The Princess Royal AE7 (AlterEco 11)
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | The Princess Royal (74M6) |
| Cruise identifier | AE7 (AlterEco 11) |
| Cruise period | 2019-03-12 — 2019-03-12 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Blyth, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Blyth, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Objectives
1. Deploy 2 Slocum submarine gliders: 345 (Cabot) and 304 (Ammonite). 2. Recover 2 Slocum submarine gliders: 305 (Dolomite) and 331 (Coprolite). 3. Deploy Nutrient enabled sea glider 602 (Scapa). 4. Collect CTD profiles and discrete water samples for calibration of glider sensors following deployment and prior to recovery. |
| Chief scientist | Matthew R Palmer (National Oceanography Centre, Liverpool) |
| Project | An Alternative Framework to Assess Marine Ecosystem Functioning in Shelf Seas (AlterEco) |
| Cruise report |  (0.15 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Quantity: number of profiles = 1 Description: CTD - water samples taken for both Salinity and Oxygen measurements |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Oxygen | Quantity: number of profiles = 1 Description: CTD - water samples taken for both Salinity and Oxygen measurements |
| Moorings, landers, buoys | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Other physical oceanographic measurements | 55° 15' 0" N 1° 31' 59" E — (345) Cabot slocum successfully deployed |
| Other physical oceanographic measurements | 55° 15' 0" N 1° 28' 0" E — Recovered Slocum 305 (Dolomite) |
| Other physical oceanographic measurements | 55° 13' 59" N 1° 34' 0" E — Seaglider Scapa sg620 successfully deployed |
| Other physical oceanographic measurements | 55° 15' 0" N 1° 30' 0" E — 304 (Ammonite) slocum successfully deployed |
| Other physical oceanographic measurements | 55° 16' 0" N 1° 28' 59" E — Recovered Slocum 331 (Coprolite) |
