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Boy Brendan GEMS20100310

Cruise plan

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)Boy Brendan (748G)
Cruise identifierGEMS20100310
Cruise period2010-03-10 — 2010-03-10
StatusCompleted
Port of departureIlfracombe, United Kingdom
Port of returnIlfracombe, United Kingdom
PurposeCommercial
ObjectivesTo collect and provide metocean data to support the Environment Impact Assessment and the engineering design for the Atlantic Array project by deploying moorings in the Bristol Channel.
Chief scientistChelsea Bradbury (The Crown Estate)
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralBristol Channel
SpecificBristol Channel
Data held at BODC Get data
Series/Profiles 
2  Acoustic doppler current profiler
Reference numbers
Moored instrument depth
Date and time
Vertical spatial coordinates
Temperature of the water column
Engineering parameters
Platform or instrument orientation
Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents)
Acoustic backscatter in the water column
Reference numbers
Moored instrument depth
Date and time
Vertical spatial coordinates
Temperature of the water column
Engineering parameters
Platform or instrument orientation
Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents)
Acoustic backscatter in the water column

BODC idDate/TimeLocationDoc.
18169612010-03-10 23:00  — 2010-04-27 14:00 51° 22' 49" N  4° 40' 44" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1816961
18169732010-03-10 20:00  — 2010-05-24 03:40 51° 19' 47" N  4° 24' 0" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1816973
2  Inverted echo sounder wave recorder
Reference numbers
Moored instrument depth
Date and time
Wave direction
Wave height and period statistics
Reference numbers
Moored instrument depth
Date and time
Wave direction
Wave height and period statistics

BODC idDate/TimeLocationDoc.
18112372010-03-10 23:01  — 2010-04-27 13:01 51° 22' 49" N  4° 40' 44" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1811237
18121362010-03-10 20:41  — 2010-05-24 03:41 51° 19' 47" N  4° 24' 0" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1812136
Discrete samples 
2  Instrument mooring