Full depth ocean properties in the eastern subpolar North Atlantic, Cruise DY052, Extended Ellett Line, 2016, link to raw data in NetCDF format ...

The Extended Ellett Line is a hydrographic section between Iceland and Scotland that is occupied annually by scientists from the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) and the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS), UK. The measurement programme began as a seasonally-occupied hydrographic sectio...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gary, Stefan F
Format: Dataset
Language:English
Published: PANGAEA 2017
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Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.881182
https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.881182
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Summary:The Extended Ellett Line is a hydrographic section between Iceland and Scotland that is occupied annually by scientists from the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) and the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS), UK. The measurement programme began as a seasonally-occupied hydrographic section in the Rockall Trough in 1975, building on early surface observations made underway from ocean weather ships. In 1996 the section was extended to Iceland, sampling three basins: the Rockall Trough, the Hatton-Rockall Basin and the Iceland Basin. These three basins form the main routes though which warm saline Atlantic water flows northwards into the Nordic Seas and Arctic Ocean. The section crosses the eastern North Atlantic subpolar gyre; as well as the net northward flow there is a large recirculation of the upper layers as part of the wind-driven gyre. During its passage through the region, the warm saline water is subjected to significant modification by exchange of heat and freshwater with the atmosphere. ... : This archive of files is identical to the final data sent to the British Oceanographic Data Centre with extensive metadata available at: https://www.bodc.ac.uk/resources/inventories/cruise_inventory/report/16032/ ...