Arctic Ocean Mooring Data from Beaufort Gyre Project 2008-2009

Mooring B collected oceanographic measurements in the Arctic Ocean's Beaufort Gyre for 426 days. The deployment included a bottom pressure recorder with 40,908 samples and a profiler capturing 380 profiles of pressure, temperature, salinity, and velocity. The project was conducted by SCIOPS, with data collection ending in September 2009.

Use Cases

• Analyze temporal trends in bottom pressure and temperature from the 40,908 samples recorded by the bottom pressure recorder.
• Study vertical ocean structure by examining the 380 profiles of pressure, temperature, salinity, and horizontal velocity from the moored profiler.
• Investigate relationships between oceanographic variables like temperature and salinity across the 380 captured profiles.
• Use the 426-day time series of pressure data to assess seasonal variability in the Beaufort Gyre region.

Strengths

• 426-day continuous deployment provides a long-duration time series.
• Bottom pressure recorder captured a high-resolution series of 40,908 samples.
• McLane Moored Profiler collected a substantial set of 380 vertical profiles.

Limitations

• Sample data and specific column definitions are unavailable, hindering immediate analysis.
• Data from the upward looking sonar was noted as still being processed at the time of the record.
• The dataset's temporal coverage is limited to a single year (2008-2009).

Provenance

Source

SCIOPS (Beaufort Gyre Exploration Project), accessed via NASA Earthdata.

Collection Method

Data collected via an instrumented oceanographic mooring (Mooring B) deployed in the Arctic Ocean.

Time Range

2008-2009, spanning a 426-day deployment.

Freshness

Data collection concluded in 2009; the record itself was last updated in September 2009.

Geography

Beaufort Gyre region of the Arctic Ocean (specific coordinates not provided).