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RV Sea Vigil SV7B

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)RV Sea Vigil (74S9)
Cruise identifierSV7B
Cruise period1994-04-27 — 1994-04-27
StatusCompleted
Port of departureHull, United Kingdom
Port of returnHull, United Kingdom
PurposeResearch
ObjectivesRV Sea Vigil CASI overflight sea truth cruise
Chief scientistTony Bale (Plymouth Marine Laboratory)
ProjectLOIS (RACS)
Cruise reportRV Sea Vigil SV7B cruise report sv7.pdf (1.02 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralNorth Sea
SpecificHumber Estuary and feeder rivers
Measurements 
Physical oceanography 
Surface measurements underway (T,S)Description: Continuous underway measurements
CTD stationsQuantity: number of profiles = 10
Description: Vertical profiles completed using a CTD, with transmissometer.
Transparency (eg transmissometer)Description: Continuous underway measurements
Transparency (eg transmissometer)Quantity: number of profiles = 10
Description: Vertical profiles completed using a CTD, with transmissometer.
Optics (eg underwater light levels)Quantity: number of stations = 10
Description: Measurements of optical properties made using a PR-650 Spectroscan Spectrocoloremeter.
Chemical oceanography 
OxygenDescription: Continuous underway measurements
PhosphateDescription: Nutrient samples.
NitrateDescription: Nutrient samples.
NitriteDescription: Nutrient samples.
SilicateDescription: Nutrient samples.
pHDescription: Continuous underway measurements
Contamination 
Suspended matterDescription: Samples collected for chlorophyll and suspended solids.
Biology and fisheries 
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence)Description: Samples collected for chlorophyll and suspended solids.
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence)Description: Continuous underway measurements
Data held at BODC Get data
Series/Profiles 
2  Pumped water sample
Horizontal spatial co-ordinates
Date and time
Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column
Silicate concentration parameters in the water column
Phaeopigment concentrations in the water column
Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies
Horizontal spatial co-ordinates
Date and time
Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column
Silicate concentration parameters in the water column
Phaeopigment concentrations in the water column
Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies

BODC idDate/TimeLocationDoc.
16337161994-04-27 08:59  — 1994-04-27 16:38 53° 29' 57" N  0° 17' 5" W — 53° 44' 9" N  0° 22' 9" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1633716
13622561994-04-27 15:23  — 1994-04-27 16:38 53° 29' 57" N  0° 17' 5" W — 53° 44' 9" N  0° 22' 9" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1362256
Discrete samples 
27  Sample taken from ship's non-toxic supplyPhosphate 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
Phaeopigment concentrations in the water column
Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column
Alkalinity, acidity and pH of the water column
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies