Snow water equivalent at the Gruvebadet Snow Resarch Site

The dataset includes fourteen seawater surface sampling points taken with Niskin bottles on board the MS-Teisten (Kings Bay)

Continuous physical-chemical monitoring (1 measurement each 15 min) performed by a CTD probe and a turbidity sensor installed at the Bayelva river near the new bridge. Measurements are carried out during summer period, from the beginning of the melting season to beginning of autumn when the water start freezing.

Atlantification of Arctic ocean is causing a sharp increase in temperature and salinity around Svalbard Islands and in Kongsfjorden. Such phenomenon and the input of sediment-rich glacial meltwater influence salinity, water column turbidity, and light penetration with ecological implications on the microbial features.

The dataset includes the sediment and biota sampling point in Svalbard Archipelago, along Krossfjorden and Kongsfjorden. Sediment was sampled with the grab from the MS-Teisten (Kings Bay) while amphipods were sampled from the coast with nets (Polar Circle - NPI).