Under-ice environment surveys using a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) during the MOSAiC expedition 2019/20

• Main Authors: Anhaus, Philipp, Katlein, Christian, Matero, Ilkka, Nicolaus, Marcel, Arndt, Stefanie, Krampe, Daniela, Lange, Benjamin Allen, Regnery, Julia, Rohde, Jan, Schiller, Martin, Ransby, Daniela
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2023
• Subjects: AWI_SeaIce; FRAM; FRontiers in Arctic marine Monitoring; MOSAiC; MOSAiC20192020; MOSAiC expedition; Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate; Remotely operated vehicle (ROV); Sea ice; Sea Ice Physics @ AWI; Arctic; Polar Research
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.951077; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.951077

This bibliography unites different data types collected by a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) underneath drifting sea ice during the Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) expedition of the research vessel Polarstern (AWI, 2017) between November 2019 and September 2020 (Nicolaus et al., 2022). The observation class M500 ROV was manufactured by Ocean Modules AB (Åtvidaberg, Sweden) and is owned by the Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung (Bremerhaven, Germany). It was equipped with an extended multidisciplinary sensor payload. To investigate the under-ice light field and bio-optical properties, the ROV was equipped with hyperspectral radiometers, transmissometers and a triplet fluorometer. Oceanographic properties were recorded with a standard CTD package including sensors for dissolved oxygen, nitrate and pH. Single beam and multibeam sonar allowed for a three-dimensional mapping of the ice underside, while an acoustic current profiler measured relative water currents. In addition to different video and still cameras for visual documentation of the under-ice environment, the ROV was equipped with a hyperspectral imager. For sampling of the under-ice ecosystem, a suction sampling system and an under-ice plankton as well as a gypsum net were attached to the ROV. Data were collected for all seasons and for various sea-ice and surface conditions. All data are provided at their original temporal resolution and have a common GPS synchronized timestamp. All times are given in UTC. Horizontal position of the ROV was determined using a long baseline acoustic positioning system and is provided in a floe-fixed, relative coordinate system (X, Y) with the origin (X=0 m, Y=0 m) at the ROV access hole in the MOSAiC central observatory (CO). Operations were conducted in a 300 m radius around the hole. A one function manipulator in combination with the ROV's six degrees of freedom enabled deployment and recovery of equipment (e.g. sediment traps) ...