Raw data from Triaxus topAWI (towed ocean profiler of the AWI) during RV POLARSTERN cruise PS131

• Main Authors: von Appen, Wilken-Jon, Kanzow, Torsten, Hoppmann, Mario, McPherson, Rebecca, Hofmann, Zerlina, Mathieu, Laura, Reifenberg, Simon F, Becker, Hauke, Monsees, Matthias, Graupner, Rainer, Allerholt, Jacob, Bracher, Astrid
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2023
• Subjects: Arctic Ocean; ATWAICE; AWI_PhyOce; Binary Object; Binary Object (File Size); File content; FRAM; Fram Strait; FRontiers in Arctic marine Monitoring; Physical Oceanography @ AWI; Polarstern; PS131; PS131_117-1; PS131_18-1; PS131_36-2; PS131_52-1; PS131_55-1; PS131_64-1; PS131_86-1; PS131_90-1; PS131_95-1; TOPR; Towed Ocean Profiler; Triaxus; Arctic; Svalbard; Yermak Plateau; Berichte zur Polar- und Meeresforschung; Reports on Polar and Marine Research; Sea ice; Yermak plateau
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.962659; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.962659

The MacArtney Triaxus extended version is a remotely operated towed vehicle (ROTV). It is towed behind the ship between 2 and 10 knots and can undulate in a saw tooth pattern between a few meters below the surface and 350m depth. The umbilical provides power and a fiber optic link to sensors that are mounted on the Triaxus (see SensorWeb). The data collected by the sensors were recorded on separate computers, one computer per sensor (including the flight information from the Triaxus itself). Thus, there are 7 separate data streams saved in separate folders plus a folder with metadata information about the different dives. During long Triaxus operations, new data files would be started approximately every 4 hours, because some of the employed software programs do not allow for backing up of the files while they are still being written to. A heavy weight (depressor) was employed directly behind the ship to pull the umbilical below the water line before sea ice can close in behind the ship. In addition to a few test dives, three transects across the marginal ice zone north of Svalbard (Yermak Plateau) were collected on PS131 in July/August 2022.