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Mooring Activities at SAMS NERC 4 th Moorings Workshop 15 th /16 th May 2008. Colin Griffiths Scottish Association for Marine Science Oban, Argyll, Scotland. Physics Group. Mark Inall Toby Sherwin Tim Boyd Finlo Cottier Andy Dale Colin Griffiths John Beaton Estelle Dumont.
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Mooring Activities at SAMS NERC 4th Moorings Workshop 15th/16th May 2008 Colin Griffiths Scottish Association for Marine Science Oban, Argyll, Scotland.
Physics Group Mark Inall Toby Sherwin Tim Boyd Finlo Cottier Andy Dale Colin Griffiths John Beaton Estelle Dumont
Tiree Passage Mooring Mooring Met Stations Tide gauges CTD Line SST SSS Station
Faroe Bank Faroe-Shetland Channel -0.34 °C 60 cm/s Cirolana Deep 3.17 °C 120 cm/s Wyville-Thomson Ridge Ymir Ridge Wyville Thomson Ridge Overflow Water cascade route
Acoustic Doppler Current Meter 4 acoustic heads Temperature sensor Recording unit
Kongsfjorden: MariClim Rijpfjorden: CLEOPATRA, Ice amphipods Isfjorden: Ice amphipods, Leptoclinus maculatus mooring ICE EDGE PROGRAMME: Study area
Mooring History • Lance – April 2002 • JCR – June 2002 • Mosby – Sept 2002 • Jan Mayen – May 2003 • GO Sars – Sept 2003 • Mosby – August 2004 • JCR – July 2005 • Lance – June 2006 • Lance – August 2007 • Temperature (full depth) • Salinity (3 depths) • Currents + ADCP (water column) • 21-bottle Sediment Traps • Flourescence