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Liverpool Viking ferry
Liverpool Viking ferry

GPS system being installed on the Liverpool Viking ferry
GPS being installed

Arriving at Liverpool
Arriving at Liverpool prior to change of ownership


Ferry photographs

Includes images prior to change of ownership and new livery.


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Birkenhead to Belfast ferry route
Information for map showing ferry route
Each cross marks out the ferry track
Red crosses are the last ten readings
A white cross shows the latest known position

Surface measurements such as temperature, salinity, turbidity and chlorophyll are currently being taken by the Norfolkline ferry Liverpool Viking on the Liverpool (Birkenhead) to Dublin route, although it has been known to do the Belfast route instead.

Earlier ferry routes were mainly to Belfast, however the Liverpool Viking ferry schedule has recently changed to include more trips to Dublin.

The data is logged and recovered during service intervals. However, a small set of these data is routinely transmitted in real time and is accessable via this web site.


Current situation and archived plots of crossings
These plots show todays sea surface parameters from Irish Sea crossings together with results from the last four weeks.

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» View temperature
» View conductivity
» View chlorophyll
» View salinity
» View turbidity
» View pressure
» View oxygen concentration
» View oxygen saturation
» View optode internal temperature

» Comparisons with POLCOMS model forecast

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Pilot study results from the Lagan Viking (previous ferry on route)
The following results were taken on trips between Birkenhead and Belfast before the system to link the position to data was installed.

Currently the following data set does not link the position of the ferry to the time of the measurement. Using the ship log it may be possible to match the ferry position to each date/time measurement. On future crossings Global Positioning System (GPS) measurements will be routinely gathered and added to the overall data set.

Surface measurements - 15 Dec 2003 - 26 Jan 2004
Combined
Temperature, Salinity, Chlorophyll-a and Turbidity
For detailed plots please click on the images to the right
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Combined
Temperature Temperature
Salinity Salinity
Chlorophyll-a Chlorophyll-a
Turbidity Turbidity"

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Status

last updated on 1st September 10   » View all status messages

Ferry measurements
25th June 2010
Technical difficulties with the ferrybox data.



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