FRV Scotia 0987S

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Ship name (ship code)

FRV Scotia (749S)

Cruise identifier

0987S

Cruise period

1987-09-09 — 1987-09-29

Status

Completed

Port of departure

Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Port of return

Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Purpose

Research

Objectives

1. To lay 13 current meter moorings, eight in the North Sea, four west of Orkney and one west of Shetland as part of the "ACE" project.
2. To recover two current meter moorings from the Faroe-Shetland Channel and work hydrographic sections.
3. To do an extensive hydrographic survey adjaent to the Fair Isle and Dooley currents.
4. To release and recover an Argos satellite buoy in the Fair Isle area.
5. To collect radio-caesium samples.

Chief scientist

J H Anthony Martin (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory)

Project

ACE/NANSEN

Coordinating body

DAFS/ICES

Cruise report

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Ocean/sea areas

General

North Sea
Norwegian Sea
North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W)

Specific

NW North Sea, Orkney, Shetland, Faroe-Shetland Channel

Track charts

Measurements

Physical oceanography

Surface measurements underway (T,S)

Water bottle stations

Quantity: number of stations = 101
Description: 27 surface and bottom only; 22 in NANSEN data set

CTD stations

Quantity: number of stations = 67
Description: data rejected by ICES

Current meters

Description: 4 deployed; 786 hours

Chemical oceanography

Phosphate

Quantity: number of stations = 10

Silicate

Quantity: number of stations = 21

Data held at BODC

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Series/Profiles

67 CTD/STD cast

Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
Electrical conductivity of the water column

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BODC id	Date/Time	Location
87003	1987-09-13 15:27	58° 49' 34" N 0° 29' 36" W
87052	1987-09-15 19:51	58° 24' 51" N 0° 8' 37" W
87076	1987-09-15 22:20	58° 32' 53" N 0° 9' 8" E
87088	1987-09-15 23:38	58° 36' 47" N 0° 27' 25" E
87132	1987-09-16 14:16	58° 54' 17" N 1° 27' 38" E
87027	1987-09-13 18:53	58° 45' 2" N 0° 23' 34" E
86988	1987-09-13 13:32	58° 52' 8" N 0° 59' 6" W
87562	1987-09-28 01:18	58° 24' 50" N 0° 8' 40" W
87574	1987-09-28 03:05	58° 13' 59" N 0° 37' 20" W
87212	1987-09-17 03:00	59° 29' 53" N 1° 0' 27" E
87273	1987-09-17 12:46	59° 30' 5" N 1° 30' 0" W
87353	1987-09-19 10:46	59° 17' 1" N 4° 0' 52" W
87445	1987-09-20 12:55	60° 7' 5" N 2° 34' 31" W
87494	1987-09-27 13:18	58° 59' 47" N 2° 28' 11" W
87586	1987-09-28 04:42	58° 3' 32" N 1° 2' 51" W
87598	1987-09-28 06:44	57° 56' 34" N 1° 35' 49" W
87064	1987-09-15 21:27	58° 30' 51" N 0° 2' 46" E
86915	1987-09-10 20:22	57° 56' 45" N 1° 35' 35" W
87039	1987-09-13 20:30	58° 42' 32" N 0° 46' 22" E
87525	1987-09-27 17:50	58° 52' 11" N 0° 59' 56" W
86952	1987-09-13 07:55	59° 0' 10" N 2° 27' 58" W
87390	1987-09-19 18:35	59° 19' 59" N 3° 56' 50" W
87015	1987-09-13 17:20	58° 47' 29" N 0° 0' 6" E
87107	1987-09-16 00:56	58° 40' 33" N 0° 45' 57" E
87224	1987-09-17 04:59	59° 30' 3" N 0° 30' 26" E
87236	1987-09-17 06:57	59° 30' 5" N 0° 0' 19" E
87261	1987-09-17 10:54	59° 29' 49" N 0° 59' 47" W
87297	1987-09-17 16:56	59° 29' 53" N 2° 29' 40" W
87501	1987-09-27 14:43	58° 57' 24" N 1° 59' 58" W
87550	1987-09-27 23:13	58° 36' 46" N 0° 27' 17" E
87605	1987-09-28 08:04	57° 50' 32" N 2° 0' 17" W
87040	1987-09-13 21:49	58° 47' 31" N 1° 6' 7" E
87119	1987-09-16 01:46	58° 42' 33" N 0° 52' 31" E
87120	1987-09-16 13:34	58° 52' 25" N 1° 20' 34" E
87193	1987-09-16 23:25	59° 30' 7" N 1° 59' 43" E
87285	1987-09-17 14:42	59° 30' 0" N 1° 59' 49" W
87328	1987-09-18 03:48	59° 29' 50" N 3° 59' 19" W
87389	1987-09-19 16:54	59° 7' 40" N 4° 7' 20" W
87469	1987-09-20 17:02	59° 45' 17" N 2° 50' 6" W
86927	1987-09-10 21:36	57° 59' 17" N 1° 23' 9" W
87200	1987-09-17 01:11	59° 29' 53" N 1° 30' 20" E
87316	1987-09-18 01:34	59° 30' 0" N 3° 29' 54" W
87482	1987-09-20 21:32	59° 44' 49" N 1° 29' 24" W
87617	1987-09-28 18:02	58° 5' 1" N 0° 44' 52" W
87629	1987-09-28 19:53	58° 11' 27" N 0° 10' 5" W
87144	1987-09-16 16:13	58° 59' 45" N 1° 46' 44" E
87156	1987-09-16 17:35	59° 4' 56" N 2° 5' 26" E
87168	1987-09-16 18:24	59° 6' 57" N 2° 11' 37" E
87181	1987-09-16 20:41	59° 17' 42" N 2° 45' 43" E
87304	1987-09-17 22:23	59° 29' 32" N 3° 0' 21" W
87365	1987-09-19 11:41	59° 12' 23" N 4° 4' 35" W
87377	1987-09-19 15:55	59° 2' 23" N 4° 11' 8" W
87433	1987-09-20 11:28	60° 6' 56" N 2° 9' 50" W
87513	1987-09-27 16:14	58° 54' 47" N 1° 30' 4" W
87248	1987-09-17 08:52	59° 29' 51" N 0° 29' 41" W
87421	1987-09-19 21:08	59° 20' 8" N 3° 19' 40" W
87457	1987-09-20 14:25	60° 7' 18" N 2° 59' 42" W
87537	1987-09-27 19:29	58° 49' 47" N 0° 30' 1" W
87549	1987-09-27 21:30	58° 47' 43" N 0° 0' 21" W
86976	1987-09-13 11:44	58° 54' 46" N 1° 28' 50" W
87341	1987-09-18 08:52	59° 19' 40" N 3° 59' 51" W
87470	1987-09-20 19:27	59° 45' 1" N 2° 9' 6" W
86939	1987-09-10 22:31	58° 0' 33" N 1° 14' 11" W
87630	1987-09-28 20:47	58° 9' 41" N 0° 21' 35" W
87408	1987-09-19 19:52	59° 20' 8" N 3° 38' 44" W
86940	1987-09-10 23:42	58° 3' 38" N 1° 2' 47" W
86964	1987-09-13 09:45	58° 57' 40" N 1° 59' 56" W

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