Dataset specification
- Title: MarineBasis Zackenberg - Water column - Mooring CTD measurements
- Description: The Greenland Ecosystem Monitoring Program has maintained a mooring in Young Sound, approximately 15 km from the outer sill (74°18.909’N, 20°16.730’W). This mooring has been serviced and re-deployed every August from 2003 to 2019. The mooring was equipped with a CTD (Sea-Bird SBE37SMP). The mean sensor depth was ~ 64 m depth (+/-3.12 m). The CTD sampling interval varied between 15 and 20 min (2003-2009) to 10 min (2009-2019). Data gaps exist due to mooring malfunction or when redeployment was hampered by ice conditions. Accuracy of the temperature and conductivity sensor is ±0.002 °C and ± 0.0003 S m-1, respectively. Water column:Water column MarineBasis Zackenberg:The MarineBasis programme collects physical, chemical and biological data from the Greenland coastal zone. Work is focused around three fjord systems, all influenced by glaciers connected to the Greenland Ice Sheet.
- DOI: 10.17897/8GPS-CE70 - https://doi.org/10.17897/8GPS-CE70
- Location/site: Zackenberg - -20.57, 74.47 (lon-lat wgs84)
- Date span of the dataset: 2003-08-20 - 2020-08-07
Data originator, license and how to download the dataset
The dataset is a product of the Greenland Ecosystem Monitoring program (GEM): https://grid.ac/institutes/grid.507580.f. It is free and open data, licensed with terms of use under the Creative Commons CC-BY-SA license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ When downloading you will automatically get a terms of use document, describing how to cite the data and other important information.
Download the dataset via this link (registration needed): http://data.g-e-m.dk/log-in/data-tables?doi=10.17897/8GPS-CE70
Variables measured / columns in dataset
| ID | Name | Unit | Data Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/8GPS-CE70&column=Station | Station | Text | Text | Mooring station sampled year-round |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/8GPS-CE70&column=Latitude+(DDM) | Latitude (DDM) | Number | Number | Latitude of monitoring station |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/8GPS-CE70&column=Longitude+(DDM) | Longitude (DDM) | Number | Number | Longitude of monitoring station |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/8GPS-CE70&column=Date | Date | Date | Date | Sampling date |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/8GPS-CE70&column=Time+(UTC) | Time (UTC) | Date | Date | Sampling time |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/8GPS-CE70&column=Pressure+(db) | Pressure (db) | Decibar | Number | Average per decibar |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/8GPS-CE70&column=Temperature+(%c2%b0C) | Temperature (°C) | deg C | Number | Sea-Bird SBE37SMP |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/8GPS-CE70&column=Salinity+(PSU) | Salinity (PSU) | PSU | Number | Density calculated by SeaBird software |