Nimrod ER2

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info.
Ship name (ship code)	Nimrod (74QW)
Cruise identifier	ER2
Cruise period	2018-01-26 — 2018-01-26
Status	Completed
Port of departure	Whitby, United Kingdom
Port of return	Whitby, United Kingdom
Purpose	Research
Objectives	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 was an emergency cruise to recover a seaglider named Fin/SG537 for the project AlterECO. The glider went into recovery mode early morning on Wednesday (24 January), due to a 24V battery fault.
Chief scientist	Matthew R Palmer (National Oceanography Centre, Liverpool)
Project	An Alternative Framework to Assess Marine Ecosystem Functioning in Shelf Seas (AlterEco)
Ocean/sea areas
General	North Sea
Measurements
Chemical oceanography
Oxygen	Quantity: number of profiles = 3094 Description: UEA Seaglider Fin recovered with CTD, dissolved oxygen and Nitrate.
Nitrate	Quantity: number of profiles = 3094 Description: UEA Seaglider Fin recovered with CTD, dissolved oxygen and Nitrate.
Moorings, landers, buoys
Physical oceanography
Other physical oceanographic measurements	55° 6' 29" N 0° 0' 0" W — UEA Seaglider Fin recovered with CTD, dissolved oxygen and Nitrate.