Ocean Microstructure measurements using a Slocum glider in the Southern Ocean Marginal Ice Zone ...

• Main Authors: Giddy, I.S., Fer, I., Swart, S., Nicholson, S-A.
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2023
• Subjects: microstructure, gliders, winter water, marginal ice zone, southern ocean; Southern Ocean; Weddell; Weddell Sea
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7957942; https://zenodo.org/record/7957942

Ocean microstructure data were collected using a turbulence package mounted on a Slocum and deployed from RV SA Agulhas II in the North Eastern Weddell Sea, [60S; 0E], from December 2019 to February 2020. Observations conducted by the Southern Ocean Carbon-Climate Observatory, Smart Places, CSIR, for the project "Contemporary and Future Drivers of CO2 and Heat in the Southern Ocean" funded by NRF-SANAP (SNA170522231782, SANAP200324510487) and in collaboration with Polar Gliders, University of Gothenburg (Project: "Robotic Observations and Modelling of the Marginal Ice Zone" funded by the Wallenberg Academy Fellowship (WAF 2015.0186). Turbulence data were collected using a Rockland Scientific MicroRider mounted on the SLOCUM. Microshear was measured using two airfoil shear probes oriented orthogonally to each other. The measurements are from a 47 days of dive and climb profiles, with a maximum depth of 500 m. The dataset is processed and prepared following the SCOR Working Group ATOMIX guidelines and ...