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Prince Madog ISIS46
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
Ship name (ship code) | Prince Madog (74PD) |
Cruise identifier | ISIS46 |
Cruise period | 1986-04-28 — 1986-05-02 |
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 | Juan Brown (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) | |
Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 23 Description: surface only |
CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 27 |
Transparency (eg transmissometer) | Quantity: 1 Description: 26 profiles at 1 station |
Optics (eg underwater light levels) | Quantity: 19 Description: irradiance meter |
Biology and fisheries | |
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: 27 |
Seston | Quantity: 27 |
Meteorology | |
Incident radiation |