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Cruise Report, RV ATAIR, Cruise 0671013-1, Bremerhaven - Skagen - Aberdeen, 19 Jul - 11 Aug 2022 
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ruise 0671013-1 
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Figure 1.1 Track of cruise 0671013-1 with RV ATAIR and locations of corresponding hydrographic sta- 
tions. Text labels denote station names. Thin dashed lines highlight limits of the various Exclusive Eco- 
nomic Zones (EEZ) according to the Maritime Boundaries Geodatabase version 11.0 of Flanders Marine 
(2019). 
Cruise 067/013-1 with RV ATAIR served to conduct the annual large-scale North Sea Summer 
Survey (NSSS) of the BSH. Surveys similar to cruise 067/013-1 have been undertaken annu- 
ally by the BSH since 1998. These surveys generally follow a predefined network of standard 
stations forming zonal sections that cross the North Sea at various latitudes between 54°N and 
60°N. Additional stations located to the south of 54°N form a loop-like station pattern stretching 
to about 52°N near the southern entrance to the North Sea. The annual North Sea Summer 
Survey is typically carried out at or close to the time of the expected maximum Sstratification 
and phytoplankton productivity having passed its peak. 
Cruise 067/013-1 in summer 2022 consisted of two legs. Leg 1 covered the southern and 
central parts of the North Sea, while Leg 2 addressed the central to northern parts. Leg 1