Daily and hourly CTD casts measured turbulence at the sea ice-ocean interface to study its role in sea ice formation. The dataset was collected by SCIOPS and includes two 36-hour periods of intensive hourly sampling coinciding with tidal phases. Data collection concluded in November 2005.
Use Cases
- Analyze turbulence intensity from CTD casts relative to tidal cycles like slack and full tides.
- Model the relationship between oceanographic climate variation and sea ice formation processes.
- Correlate far-field effects such as ice flexure from waves with turbulence measurements at the interface.
- Examine seasonal impacts on turbulence by comparing data from different sites and times.
Strengths
- Includes two intensive 36-hour periods of hourly CTD casts.
- Designed to examine multiple sites potentially across different seasons.
Limitations
- Unknown sample size and specific data resolution.
- Data is temporally stale, with last updates in 2005.
- Potential geographic bias limited to McMurdo Sound.
Provenance
- Source
- SCIOPS via NASA Earthdata.
- Collection Method
- Deep and shallow Conductivity, Temperature, Depth (CTD) casts taken daily and hourly.
- Time Range
- Collection included periods of hourly sampling; dataset last updated in 2005.
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- McMurdo Sound.