Mooring D collected 33,177 samples of bottom pressure and temperature over a 376-day deployment in the Arctic Ocean. The dataset also includes 336 profiles of salinity and horizontal velocity from a moored profiler. The Beaufort Gyre Exploration Project, organized by SCIOPS, deployed this instrument from 2005 to 2006.
Use Cases
- Analyze bottom pressure and temperature time-series to study seasonal variability and deep ocean processes.
- Use the 336 profiler casts of pressure, temperature, and salinity to model water column stratification.
- Correlate horizontal velocity profiles from the moored profiler with atmospheric forcing data.
- Study the Beaufort Gyre's freshwater content using the collected salinity profiles.
Strengths
- 376-day continuous deployment provides a full annual cycle of observations.
- 336 high-resolution vertical profiles capture water column structure.
- 33,177 pressure and temperature samples offer a dense time-series.
Limitations
- Upward looking sonar failed, so no sea ice thickness or draft data is available.
- Single mooring location limits spatial representativeness of findings.
- Data is from 2005-2006 and may not reflect current Arctic conditions.
Provenance
- Source
- Beaufort Gyre Exploration Project via NASA Earthdata.
- Collection Method
- Data collected from an instrumented oceanographic mooring equipped with a bottom pressure recorder and a McLane Moored Profiler.
- Time Range
- 2005 to 2006 (376-day deployment).
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Arctic Ocean, Beaufort Gyre region (specific coordinates unknown).