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S1 Mooring single point current meter data @ 1000m
This dataset comprises measurements from moored single point current meter, collected by the S1 Mooring, which is managed by the Institute of Polar Sciences of the National Research Council (CNR) and National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics (OGS). The data was gathered on the Fram Strait south of the Spitsbergen in an open-sea area strongly influenced by both the interaction between Atlantic (northward-moving) and Arctic (southward-moving) waters as well as by the presence and winter formation of sea ice and atmospheric forcing. The S1 Mooring was anchored at about 1040 meters depth, since June 2014. and is part of the SIOS-Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System, developed to observe the impacts of climate change, including the rapid loss of sea ice cover, the retreat of local glaciers, and the Atlantification of Arctic seas. The single point current meters mounted at 1000 m measure: sea-water currents intensity and direction.
time, latitude, longitude, depth, eastward_sea_water_velocity, northward_sea_water_velocity
moorings activities in the Fram Strait since 2014
This dataset comprises measurements from S1 Mooring, which is managed by the Institute of Polar Sciences of the National Research Council (CNR) and National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics (OGS). The data was gathered on the Fram Strait south of the Spitsbergen in an open-sea area strongly influenced by both the interaction between Atlantic (northward-moving) and Arctic (southward-moving) waters as well as by the presence and winter formation of sea ice and atmospheric forcing. To understand these dynamics, a deep-water oceanographic S1 Mooring was anchored at about 1040 meters depth, since June 2014 and is part of the SIOS-Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System, developed to observe the impacts of climate change, including the rapid loss of sea ice cover, the retreat of local glaciers, and the Atlantification of Arctic seas. The CTD sensor mounted at 785 m measures sea-water temperature and salinity. The acquisition of this time series data is still ongoing and will continue, bolstered by the inclusion of this infrastructure within the framework of the Italian PNRR project ITINERIS. This ensures sustained data collection and further enhances our understanding of the observed environmental changes.
time, latitude, longitude, depth, sea_water_temperature, sea_water_practical_salinity
Permafrost Release Into The Marine System In A Warming Arctic (PRIMA) Data about Physical and chemical oceanography and vertical fluxes of sedimentary material from Mooring Aldo Pontremoli (MAP) and geochemical biomarker data from sediment core. Instrument: SBE56, SBE37, Sediment trap Technicap PPS 4/3, GC-MS
Physical and chemical in-situ measurements of the water column.
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Snow sampling every week near Gruvebadet (Svalbard)
Exploring groUNDwater-surface watER interactions in High Arctic catchments - UNDER
Characterisation of water dynamics to overcome the information gaps on hydrologic processes in glaciated and unglaciated catchments in southern Spitsbergen. Physical-chemical and isotopic monitoring of streams, piezometers and springs located in Hornsund. The data were generated with support from the following funding sources: INTERACT (2024) and UNDER (2025).
? Arctic Present Climate Change and Past Extreme Events (CCT-IP)
RIS: 3471 ARCA aims to develop a conceptual model on the mechanism(s) behind the release of large volumes of cold and fresh water from melting of ice caps, investigating this complex system from both paleoclimatic and modern air-sea-ice interaction process point of view. ARCA fits well within the Italian Strategy for Arctic. Testing and calibration of sensors measurement of vertical profile of turbulence, meteorological paramaters and characterisitic of the snow surface.
mechanism(s) behind the release of large volumes of cold and fresh water from melting of ice caps, and modern air-sea-ice interaction process point of view.
This dataset comprises measurements from moored multiparametric probe, collected by the Aldo Pontremoli Mooring (MAP), which is managed by the Institute of Polar Sciences of the National Research Council (CNR). The Aldo Pontremoli Mooring (MAP), operated by the Institute of Polar Sciences of the National Research Council (CNR), has been active in the Kongsfjord, located in the Svalbard archipelago, since September, 2020. The instrument collect physical and biogeochemical Essential Ocean Variables, including sea water temperature, conductivity, oxygen, concentration and related salinity and density anomaly. This activity is part of the Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System (SIOS), which aims to monitor the impacts of climate change, such as the rapid loss of sea ice cover, the retreat of local glaciers, and the Atlantification of Arctic seas. Time series acquisition is ongoing and will continue, supported by funding from JRA ENI-CNR. The project's goal is to analyse the environmental feeback related to the material released into the marine environment due to permafrost melting. Reactivated permafrost can have significant consequences for both climate and the environment by contributing to the release of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere and pollutants into aquatic ecosystems
time, latitude, longitude, depth, sea_water_pressure, sea_water_temperature, sea_water_electrical_conductivity, sea_water_practical_salinity, sea_water_density, mole_concentration_of_dissolved_molecular_oxygen_in_sea_water
MAP moorings activities in the Kongsfjord since 2020
This dataset comprises measurements from S1 Mooring, which is managed by the Institute of Polar Sciences of the National Research Council (CNR) and National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics (OGS). The data was gathered on the Fram Strait south of the Spitsbergen in an open-sea area strongly influenced by both the interaction between Atlantic (northward-moving) and Arctic (southward-moving) waters as well as by the presence and winter formation of sea ice and atmospheric forcing. To understand these dynamics, a deep-water oceanographic S1 Mooring was anchored at about 1040 meters depth, since June 2014 and is part of the SIOS-Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System, developed to observe the impacts of climate change, including the rapid loss of sea ice cover, the retreat of local glaciers, and the Atlantification of Arctic seas. The temperature sensor mounted at 970 m measures sea-water temperature. The acquisition of this time series data is still ongoing and will continue, bolstered by the inclusion of this infrastructure within the framework of the Italian PNRR project ITINERIS. This ensures sustained data collection and further enhances our understanding of the observed environmental changes.
time, latitude, longitude, depth, sea-water_temperature
Underwateracoustics 2014 (KUAM and CALVINGSEIS)
Study of the noise generated by glaciers for quantification of geo-physical processes, wide band frequency acoustic recorders will be placed in the Kongsfjorden during the spring-autumn period. Moreover, the biological sound will be also collected and the interacting with the geo-physical and anthropogenic sounds will be evaluated. Instrument : SM2U.
bioacoustics, ice dynamics, glacier dynamics acoustics, whale, seal, marine soundscape
Underwater acoustic recording in the frequency band 8-96000 Hz in three sites of Kongsfjorden
Italian National Research Council - Institute of Polar Sciences
National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics - OGS
National Research Council - Institute of Research of Terrestrial Ecosystem