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Liverpool Seaways LV_DUB_BIRK_11Dec2010

Cruise plan

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)Liverpool Seaways (LTLS)
Cruise identifierLV_DUB_BIRK_11Dec2010
Cruise period2010-12-11 — 2010-12-12
StatusCompleted
Port of departureDublin, Ireland
Port of returnLiverpool, United Kingdom
PurposeResearch
ObjectivesCollection of surface oceanographic measurements using a Ferrybox on a commercial vessel.
Chief scientistM John Howarth (National Oceanography Centre, Liverpool)
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralIrish Sea and St. George's Channel
SpecificCentral Irish Sea
Measurements 
Physical oceanography 
Surface measurements underway (T,S)Description: Ferrybox with temperature, salinity, chlorophyll, turbidity and dissolved oxygen sensors.
Chemical oceanography 
OxygenDescription: Ferrybox with temperature, salinity, chlorophyll, turbidity and dissolved oxygen sensors.
Contamination 
Suspended matterDescription: Ferrybox with temperature, salinity, chlorophyll, turbidity and dissolved oxygen sensors.
Biology and fisheries 
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence)Description: Ferrybox with temperature, salinity, chlorophyll, turbidity and dissolved oxygen sensors.
Data held at BODC Get data
Series/Profiles 
1  Surface water sample (pumped)
Reference numbers
Horizontal spatial co-ordinates
Date and time
Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Concentration of suspended particulate material in the water column
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies
Reference numbers
Horizontal spatial co-ordinates
Date and time
Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Concentration of suspended particulate material in the water column
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies

BODC idDate/TimeLocationDoc.
11912342010-12-11 22:31:26  — 2010-12-12 04:33:27 53° 19' 47" N  6° 10' 19" W — 53° 35' 34" N  3° 3' 57" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1191234