Abstract
The cruise KH 2018-709 aboard the Research Vessel Kronprins Haakon was the second process cruise of the project the Nansen Legacy. The cruise contributed to task T1-2, on process studies to investigate the atmospheric, oceanographic, radiative and other physical controls on sea ice and stratification, with a general aim to identify and quantify the processes that control the heat budget north of Svalbard and in the Barents Sea. The cruise aimed to deploy oceanographic moorings and gliders, an AUV, a remotely piloted unmanned aircraft, controlled meteorological balloons, collect underway measurements from ship-mounted ocean current profilers, wind profilers, radiometer and wave sensors, and collect ocean stratification, currents, and microstructure profiles along selected transects across the north Spitsbergen shelf and slope. Additionally, wave sensors were deployed at ice floes from ice edge into pack ice. This report provides an overview of the methods employed and the data collected.
Highlights
The cruise KH 2018-709 aboard the Research Vessel Kronprins Haakon is the second process cruise of the project the Nansen LEGACY
Following the procedure recommended by UNESCO [1988], only data within the 95% confidence interval are used to correct the calibration of the conductivity temperature depth (CTD) conductivity
Histogram of ΔC = CCTD – CBot, difference of conductivity measured by CTD and inferred from bottle salinity, is approximately normally distributed Following the recommendations given by Seabird Electronics, the conductivity values are corrected by the formula, Cnew = m Cold, where m is the slope calculated by n åaibi m=
Summary
The cruise KH 2018-709 aboard the Research Vessel Kronprins Haakon is the second process cruise of the project the Nansen LEGACY. The project will provide a scientific knowledge base needed for future sustainable resource management in the transitional Barents Sea and the adjacent Arctic Basin. It is a collaborative project between ten Norwegian research institutions, and will run between 2018 and 2023. The first LEGACY cruise aboard Kristine Bonnevie conducted ocean mixing process studies in July 2018 in the region west and north of Svalbard. This report provides an overview of the methods employed and the data collected
Sign-in/Register to view highlights & summary Sign-in/Register to access full text options 
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a call
