Beaufort Gyre Exploration Project Mooring B collected oceanographic measurements for 360 days during 2009-2010. The mooring was equipped with a bottom pressure recorder, a McLane Moored Profiler, and an upward-looking sonar. Data collection was organized by the SCIOPS organization.
Use Cases
- Analyze bottom pressure and temperature time series from 34,633 samples to study deep ocean variability.
- Examine 294 profiles of pressure, temperature, salinity, and horizontal velocity from the moored profiler for water column structure.
- Correlate temperature and salinity profiles from the moored profiler to identify distinct water masses in the Beaufort Gyre.
- Study temporal changes in oceanographic conditions over the 360-day deployment period using the time-series data.
Strengths
- 360-day continuous deployment provides a full annual cycle of observations.
- 34,633 samples of bottom pressure and temperature offer high temporal resolution.
- 294 vertical profiles capture water column properties from the moored profiler.
Limitations
- Upward-looking sonar data was still being processed at the time of publication, indicating incomplete data.
- Sample size for the profiler data (294 profiles) is limited compared to the pressure recorder time series.
- Data is from a single mooring location, limiting spatial representativeness.
Provenance
- Source
- SCIOPS organization via NASA Earthdata.
- Collection Method
- Data gathered from instruments deployed on a single oceanographic mooring in the Arctic Ocean.
- Time Range
- 2009-2010, covering a 360-day deployment.
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Beaufort Gyre region of the Arctic Ocean (specific coordinates unknown).