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RV Lough Foyle LF/31/98
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
Ship name (ship code) | RV Lough Foyle (74LG) |
Cruise identifier | LF/31/98 |
Cruise period | 1998-07-27 — 1998-07-31 |
Status | Completed |
Port of departure | Belfast, United Kingdom |
Port of return | Belfast, United Kingdom |
Purpose | Trials |
Objectives | Evaluation of u-tow Phytoplankton sampler.
1. To perform trials and sea acceptance test with new u-tow designed to sample microplankton. 2. To develop parameterisation necessary to write conditional sampling software. 3. To collect zooplankton samples using the plankton sampling mechanism in the u-tow and vertical bongo net hauls. |
Chief scientist | S Ivan Heaney (Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland) |
Cruise report | (0.46 MB) |
Ocean/sea areas | |
General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
Specific | Irish Sea |
Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
CTD stations | Quantity: number of observations = 3 Description: Testing the UTOW, having to sclean sections due to sediment blocking various parts of the machine. Various CTD profiles were also made. |
Moorings, landers, buoys | |
Physical oceanography | |
CTD stations | 53° 46' 59" N 5° 37' 59" W — CTD profiles and BONGO net hauls made. |
CTD stations | 53° 27' 57" N 3° 24' 56" W — CTD profiles and BONGO net hauls made. |
CTD stations | 53° 35' 35" N 4° 16' 56" W — CTD profiles and BONGO net hauls made. |
CTD stations | 53° 42' 41" N 5° 5' 21" W — CTD profiles and BONGO net hauls made. |