MFV Fidelity ER5

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info.
Ship name (ship code)	MFV Fidelity (748J)
Cruise identifier	ER5
Cruise period	2018-06-26 — 2018-06-26
Status	Completed
Port of departure	Amble, United Kingdom
Port of return	Amble, 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 recovery cruise to recover seaglider named Humpback SG579 after the glider suffered problems with position fixing.
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
Other physical oceanographic measurements	Quantity: number of profiles = 1435 Description: UEA Seaglider Humpback recovered with CTD, dissolved oxygen, WET Labs optics and PAR sensors.