FRV Scotia 1520S
Cruise plan
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (748S) |
| Cruise identifier | 1520S |
| Cruise period | 2020-10-12 — 2020-10-22 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Objectives
1. Test the SBE911 and CTD carousel (main CTD crane) and the SBE25 and Aquatracker (using plankton crane) in the Buchan Deep. 2. Perform hydrographic sampling along the JONSIS long term monitoring section in the northern North Sea 3. Recover ADCP (FIGN) in trawl-resistant seabed frame from the Fair Isle Gap 4. Deploy one ADCP (NWSE, RD longranger) on a single string mooring at a position on Fair Isle – Munken (FIM) section 5. Deploy one ADCP (NWER, Sig100)) on a single string mooring on the NOL section 6. Perform hydrographic sampling along the long term monitoring Faroe-Shetland Channel Nolso – Flugga (NOL) section 7. Deploy an ADCP (Sig250) in the AL-500 just north of Solan Bank 8. Deploy one ADCP (AWAC) in a trawl resistant AL-200 frame in the Little Minch 9. Deploy one ADCP (Sig500) in steel frame in Loch Carron 10. Run the thermosalinograph throughout the survey 11. Run the VMADCP on all the standard sections 12. Perform hydrographic sampling along the long term monitoring Faroe-Shetland Channel Fair Isle – Munken (FIM) section 13. Take water samples for long term storage on Fair Isle – Munken or Nolso – Flugga section stations 14. If weather/time permits repeat the JONSIS line at the end of the cruise and extend to 001° 30’ east 15. If weather/time permits perform fine scale VMADCP/CTD survey work on the JONSIS line (around 59° 17' N, 001° 15' W) 16. If weather/time permits, perform VMADCP/CTD survey work in the Moray Firth and/or Aberdeen Bay 17. If weather/time permits, perform CTD line along the AlterECO line |
| Chief scientist | Rory O'Hara Murray (Marine Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise programme |  (0.40 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | Northern North Sea, Faroe-Shetland Channel, Little Minch, Loch Carron, Moray Firth |
