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RV Sea Vigil SV6B

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)RV Sea Vigil (74S9)
Cruise identifierSV6B
Cruise period1994-03-16 — 1994-03-16
StatusCompleted
Port of departureHull, United Kingdom
Port of returnHull, United Kingdom
PurposeResearch
ObjectivesRV Sea Vigil LOIS core measurements survey.
Chief scientistDuncan Plummer (Plymouth Marine Laboratory)
ProjectLOIS (RACS)
Cruise reportRV Sea Vigil SV6B cruise report sv6.pdf (1.21 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralNorth Sea
SpecificHumber Estuary and feeder rivers
Measurements 
Physical oceanography 
Surface measurements underway (T,S)Description: Continuous underway measurements
Surface measurements underway (T,S)Quantity: number of deployments = 1
Description: UOR towed from Hull to Bull Light Float.
Transparency (eg transmissometer)Description: Continuous underway measurements
Transparency (eg transmissometer)Quantity: number of deployments = 1
Description: UOR towed from Hull to Bull Light Float.
Optics (eg underwater light levels)Description: Measurements of optical properties made using a PR-650 Spectroscan Spectrocoloremeter.
Chemical oceanography 
OxygenDescription: Continuous underway measurements
PhosphateDescription: Continuous underway measurements
NitrateDescription: Continuous underway measurements
NitriteDescription: Continuous underway measurements
SilicateDescription: Continuous underway measurements
pHDescription: Continuous underway measurements
Contamination 
Suspended matterQuantity: number of stations = 7
Biology and fisheries 
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence)Quantity: number of stations = 7
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence)Quantity: number of deployments = 1
Description: UOR towed from Hull to Bull Light Float.
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence)Description: Continuous underway measurements
Particulate organic matter (inc POC, PON)Quantity: number of stations = 7
Data held at BODC Get data
Series/Profiles 
1  Pumped water sample
Horizontal spatial co-ordinates
Date and time
Phaeopigment concentrations in the water column
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies
Horizontal spatial co-ordinates
Date and time
Phaeopigment concentrations in the water column
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies

BODC idDate/TimeLocationDoc.
16336971994-03-16 11:40  — 1994-03-16 14:15 53° 35' 2" N  0° 11' 18" W — 53° 40' 8" N  0° 5' 17" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1633697
Discrete samples 
7  Sample taken from ship's non-toxic supplySalinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column
Concentration of suspended particulate material in the water column
Phaeopigment concentrations in the water column
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies