The Ice-Tethered Profiler: Argo of the Arctic

Ice-Tethered Profilers (ITPs), first deployed in fall 2004, have significantly increased the number of high-quality upper-ocean water-property observations available from the central Arctic. This article reviews the instrument technology and provides a status report on performance, along with severa...

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Main Authors: John M. Toole |, Richard A. Krishfield, Mary-Louise Timmermans, Andrey Proshutinsky
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: The Oceanography Society 2011
Subjects:
Arctic Ocean
International Polar Year
IPY
ITP
Oceanography
GC1-1581
Arctic
Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/a845240737df4f51b4d7503bfde0f867
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Summary:Ice-Tethered Profilers (ITPs), first deployed in fall 2004, have significantly increased the number of high-quality upper-ocean water-property observations available from the central Arctic. This article reviews the instrument technology and provides a status report on performance, along with several examples of the science that ITPs and companion instrumentation support.

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