FLUXMANCHE Data Set, English Channel (1991,1992)
Data set information
| Query EDMED |
| General | |
| Data holding centre | National Oceanography Centre (Southampton) |
| Country | United Kingdom  |
| Time period | From 1991 onwards |
| Ongoing | Yes |
| Geographical area | English Channel |
| Observations | |
| Parameters | Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies; Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column; Raw fluorometer output; Vertical velocity of the water column (currents); Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column; Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column; Concentration of polychlorobiphenyls (PCBs) in the water column; Salinity of the water column; Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents); Nitrite concentration parameters in the water column; Visible waveband radiance and irradiance measurements in the water column; Concentration of other organic contaminants in the water column; Dissolved trace metalloid and inorganic selenium concentrations in water bodies; Particulate trace metalloid and inorganic selenium concentrations in water bodies; Transmittance and attenuance of the water column; Silicate concentration parameters in the water column; Bathymetry and Elevation; Temperature of the water column |
| Instruments | Fluorometers; current meters; lowered current profilers; optical backscatter sensors; single-beam echosounders; multi-beam echosounders; nutrient analysers; radar altimeters; discrete water samplers; elemental analysers; CTD undulators; transmissometers; CTD; current profilers; wave recorders |
| Description | |
| Summary | The Anglo-French FLUXMANCHE programme is designed to study and model the flux of biogeochemical material and water in the eastern English Channel. Data have been collected on two RRS Challenger cruises (April 1991, March 1992) providing a physical and chemical database for model input and to study the dominant physical processes in the region. Ship measurements included temperature, salinity, fluorescence, chlorophyll, transmittance, oxygen and irradiance, both underway and using a CTD and water bottles. Underway current profiling has been undertaken using an ADCP and bathymetry data have been collected with a precision echo-sounder. Land-based HF Radar measurements using OSCR II have been made for 1 month, collecting data at each of 700 cells every 20 minutes. |
| Originators | National Oceanography Centre (Southampton) |
| Availability | |
| Organisation | National Oceanography Centre (Southampton) |
| Availability | By negotiation |
| Contact | Director |
| Address | National Oceanography Centre (Southampton) |
| Telephone | +44 23 8059 6666 |
| Administration | |
| Collating centre | British Oceanographic Data Centre |
| Local identifier | 1017001 |
| Global identifier | 262 |
| Last revised | 2009-10-15 |
