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RV Sea Vigil SV2A
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
Ship name (ship code) | RV Sea Vigil (74S9) |
Cruise identifier | SV2A |
Cruise period | 1993-08-03 — 1993-08-03 |
Status | Completed |
Port of departure | Hull, United Kingdom |
Port of return | Hull, United Kingdom |
Purpose | Research |
Objectives | To obtain measurements of the optical characteristics and water quality within the Humber Estuary during synchronous airborne CASI (Compact Airborne Spectral Imager) overflights for the development of algorithms and atmospheric corrections. |
Chief scientist | Tony Bale (Plymouth Marine Laboratory) |
Project | LOIS (RACS) |
Cruise report | (4.56 MB) |
Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea |
Specific | Humber Estuary and feeder rivers |
Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
Optics (eg underwater light levels) | Description: Vertical profiles carried out at the Spurn Light Float and off Bull Sand Fort. |
Biology and fisheries | |
Gear research | Description: Trials of the Undulating Oceanographic Recorder, experimenting with various length of towing wire. |
Data held at BODC | |
Discrete samples | |
2 Undulating Oceanographic Recorder Tow |