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Prince Madog ISIS23 (ISEA9)
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
Ship name (ship code) | Prince Madog (74PD) |
Cruise identifier | ISIS23 (ISEA9) |
Cruise period | 1981-08-03 — 1981-08-07 |
Status | Completed |
Port of departure | Menai Bridge, United Kingdom |
Port of return | Menai Bridge, United Kingdom |
Purpose | Research |
Objectives | Survey 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 scientist | Carol Turley (University of Wales, Bangor School of Ocean Sciences) |
Project | Interdisciplinary Study of the Irish Sea |
Ocean/sea areas | |
General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
Surface measurements underway (T,S) | |
CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 28 Description: CTD |
Transparency (eg transmissometer) | Quantity: 24 Description: beam attenuation |
Optics (eg underwater light levels) | Quantity: 9 Description: irradiance |
Biology and fisheries | |
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: 28 |
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Description: chlorophyll fluorescence & 24 vertical profiles |
Dissolved organic matter (inc DOC) | Quantity: 28 Description: yellow substances |
Seston | Quantity: 28 |
Meteorology | |
Incident radiation |