Southern Ocean and South East Pacific Ocean

Atmospheric humidity; Vertical velocity of the water column (currents); Moored instrument depth; Salinity of the water column; Temperature of the water column; Metadata parameters; Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column; Sound velocity and travel time in the water column; Horizontal spatial co-ordinates; Platform or instrument orientation; Electrical conductivity of the water column; Transmittance and attenuance of the water column; Air temperature; Density of the water column; Air pressure; Wind strength and direction; Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents)

Anemometers; current profilers; thermosalinographs; multi-beam echosounders; altimeters; bench fluorometers; acoustic velocity systems; water temperature sensor; meteorological packages

The Carbon Uptake and Seasonal Traits in Antarctic Remineralisation Depth (CUSTARD) data set comprises hydrographic data, including measurements of temperature, salinity and currents, complemented by bathymetric, meteorological and nutrient data. All the observational data from the project were collected at, and south of, the Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) Global Southern Ocean Array, located south-west of Chile. Data collection activities span from November 2018 to January 2020 over 3 cruises (DY096, DY111 and DY112). The main aim of the CUSTARD project is to quantify the seasonal drivers of carbon fluxes in a region of the Southern Ocean upper limb, and estimate how long different quantities of carbon are kept out of the atmosphere based on the water flow routes at the observed remineralisation depths. The lead grant was funded by the NERC grant reference NE/P021247/1 with child grants NE/P021328/1, NE/P021336/1, NE/P021263/1. NE/P021247/1 was held at the National Oceanography Centre, led by Adrian Martin. Child grants were lead by Mark Moore of University of Southampton, Simon Ussher of University of Plymouth and Dorothee Bakker of University of East Anglia respectively.

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