Cruise reports from the marine monitoring

Reports from SMHI's regular marine monitoring programme. Data presented in the reports have been subject to preliminary quality control procedures only.

Cruise report from R/V Svea week 6-7, 2023

During the expedition, which is part of the Swedish pelagic monitoring program, the Skagerrak, Kattegat, the Sound and the Baltic Sea were visited. In the Baltic Proper, the annual mapping of nutrients was also carried out.

Due to severe weather during the first day of the expedition, two stations …

 
Type: Report
Author: Lena Viktorsson
Published: Mar, 2023
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Cruise report from R/V Svea week 2, 2023

During the expedition, which is part of the Swedish pelagic monitoring program, the Skagerrak, Kattegat, the Sound and the Baltic Sea were visited. In the Kattegat, the annual mapping of nutrients was also carried out.

Despite bad weather during most of the expedition, 37 out of 41 planned …

 
Type: Report
Author: Madeleine Nilsson
Published: Feb, 2023
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Cruise report from R/V Svea week 49-50, 2022

During the cruise, which is part of the Swedish pelagic monitoring program, the Skagerrak, Kattegat, the Sound, the Baltic Proper and the Gulf of Bothnia were visited. In the Gulf of Bothnia, SMHI and Umeå Marine Research Center (UMF) carried out a joint mapping of nutrients.

The cooling of the …

 
Type: Report
Author: Martin Hansson, Lena Viktorsson
Published: Jan, 2023
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Cruise report from R/V Svea week 45, 2022

The Skagerrak, the Kattegat, The Sound and the Baltic Proper was visited during this cruise, which is part of the national marine monitoring programme of Sweden.

The temperature in the surface water was above normal and varied between 10 and 12 degrees in all visited areas. At several stations in …

 
Type: Report
Author: Karin Wesslander
Published: Dec, 2022
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Cruise report from R/V Svea week 42, 2022

During the expedition, which is part of the Swedish national marine monitoring programme, the Skagerrak, the Kattegat, the Sound and the Baltic Proper were visited.

Cooling of the surface water had continued in all sea areas visited, and the sea surface temperature was 3-4 degrees lower compared …

 
Type: Report
Author: Johan Kronsell
Published: Dec, 2022
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Cruise report from R/V Svea week 37-38, 2022

The Skagerrak, the Kattegat, The Sound and the Baltic Proper was visited during this cruise, which

is part of the national marine monitoring programme of Sweden.

The temperature in the surface water was normal and varied between 15 and 17 degrees Celsius in all visited areas. The surface salinity …

 
Type: Report
Author: Örjan Bäck
Published: Oct, 2022
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Cruise report from R/V Svea week 34-35, 2022

SMHI performed an oxygen and nutrient mapping survey within SLU Aqua’s cruise; the International Bottom Trawl Survey (IBTS Q3), that covers the Skagerrak, North Sea and Kattegat. SMHI joins the cruise to perform CTD measurements in connection to each trawl and to take water samples for nutrients, …

 
Type: Report
Author: Martin Hansson
Published: Oct, 2022
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Cruise report from R/V Svea week 32-33, 2022

The Skagerrak, the Kattegat, The Sound and the Baltic Proper was visited during this cruise, which is part of the national marine monitoring programme of Sweden.

The temperature in the surface water was normal in the Skagerak and Kattegat, where it varied between 17 and 20 degrees. In the Baltic …

 
Type: Report
Author: Karin Wesslander
Published: Aug, 2022
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Cruise report from R/V Svea week 28, 2022

The Skagerrak, the Kattegat, The Sounds and the Baltic Proper was visited during this cruise, which is part of the National Marine Monitoring Programme of Sweden.

Surface temperatures in July were normal for the season at almost all visited stations, except for The Bight of Hanö and Ref M1V1 where …

 
Type: Report
Author: Anna-Kerstin Thell
Published: Aug, 2022
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Cruise report from R/V Svea week 24, 2022

During the cruise, which is part of the Swedish pelagic surveillance program, the Skagerrak, the Kattegat, the Sound and the southern parts of the Baltic Proper were visited. In the Baltic Proper, nutrient mapping was carried out.

The warming of the surface water continued in all sea areas and was …

 
Type: Report
Author: Lena Viktorsson
Published: Jun, 2022
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