Irminger Sea, Iceland to Greenland section (section along 64° 20minN), Denmark Strait (ADCP current meter)

Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column; Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column; Partial pressure (pCO2) and fugacity (fCO2) of carbon dioxide in the water column; Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column; Salinity of the water column; Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents); Silicate concentration parameters in the water column; Temperature of the water column; Total dissolved inorganic carbon (TCO2) concentration in the water column

Current profilers; CTD; discrete water samplers

ASOF aims to measure and model the variability of fluxes between the Arctic Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean with the view to implementing a longer-term system of critical measurements needed to understand the high-latitude ocean's steering role in decadal climate variability. ASOF's domain is structured around six main regional tasks intended to meet the ASOF goal of measuring the key ocean exchanges between the Arctic Ocean and Subarctic Seas and their impact both on the overturning circulation of the Northern North Atlantic and the Water Cycle. A 7th modelling task will provide the necessary link between the regional tasks. ASOF is an element of inter-SEARCH (International Study of Environmental Arctic Change) and an endorsed project of CLIVAR (Climate Variability and Predictability Study). The MRI data set includes CTD, nutrients, carbon dioxide, CFC and ADCP measurements.

Marine Research Institute
School Road 4 101 Reykjavík
Reykjavik


Iceland