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Prince Madog ISIS48

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)Prince Madog (74PD)
Cruise identifierISIS48
Cruise period1986-06-30 — 1986-07-04
StatusCompleted
Port of departureMenai Bridge, United Kingdom
Port of returnMenai Bridge, United Kingdom
PurposeResearch
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 scientistAlison Weeks (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)
Water bottle stationsQuantity: number of stations = 19
Description: surface only
CTD stationsQuantity: number of stations = 15
Transparency (eg transmissometer)Quantity: 15
Optics (eg underwater light levels)Quantity: 16
Description: irradiance meter
Biology and fisheries 
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence)Quantity: 24
SestonQuantity: 24
Meteorology 
Incident radiation