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Item 948

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id 948
cruise_alias None
nav_equip_type None
confidentiality unclassified (open file)
restitle MCZ: Western Channel: Multibeam, Benthic Sampling and Video survey wchn_cend0312: Western Channel & Celtic Sea (20/02/2012 to 25/02/2012)
geophys_equip_type None
accessuse_restric unrestricted use, copyright acknowledgement
ship RV Cefas Endeavour
samp_equip_type Grab: Amon or Hamon
terms_of_use Available under the Open Government Licence subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs materials "Contains Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs materials @Crown Copyright [year]"
client Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
start_date 2012-02-20 00:00:00
terms_of_use_url http://nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/
contractor CEFAS
start_date_est Real
mdfileid_nerc_guid 2aef5d05-7fe2-72c8-e054-002128a47908
cruise_area CP2 Regional Sea Boundaries: Western Channel & Celtic Sea, Offshore 1:250k: Lizard, SeaVoX Sub-Ocean: CELTIC SEA, ENGLISH CHANNEL
end_date 2012-02-25 00:00:00
cruise_data_url http://www.bgs.ac.uk/services/ngdc/accessions/index.html#item107424
abstract Multibeam survey to infill gap in CHP data collecting bathymetry and backscatter to International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) Order 1a standard, WGS84 latitude and longitude co-ordinates collected by Differential Global Positioning System (D-GPS), depths corrected to Chart Datum (CD), Raw and processed data delivered to Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, UK (Cefas) complete with georeferenced mosaics and GeoTiffs images. Groundtruth survey collecting sediment samples (using Hamon grab) for infaunal anaysis and PSA and video and still image samples (using combination of camera sledge and drop camera). These data are archived with the Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (MEDIN) Data Archive Centres (DACs) including the British Geological Survey (BGS) DAC for geology and geophysics, The Archive for Marine Species and Habitats Data (DASSH) and the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) bathymetry DAC. The full site data package including raw is also available on request from BGS.
end_date_est Real
cruise MCZ_wchn_cend0312
additional_info Data gathered on RV Endeavour, CefasI Cruise Code 'CEND 03/12'. Acoustic data acquisition software = Kongsberg SIS. Processing software = Caris HIPS. Replacement Motion Reference Unit (MRU) fitted on 13 Feb 2012.