Ocean > English Channel > North Sea What the Portsmouth-Bilbao FerryBox is telling us David Hydes EMECO-NOOS Workshop Lowestoft June 2009 P & O Pride of Bilbao ferry route and details Measurements Online Web 1Hz Conductivity Temperature O2 (start 2005) pCO2 (mid 2005) Monthly water samples From Feb 2003 NO3, Si, PO4, Chl a, Plankton Salinity,O2, Alkalinity, TCO2, HPLC Seeferrybox_index.php ~35 hrs ~1000 km Every 3 days Ushant Project start: April 2002 Bay of Biscay E1 Shelf Break Bilbao to Portsmouth mapped gridded data: mean of the data in each grid box 2005 to 2007 MiniPack CTD-F Sea Water Salinity Bilbao to Portsmouth mapped gridded data 2005 to 2007 MiniPack CTD-F Sea Water Salinity Inter-annual variation winter maximum nitrate 2004 and 2005 Along track data Bilbao-Portsmouth Portsmouth Bilbao Off shelf data winter and L4 and E1 Positions of the stations: L4: 50 15.00' N, 4 13.02 W E1: 50 02.00' N, 4 22.00 W 1960s P tends to be lower but also higher salinity 2006 data matches data from 1960s lower phosphate and higher salinity Comparison of in-situ data and POLCOMS ERSEM MetOffice model runs modelobservations