithms and atmospheric corrections. | ||||||||
| Chief scientist | Duncan Plummer (Plymouth Marine Laboratory) | ||||||||
| Project | LOIS (RACS) | ||||||||
| Cruise report |  (2.59 MB) | ||||||||
| Ocean/sea areas | |||||||||
| General | North Sea | ||||||||
| Specific | Humber Estuary and feeder rivers | ||||||||
| Measurements | |||||||||
| Physical oceanography | |||||||||
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Description: Underway surveying was started using the Undulating Oceanographic Recorder. The surveying was started from approximately off North Killingholme and continued along an axial track following the main navigation channel to seaward. | ||||||||
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Description: Water samples were taken at half hourly intervals from 1m below surface to determine salinity levels and DOC. | ||||||||
| Optics (eg underwater light levels) | Description: Vertical profiles taken to measure light spectra and light penetration. | ||||||||
| Contamination | |||||||||
| Suspended matter | Description: Underway surveying was started using the Undulating Oceanographic Recorder. The surveying was started from approximately off North Killingholme and continued along an axial track following the main navigation channel to seaward. | ||||||||
| Suspended matter | Description: Along an axial track starting from North Killinghome and following the main navigation channel, water samples were taken at half hourly intervals from 1m below surface. | ||||||||
| Suspended matter | Description: Water samples taken at half hourly intervals from 1m below surface to determine particle size distribution. | ||||||||
| Biology and fisheries | |||||||||
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Description: Underway surveying was started using the Undulating Oceanographic Recorder. The surveying was started from approximately off North Killingholme and continued along an axial track following the main navigation channel to seaward. | ||||||||
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Description: Along an axial track starting from North Killinghome and following the main navigation channel, water samples were taken at half hourly intervals from 1m below surface. | ||||||||
| Dissolved organic matter (inc DOC) | Description: Water samples were taken at half hourly intervals from 1m below surface to determine salinity levels and DOC. | ||||||||
| Data held at BODC | Get data | ||||||||
| Series/Profiles | |||||||||
| 1 Pumped water sample | Horizontal spatial co-ordinates Date and time Dissolved organic carbon concentration in the water column Horizontal spatial co-ordinates Date and time Dissolved organic carbon concentration in the water column
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| Discrete samples | |||||||||
| 14 Sample taken from ship's non-toxic supply | Salinity of the water column Temperature of the water column Dissolved organic carbon concentration in the water column Concentration of suspended particulate material in the water column Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies | ||||||||
| 3 Undulating Oceanographic Recorder Tow |
