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RV Sea Vigil SV9FC

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)RV Sea Vigil (74S9)
Cruise identifierSV9FC
Cruise period1994-05-17 — 1994-05-17
StatusCompleted
Port of departureGrimsby, United Kingdom
Port of returnGrimsby, United Kingdom
PurposeResearch
ObjectivesRV Sea Vigil Humber Flux Curtain survey.
Chief scientistJack Hardisty (University of Hull Department of Geography)
ProjectLOIS (RACS)
Cruise reportRV Sea Vigil SV9FC cruise report sv9.pdf (1.08 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralNorth Sea
SpecificHumber Estuary and feeder rivers
Measurements 
Physical oceanography 
Surface measurements underway (T,S)Description: Salinity, temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen and suspended particulate load were recorded throughout the day using the NRAs system.
Subsurface temperature and salinity measurementsQuantity: number of track lines = 14
Description: Transects of the Flux Curtain sampled using a towed instrument.
Current metersDescription: Readings taken using EM current meter.
Chemical oceanography 
OxygenDescription: Salinity, temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen and suspended particulate load were recorded throughout the day using the NRAs system.
pHDescription: Salinity, temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen and suspended particulate load were recorded throughout the day using the NRAs system.
Contamination 
Suspended matterQuantity: number of track lines = 14
Description: Transects of the Flux Curtain sampled using a towed instrument.
Suspended matterDescription: Salinity, temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen and suspended particulate load were recorded throughout the day using the NRAs system.