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Prince Madog ISIS17

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)Prince Madog (74PD)
Cruise identifierISIS17
Cruise period1981-05-06 — 1981-05-10
StatusCompleted
ObjectivesSurvey cruise contributing to research directed toward an understanding of how the physics of the Irish Sea and surrounding regions (Celtic Sea, St, George's Channel, North Channel and Clyde Sea) determined biogeochemical processes and sediment transport.
Chief scientistMiguel Fernando Lavín Peregrina (University of Wales, Bangor School of Ocean Sciences)
ProjectInterdisciplinary Study of the Irish Sea
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralIrish Sea and St. George's Channel
Measurements 
Physical oceanography 
Surface measurements underway (T,S)
CTD stationsQuantity: number of stations = 6
Transparency (eg transmissometer)Quantity: 2
Description: beam attenuation
Optics (eg underwater light levels)Quantity: 7
Description: irradiance
Biology and fisheries 
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence)Quantity: 15
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence)Quantity: 36
Description: chlorophyll fluorescence,2 vertical profiles
Dissolved organic matter (inc DOC)Quantity: 25
Description: yellow substances
SestonQuantity: 25
Meteorology 
Incident radiation
Data held at BODC Get data
Series/Profiles 
6  CTD/STD cast
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates

BODC idDate/TimeLocationDoc.
697641981-05-06 17:15 53° 40' 58" N  5° 12' 3" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 69764
697401981-05-06 14:55 53° 35' 56" N  5° 3' 35" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 69740
697521981-05-06 16:08 53° 38' 31" N  5° 7' 26" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 69752
697761981-05-06 18:15 53° 43' 26" N  5° 16' 51" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 69776
698071981-05-07 07:50 53° 51' 35" N  5° 31' 4" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 69807
697881981-05-06 19:30 53° 46' 4" N  5° 21' 36" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 69788