Mooring and Drifting Buoy Data: Beaufort Gyre Freshwater Experiment, 2003  View Catalog Page
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Mooring and Drifting Buoy Data: Beaufort Gyre Freshwater Experiment, 2003
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Individual Name: NSIDC User Services
Organization Name: National Snow and Ice Data Center
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Contact Phone:
Contact Voice Telephone: 1 303 492-6199 x
Contact Address:
Delivery Point: CIRES, 449 UCB
City: Boulder
Administrative Area: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
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Date Stamp:
2013-05-21
Metadata Standard Name:
ISO 19115 Geographic Information - Metadata First Edition
Metadata Standard Version:
ISO 19115:2003
Dataset URI:
http://nsidc.org/data/arcss165.html
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Data Identification Information:
Citation:
Citation Information:
Title: Mooring and Drifting Buoy Data: Beaufort Gyre Freshwater Experiment, 2003
Date:
Date: 2006
Date Type:
Value: publication
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Edition Date: 2006-01-22
Identifier: ARCSS165
Cited Responsible Party: Responsible Party:
Individual Name: NSIDC ARCSS User Services
Organization Name: NSIDC Arctic System Science Data Coordination Center
Contact:
Contact Phone:
Contact Voice Telephone: 1 303 492-6199
Contact Address:
Delivery Point: National Snow and Ice Data Center
City: Boulder
Administrative Area: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
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Website: http://nsidc.org/arcss/
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Abstract:
In the summer of 2003, investigators established an observational program to measure the freshwater content (in sea ice and in the ocean) of freshwater fluxes in the Beaufort Gyre using moorings and drifting buoys. They collected temperature time series, salinity, current, sea ice draft, and bottom pressure measurements.
Investigators used conventional mooring systems containing a McLane Moored Profiler (MMP) to sample currents and hydrographic data from 50 m to 2050 m with 17-hour time intervals. They measured sea ice draft with an ASL Environmental Sciences 420 kHz upward-looking sonar (ULS). Using a high accuracy bottom pressure recorder (BPR), they measured sea level height variability and near-bottom seawater temperatures. Each mooring consisted of a surface floatation package at 50 m depth, which housed the ULS, a mooring cable containing the MMP, and dual acoustic releases and a BPR located immediately above the anchor.
Investigators also deployed several ice-tethered beacons to provide concurrent temperature and salinity data at several discrete depths in the uppermost 40 m. The instruments suspended three SeaBird MicroCat C/T recorders and data were broadcast via the Argos data collection relay system, which also provided the drifter location.
Purpose:
Scientific Research
Credit:
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Andrey Proshutinsky. 2006. Mooring and Drifting Buoy Data: Beaufort Gyre Freshwater Experiment, 2003. [indicate subset used]. Boulder, Colorado USA: National Snow and Ice Data Center.
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Individual Name: Andrey Proshutinsky
Organization Name: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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Delivery Point: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
City: Woods Hole
Administrative Area: MA
Postal Code: 02543
Country: USA
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Value: principalInvestigator
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Responsible Party:
Individual Name: Richard Krishfield
Organization Name: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Contact:
Contact Phone:
Contact Voice Telephone: 1 508 289-2849
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Delivery Point: MS 23
City: Woods Hole
Administrative Area: Maryland
Postal Code: 02543
Country: USA
Email: rkrishfield@whoi.edu
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Individual Name: NSIDC User Services
Organization Name: National Snow and Ice Data Center
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Contact Voice Telephone: 1 303 492-6199 x
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Delivery Point: CIRES, 449 UCB
City: Boulder
Administrative Area: CO
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Contact Voice Telephone: 1 303 492-6199 x
Contact Address:
Delivery Point: CIRES, 449 UCB
City: Boulder
Administrative Area: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
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Descriptive Keywords:
Keywords
Keyword: Ocean > Arctic Ocean
Keyword: Ocean > Arctic Ocean > Beaufort Sea > Beaufort Gyre
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Date: 2008-02-05
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Keywords
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Sea Ice > Ice Depth/Thickness
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Ocean Circulation > Ocean Currents > Velocity Profiles
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Ocean Pressure > Water Pressure > Bottom Pressure
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Sea Surface Temperature
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Water Temperature
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Salinity/Density > Salinity
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Sea Ice > Ice Depth/Thickness > Ice Draft
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Keywords
Keyword: ARCSS165
Keyword: ARCSS Data Coordination Center
Keyword: Arctic Freshwater Initiative
Keyword: Arctic Ocean
Keyword: Beaufort Gyre Freshwater Experiment
Keyword: Beaufort Sea
Keyword: Conductivity
Keyword: Drifting Buoys
Keyword: Moored Buoy
Keyword: Moored Upward Looking Sonar
Keyword: Ocean Water Salinity
Keyword: Ocean Water Temperature
Keyword: OPP-0230184
Keyword: Sea Ice Draft
Keyword: Sea Surface Temperatures
Keyword: Temperature Profiles
Keyword: Time Series
Keyword: Velocity Measurements
Keyword: Water Pressure
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Bounding Coordinates:
Westbound Longitude: -150
Eastbound Longitude: -140
Southbound Latitude: 75
Northbound Latitude: 78
Temporal Element:
Time Period:
Begin Position: 20030801
End Position: 20040831
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Distribution Information:
Distributor Information:
Distributor Contact:
Responsible Party:
Individual Name: NSIDC ARCSS User Services
Organization Name: NSIDC Arctic System Science Data Coordination Center
Contact:
Contact Phone:
Contact Voice Telephone: 1 303 492-6199
Contact Address:
Delivery Point: National Snow and Ice Data Center
City: Boulder
Administrative Area: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
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Website: http://nsidc.org/arcss/
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Data Acquisition Information:
Instrument Information:
Instrument:
Name: ARGOS > ARGOS Data Collection and Position Location System
Type: sensor
Instrument:
Name: BOTTOM PRESSURE GAUGES
Type: sensor
Instrument:
Name: CONDUCTIVITY METERS
Type: sensor
Instrument:
Name: PROFILERS
Type: sensor
Instrument:
Name: TEMPERATURE SENSORS
Type: sensor
Instrument:
Name: UPWARD LOOKING SONAR
Type: sensor
Platform Information:
Platform:
Name: BUOYS
Description: satellite
Instrument: N/A
Platform:
Name: MOORINGS
Description: satellite
Instrument: N/A
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