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FRV Scotia 1322S

Cruise plan

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)FRV Scotia (748S)
Cruise identifier1322S
Cruise period2022-09-29 — 2022-10-11
StatusCompleted
Port of departureAberdeen, United Kingdom
Port of returnAberdeen, United Kingdom
PurposeResearch
ObjectivesObjectives

1. Test the SBE911 and CTD carousel (main CTD crane) and take water samples in the Buchan deep on route to the Faroe-Shetland Channel (Priority 1).
2. Perform hydrographic sampling along the long term monitoring Faroe-Shetland Channel Nolso – Flugga (NOL) section – priority stations will most likely be visited only (Priority 1).
3. Perform hydrographic sampling along the long term monitoring Faroe-Shetland Channel Fair Isle – Munken (FIM) section (Priority 1).
4. Pick-up B. Ruck and ROVs from Ullapool and conduct ROV search and recovery for ADCP moorings in Little Minch and Linne Crowlin (Priority 1).
5. Recover and re-deploy steel frame ADCP mooring in the summer isles (Priority 1).
6. Carry out CTD transect in Loch Ewe and collect water and zooplankton samples between the mouth of the loch and the metocean buoy position (Priority 1).
7. Deploy the weeHoloCam at all Loch Ewe CTD transect stations.
8. If time allows, carry out a grid of CTD stations in Loch Ewe (Priority 2).
9. Take salinity, chlorophyll, and dissolved oxygen samples along all standard lines, heavily reduced sampling strategy.
10. Conduct CTD sections on the west coast, from the coastline up to the edge of the continental shelf (Priority 2, 'Shelf' sections, prioritise shelf sections 2 and 4).
11. Perform hydrographic sampling along the JONSIS long term monitoring section in the northern North Sea (Priority 1).
12. Run the thermosalinograph throughout the survey.
13. Run the VMADCP on all the standard sections.
14. Take water samples for long term storage on Fair Isle – Munken or Nolso – Flugga section stations.
15. If weather/time permits, perform CTD deployments along the AlterECO line (offshore from Aberdeen) (Priority 2).
16. If weather/time permits repeat the JONSIS line at the end of the cruise and extend to 001° 30' east (Priority 3).
17. If weather/time permits perform fine scale VMADCP/CTD survey work on the JONSIS line (around 59° 17' N, 001° 15' W) (Priority 3).
18. If weather/time permits, perform VMADCP/CTD survey work in the Moray Firth and/or Aberdeen Bay (Priority 3).
19. Install new FLNTU in the water sampling lab.
20. Submit CTD data to Met Office at regular (6-8 hour) intervals and for early morning model runs (3 am deadline).
Chief scientistHelen Smith (University of Aberdeen, Oceanlab), Rory O'Hara Murray (Marine Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory)
Cruise programmeFRV Scotia 1322S cruise programme 1322s.pdf  (1.03 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralNorth Sea
Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland
North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W)
SpecificFaroe-Shetland Channel, Little Minch, Linne Crowlin, Loch Ewe, northern North Sea, Moray Firth, Aberdeen Bay