RV Lough Foyle LFsep94
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Lough Foyle (74LG) |
| Cruise identifier | LFsep94 |
| Cruise period | 1994-09-11 — 1994-09-15 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Belfast, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Belfast, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Trials |
| Objectives | To recover and service mooringd/instrumentation located in the northwest Irish Sea.
To assess the performance of the recently fitted Acoustic Doppler Current Profiling system (ADCP). |
| Chief scientist | Brian Stewart (Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland), William Clarke (Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland) |
| Cruise report |  (0.07 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
| Specific | Irish Sea, North Channel. |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Current profiler (eg ADCP) | Quantity: activity duration in days = 4 Description: continuous data collection 11th - 14th September 1994 (ADCP system) |
| Moorings, landers, buoys | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Current meters | 53° 51' 0" N 5° 33' 59" W — service mooring |
| Current meters | 53° 45' 0" N 5° 15' 0" W — Service Mooring and Recover Mooring |
| Current meters | 53° 43' 59" N 6° 3' 59" W — Recover Mooring |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Sediment traps | 55° 23' 59" N 6° 13' 59" W — Service Mooring |
| Sediment traps | 53° 45' 0" N 5° 15' 0" W — Service Mooring and Recover Mooring |
| Sediment traps | 53° 51' 0" N 5° 33' 59" W — service mooring |
| Sediment traps | 53° 43' 59" N 6° 3' 59" W — Recover Mooring |
| Sediment traps | 54° 38' 11" N 5° 21' 59" W — Service Mooring |
| Sediment traps | 54° 47' 29" N 5° 32' 59" W — Service Mooring |
| Sediment traps | 54° 48' 41" N 5° 17' 59" W — Service Mooring |
| Sediment traps | 54° 51' 23" N 5° 12' 59" W — Service Mooring |
| Phytoplankton | 53° 51' 0" N 5° 33' 59" W — service mooring |
