Hydrography and currents in Storfjorden (Svalbard) from the STEP 2016-2017 moorings ...

• Main Authors: Vivier, Frederic, Lourenco, Antonio, Michel, Elisabeth, Pruchon, Abel
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: SEANOE 2019
• Subjects: Svalbard; Storfjord; Polynya; Mooring; current; temperature; salinity; oxygen; backscatter; Pourquoi Pas; Pourquoi-Pas; Pourquoi-Pas?; Storfjorden
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.17882/62632; https://www.seanoe.org/data/00515/62632/

As part of the STeP project (STorfjorden Polynya multidisciplinary study), two moorings, M1 and M2, were deployed in Storfjorden (Svalbard) on July 14, 2016 from the French R/V L’Atalante and were recovered one year later, on September 28, 2017, from the French R/V Pourquoi-Pas?. The two moorings, deployed a few hundred meters apart at 78°N and 20°E at a depth of 100m, documented the formation of dense Brine-enriched Shelf Water (BSW). The moorings included both physical oceanography (PO) and biogeochemistry sensors. The present dataset is composed of PO data only: the 3 components of the currents, backscatter, salinity, temperature and dissolved oxygen. PO sensors on M1, spanning the whole water column, included 6 Seabird SBE37 microcat (CTD), 15 RBR solo (T), and 1 RBR duet (TD) for hydrography, while currents were monitored with a RDI WH 300kHz upward looking ADCP and 1 Nortek Aquadopp underneath. PO sensors on the shorter M2 mooring included 1 Seabird SBE63 (CTD-O2), 1 RBR solo (T) and 1 RBR duo (TD). ...