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The Princess Royal AE2
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | The Princess Royal (74M6) |
| Cruise identifier | AE2 |
| Cruise period | 2018-02-07 — 2018-02-07 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Blyth, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Blyth, 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 recovered slocum glider named Cook unit 194 and deployed slocum glider named Stella (unit 436) and seaglider named Melonhead SG620 for the project AlterECO. The gliders were deployed 50 miles from coast. CTD calibrations were taken for S, T, Chl, nutrients and DO. |
| 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 | |
| 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 = 4531 Description: UEA Seaglider Melonhead deployed (until 8/5/2018) with CTD, Chl Fluorescence, Backscatter, CDOM, dissolved oxygen and PAR |
| Oxygen | Quantity: number of profiles = 4409 Description: Slocum Glider Cook recovered with CTD, Chl Fluorescence, Backscatter, CDOM, dissolved oxygen. |
| Oxygen | Quantity: number of profiles = 3627 Description: Slocum Glider Stella deployed 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 |
| Nitrate | Quantity: number of profiles = 3627 Description: Slocum Glider Stella deployed with CTD, Chl Fluorescence, Backscatter, CDOM, dissolved oxygen. |
| Nitrate | Quantity: number of profiles = 4531 Description: UEA Seaglider Melonhead deployed (until 8/5/2018) with CTD, Chl Fluorescence, Backscatter, CDOM, dissolved oxygen and PAR |
| Nitrate | Quantity: number of profiles = 4409 Description: Slocum Glider Cook recovered with CTD, Chl Fluorescence, Backscatter, CDOM, dissolved oxygen. |
| 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 phytoplankton samples. |
| Moorings, landers, buoys | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Other physical oceanographic measurements | 55° 7' 36" N 0° 0' 24" W — Slocum Glider Cook recovered with CTD, Chl Fluorescence, Backscatter, CDOM, dissolved oxygen. |
| Other physical oceanographic measurements | 55° 7' 36" N 0° 0' 24" W — Slocum Glider Stella deployed with CTD, Chl Fluorescence, Backscatter, CDOM, dissolved oxygen. |
| Other physical oceanographic measurements | 55° 7' 30" N 0° 0' 24" W — UEA Seaglider Melonhead deployed (until 8/5/2018) with CTD, Chl Fluorescence, Backscatter, CDOM, dissolved oxygen and PAR |
