RV Belgica BG9506
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Belgica (11BE) |
| Cruise identifier | BG9506 |
| Cruise period | 1995-03-03 — 1995-03-17 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Boulogne, France |
| Port of return | Zeebrugge, Belgium |
| Objectives | Belgian Global Change Impulse Programme and OMEX Biogeochemistry Programme. MUMM contribution - sampling stations, trackplot, SCTD profiles and horizontal profiles of salinity, temperature and fluorescence.
Belgica sailed in the direction of the planned OMEX1, OMEX2 and OMEX3 stations but due to bad weather it was not possible to take SCTD tasks. The carousel water sampling system was also damaged by incoming waves, this was later repaired. Belgica headed to the La Chapelle Bank but the weather conditions were still too bad for SCTD profiling. So the ship then headed for Bayonne and underway stations 1 and 2 were sampled. Belgica berthed at Bayonne 10th - 12th March. Stations 3-6 were sampled on the La Chapelle Bank and on the Meriadzek Terrace. Belgica then sailed for Zeebrugge. Only 6 stations were sampled with 16 SCTD casts taken. |
| Chief scientist | Michel Frankignoulle (University of Liège Department of Astrophysics Geophysics and Oceanography) |
| Project | Belgian Global Change Impulse Programme/OMEX |
| Cruise report |  (1.23 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Celtic Sea Bay of Biscay North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | Goban Spur Area, La Chapelle Bank, Meriadzek Terrace |
| Track charts | (0.05 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 6 Description: 6 SCTD stations with a total of 16 casts |
| Data held at BODC | Get data |
| Discrete samples | |
| 150 Atmospheric air sampling pump | Concentration of alkanes in the atmosphere |
| 16 CTD frame plus rosette sampler | Uptake of other nutrients in the water column Transmittance and attenuance of the water column Total dissolved inorganic carbon (TCO2) concentration in the water column Particulate total and organic nitrogen concentrations in the water column Nitrite concentration parameters in the water column Regenerated production in water bodies Carotenoid and flavenoid pigment concentrations in water bodies Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column Salinity of the water column Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column Temperature of the water column Concentration of alkanes in the water column Density of the water column Microzooplankton non taxonomy-related biomass expressed as carbon per unit volume of the water column Ammonium and ammonia concentration parameters in water bodies Phaeopigment concentrations in the water column Microzooplankton generic abundance in water bodies Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column Primary production in the water column New production in water bodies Partial pressure (pCO2) and fugacity (fCO2) of carbon dioxide in the water column Alkalinity, acidity and pH of the water column Particulate total and organic carbon concentrations in the water column Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies |
| 14 Continuous centrifuging of non-toxic supply | Particulate metal concentrations in the water column Concentration of silicon species in suspended particulate material Carbon concentrations in suspended particulate material Nitrogen concentrations in suspended particulate material Metadata parameters |
| 5 Profiling radiometer | Visible waveband radiance and irradiance measurements in the water column |
| 513 Sample taken from ship's non-toxic supply | Carotenoid and flavenoid pigment concentrations in water bodies Concentration of alkanes in the water column Phaeopigment concentrations in the water column Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies |
| 1 Water bottle hydrocast | Total dissolved inorganic carbon (TCO2) concentration in the water column Nitrite concentration parameters in the water column Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column Ammonium and ammonia concentration parameters in water bodies Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column Partial pressure (pCO2) and fugacity (fCO2) of carbon dioxide in the water column Alkalinity, acidity and pH of the water column |
