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Prince Madog ISIS20 (ISEA8)

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)Prince Madog (74PD)
Cruise identifierISIS20 (ISEA8)
Cruise period1981-06-22 — 1981-06-27
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 scientistCarol Turley (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 = 16
Transparency (eg transmissometer)Quantity: 19
Description: beam attenuation
Optics (eg underwater light levels)Quantity: 10
Description: irradiance profiles
Biology and fisheries 
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence)Description: chlorophyll fluorescence,19 vertical profiles
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence)Quantity: 25
Dissolved organic matter (inc DOC)Quantity: 25
Description: yellow substances
SestonQuantity: 25
Meteorology 
Incident radiationDescription: surface irradiance
Data held at BODC Get data
Series/Profiles 
11  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.
704401981-06-23 11:00 53° 45' 28" N  5° 19' 58" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 70440
704031981-06-22 23:06 53° 54' 10" N  5° 36' 21" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 70403
704271981-06-23 04:00 53° 48' 50" N  5° 26' 49" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 70427
704761981-06-23 19:41 53° 39' 7" N  5° 8' 23" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 70476
704151981-06-23 01:24 53° 52' 11" N  5° 32' 16" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 70415
703961981-06-22 17:30 53° 35' 2" N  5° 2' 13" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 70396
704641981-06-23 17:13 53° 41' 20" N  5° 12' 46" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 70464
704881981-06-23 22:28 53° 37' 15" N  5° 5' 2" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 70488
704391981-06-23 08:53 53° 47' 45" N  5° 24' 7" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 70439
705071981-06-24 00:30 53° 35' 9" N  5° 1' 44" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 70507
704521981-06-23 14:56 53° 43' 22" N  5° 16' 30" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 70452