WHOI Ice Tethered Profiler #5: Arctic Ocean Temperature and Salinity Profiles, 2006-2007

Arctic Ocean data from an ice-tethered profiler deployed for 450 days from September 7, 2006, to December 1, 2007. The profiler, operated by SCIOPS, completed 1095 profiles of temperature, salinity, and pressure between 7 and 760 meters depth over one year. The surface buoy transmitted status data for an additional 85 days.

Use Cases

• Modeling Arctic Ocean water column structure based on temperature and salinity profiles.
• Analyzing seasonal variability in oceanographic conditions based on the one-year, high-frequency sampling schedule.
• Studying instrument performance and data continuity based on the profiler and buoy operational timelines.

Strengths

• Contains 1095 high-resolution profiles of temperature, salinity, and pressure.
• Provides a continuous, high-frequency time series with 3 profiles per day for exactly one year.
• Deployment spanned 450 days, offering extended operational context.

Limitations

• Last updated 2008-10-30 23:59:59.999000; freshness should be verified.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect temporal and geographic bias inherent to a single instrument deployment.

Provenance

Source

SCIOPS

Collection Method

Data collected by an automated Ice-Tethered Profiler (ITP) unit operating on a fixed sampling schedule.

Time Range

2006-09-07 to 2007-12-01

Freshness

2008-10-30 23:59:59.999000

Geography

Arctic Ocean (specific deployment location not specified)