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Arctic Water Temperature-Depth Data (1992)
Data set information
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General | |
Data holding centre | Scott Polar Research Institute |
Country | United Kingdom ![]() |
Time period | August 1992 |
Ongoing | No |
Geographical area | Greenland Sea - 3 transects in region 75degN-79degN, 10degW-10degE |
Observations | |
Parameters | Temperature of the water column |
Instruments | Bathythermographs |
Description | |
Summary | The work was done as part of Norsk Polarinstitutt cruise R/V Lance 1992, in cooperation with the UK Hydrographic Office and the IOS Deacon Laboratory/James Rennell Centre. The first transect shows the temperature signature of the various water masses in the Greenland sea gyre. The second two transects enter the polar water masses and marginal ice zone from the West Spitzbergen Current. |
Originators | Scott Polar Research Institute |
References | Wells, S., and Huddleston, M. (1992) XBT Data for the R/V Lance Cruise 17th-31st August 1992., Technical Report 92-3, 20 pp., Sea Ice Group, Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge, England. |
Availability | |
Organisation | Scott Polar Research Institute |
Availability | By negotiation |
Contact | Enquiries |
Address | Scott Polar Research Institute |
Telephone | +44 1223 336540 |
enquiries@spri.cam.ac.uk | |
Administration | |
Collating centre | British Oceanographic Data Centre |
Local identifier | 1018013 |
Global identifier | 292 |
Last revised | 2009-10-15 |