The Princess Royal AE1
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | The Princess Royal (74M6) |
| Cruise identifier | AE1 |
| Cruise period | 2017-11-06 — 2017-11-06 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Blyth, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Blyth, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1st research cruise for the project AlterECO. The aim of the project is to deploy autonomous vehicles in the North Sea in order to demonstrate long term monitoring capability of ocean health. This particular cruise involved the deployment of 1 slocum and 1 seaglider, as well as one calibration CTD. The gliders were deployed ~50miles from the coast (restrictions of vessel) and then travelled ~120km to station. |
| Chief scientist | Matthew R Palmer (National Oceanography Centre, Liverpool) |
| Project | AlterECO |
| Coordinating body | Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) |
| Cruise report |  (0.62 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| CTD stations | Quantity: number of profiles = 1 Description: Calibration CTD following deployment of the above gliders. |
| Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Quantity: number of samples = 3 Description: Niskin bottle collection for salinity for calibration of both gliders/CTD. |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Oxygen | Quantity: number of samples = 6 Description: Niskin bottle collection for dissolved oxygen analysis for calibration of both gliders/CTD |
| Oxygen | Quantity: number of profiles = 9000 Description: Slocum Glider deployed (until 14/2/2018) with CTD, Chl Fluorescence, Backscatter, CDOM, dissolved oxygen. |
| Oxygen | Quantity: number of profiles = 9000 Description: UEA Seaglider deployed (until 14/2/2018) with CTD, Chl Fluorescence, Backscatter, CDOM, dissolved oxygen and Nitrate (NSEG). |
| Nitrate | Quantity: number of profiles = 9000 Description: UEA Seaglider deployed (until 14/2/2018) with CTD, Chl Fluorescence, Backscatter, CDOM, dissolved oxygen and Nitrate (NSEG). |
| Nitrate | Quantity: number of profiles = 9000 Description: Slocum Glider deployed (until 14/2/2018) with CTD, Chl Fluorescence, Backscatter, CDOM, dissolved oxygen. |
| Nitrate | Quantity: number of samples = 2 Description: Niskin bottle collection for nutrient analysis for calibration of Seaglider |
| Contamination | |
| Suspended matter | Quantity: number of samples = 6 Description: Niskin bottle collection for dissolved SPM for calibration of both gliders/CTD. |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: number of samples = 6 Description: Niskin bottle collection for bulk chlorophyll for calibration of both gliders/CTD. |
| Phytoplankton | Quantity: number of samples = 2 Description: Niskin bottle sample collection for microscopic identificatioon of phytopplankton samples. |
| Moorings, landers, buoys | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Other physical oceanographic measurements | 55° 1' 59" N 1° 30' 0" W — UEA Seaglider deployed (until 14/2/2018) with CTD, Chl Fluorescence, Backscatter, CDOM, dissolved oxygen and Nitrate. |
| Other physical oceanographic measurements | 55° 1' 59" N 1° 30' 0" W — Slocum Glider deployed (until 14/2/2018) with CTD, Chl Fluorescence, Backscatter, CDOM, dissolved oxygen. |
