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RV Belgica 2011-24
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
Ship name (ship code) | RV Belgica (11BE) |
Cruise identifier | 2011-24 |
Cruise period | 2011-09-12 — 2011-09-15 |
Status | Completed |
Port of departure | Zeebrugge, Belgium |
Port of return | Zeebrugge, Belgium |
Purpose | Research |
Objectives | For the BELCOLOUR-2 project, data will be collected during the cruise for optical properties and for suspended particulate matter (concentration, algal/non-algal and organic/inorganic components, photosynthetic parameters) and parameters related to the marine carbon cycle (partial pressure of CO2, etc) for use in the calibration and validation of optical remote sensing algorithms and for the validation of satellite data products (especially MERIS and MODIS). |
Chief scientist | Kevin Ruddick (RBINS Management Unit of North Sea and Scheldt Estuary Mathematical Models, Ostend) |
Cruise report | (0.81 MB) |
NPRC | (0.06 MB) |
Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea |
Specific | Belgian, Dutch (including Scheldt Estuary) and UK continental shelves |
Track charts | (0.03 MB) |