FRV Scotia 0703S
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (748S) |
| Cruise identifier | 0703S |
| Cruise period | 2003-04-15 — 2003-05-05 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To perform hydrographic surveys along the JONSIS standard section in the northern North Sea.
2. To perform hydrographic surveys along the standard Rockall section (Ellett Line). 3. To perform a survey of the Wyville-Thomson Ridge. 4. To perform hydrographic surveys along the standard Faroe Shetland Channel sections. 5. To service two ADCP moorings. 6. To attempt to recover two pop-up moorings. 7. To perform eddy surveys in the Faroe Shetland Channel. 8. To perform ad-hoc towed array acoustic recordings for cetaceans. 9. To liaise with data collectors on Fair Isle and establish an LTM site. 10. To provide film opportunity to BBC Horizon. |
| Chief scientist | Bill Turrell (Fisheries Research Services Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.24 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | Aberdeen Bay, Northern North Sea, Faroe Shetland Channel, Rockall Trough, Wyville-Thomson Ridge |
| Track charts | (0.06 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Quantity: activity duration in days = 19 Description: thermosalinograph measurements |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 64 |
| CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 194 |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Phosphate | Quantity: number of stations = 64 Description: Water samples collected for phosphate analysis |
| Nitrate | Quantity: number of stations = 64 Description: Water samples collected for nitrate analysis |
| Silicate | Quantity: number of stations = 64 Description: Water samples collected for silicate analysis |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: number of stations = 193 Description: Fluorometer stations with chlorophyll calibrations |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: activity duration in days = 19 Description: surface fluorescence underway with chlorophyll calibrations |
| Moorings, landers, buoys | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Current profiler (eg ADCP) | 60° 27' 0" N 4° 22' 18" W — Recovered NWSD 30/04/03 75kHz ADCP (laid 30/09/02) |
| Current profiler (eg ADCP) | 60° 16' 31" N 4° 19' 59" W — Recovered NWSE 30/04/03 150 kHz ADCP (laid 30/09/02) |
| Current profiler (eg ADCP) | 60° 26' 55" N 4° 22' 7" W — Laid NWSD 03/05/03 75 kHz ADCP |
| Current profiler (eg ADCP) | 60° 16' 52" N 4° 19' 30" W — Laid NWSE 03/05/03 150 kHz ADCP |
| Data held at BODC | Get data |
| Discrete samples | |
| 20 CTD frame plus rosette sampler | Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column Salinity of the water column Silicate concentration parameters in the water column Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column |