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Roquet, Fabien; Wunsch, Stefan; Forget, Gael; Heimbach, Patrick; Guinet, Christophe; Reverdin, Gilles; Charrassin, Jean-Benoît; Bailleul, Frederic; Costa, Daniel P; Huckstadt, Luis A; Goetz, Kimberly T; Kovacs, Kit Maureen; Lydersen, Christian; Biuw, Martin; Nøst, Ole Anders; Bornemann, Horst; Plötz, Joachim; Bester, Marthán Nieuwoudt; McIntyre, Trevor; Muelbert, Monica C; Hindell, Mark A; McMahon, Clive R; Williams, Guy; Harcourt, Robert; Field, Iain C; Chafik, Leon; Nicholls, Keith W; Boehme, Lars; Fedak, Mike A (2013): Water temperature and salinity data from southern elephant seals from Marion Island [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.831364, Supplement to: Roquet, Fabien; Wunsch, Carl; Forget, Gael; Heimbach, Patrick; Guinet, Christophe; Reverdin, Gilles; Charrassin, Jean-Benoît; Bailleul, Frederic; Costa, Daniel P; Huckstadt, Luis A; Goetz, Kimberly T; Kovacs, Kit Maureen; Lydersen, Christian; Biuw, Martin; Nøst, Ole Anders; Bornemann, Horst; Plötz, Joachim; Bester, Marthán Nieuwoudt; McIntyre, Trevor; Muelbert, Monica C; Hindell, Mark A; McMahon, Clive R; Williams, Guy; Harcourt, Robert; Field, Iain C; Chafik, Leon; Nicholls, Keith W; Boehme, Lars; Fedak, Mike A (2013): Estimates of the Southern Ocean general circulation improved by animal-borne instruments. Geophysical Research Letters, 40(23), 6176-6180, https://doi.org/10.1002/2013GL058304

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Abstract:
Over the last decade, several hundred seals have been equipped with conductivity-temperature-depth sensors in the Southern Ocean for both biological and physical oceanographic studies. A calibrated collection of seal-derived hydrographic data is now available, consisting of more than 165,000 profiles. The value of these hydrographic data within the existing Southern Ocean observing system is demonstrated herein by conducting two state estimation experiments, differing only in the use or not of seal data to constrain the system. Including seal-derived data substantially modifies the estimated surface mixedlayer properties and circulation patterns within and south of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. Agreement with independent satellite observations of sea ice concentration is improved, especially along the East Antarctic shelf. Instrumented animals efficiently reduce a critical observational gap, and their contribution to monitoring polar climate variability will continue to grow as data accuracy and spatial coverage increase.
Related to:
Quality-controlled collection of most seal-derived hydrographic data obtained in the period 2004 - 2010 in NetCDF format [dataset]. MEOP-CTD_data.nc
Project(s):
Marine Mammal Tracking (MMT)
Coverage:
Median Latitude: -49.518272 * Median Longitude: 25.654514 * South-bound Latitude: -68.808000 * West-bound Longitude: -18.433000 * North-bound Latitude: -39.220000 * East-bound Longitude: 50.827700
Date/Time Start: 2007-03-28T17:20:00 * Date/Time End: 2009-11-15T07:10:00
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)
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Datasets listed in this publication series

  1. Plötz, J; Bester, MN; Tosh, CA et al. (2008): Water temperature and salinity data from southern elephant seal MAR2007_sel_a_f_17 from Marion Island. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.706936
  2. Plötz, J; Bester, MN; Tosh, CA et al. (2008): Water temperature and salinity data from southern elephant seal MAR2007_sel_a_f_18 from Marion Island. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.706949
  3. Plötz, J; Bester, MN; Tosh, CA et al. (2008): Water temperature and salinity data from southern elephant seal MAR2007_sel_a_f_19 from Marion Island. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.706937
  4. Plötz, J; Bester, MN; Tosh, CA et al. (2008): Water temperature and salinity data from southern elephant seal MAR2007_sel_a_f_20 from Marion Island. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.706950
  5. Plötz, J; Bester, MN; Tosh, CA et al. (2008): Water temperature and salinity data from southern elephant seal MAR2007_sel_a_f_21 from Marion Island. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.706938
  6. Plötz, J; Bester, MN; Tosh, CA et al. (2008): Water temperature and salinity data from southern elephant seal MAR2007_sel_a_f_22 from Marion Island. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.706951
  7. Plötz, J; Bester, MN; Tosh, CA et al. (2008): Water temperature and salinity data from southern elephant seal MAR2007_sel_a_m_10 from Marion Island. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.706939
  8. Plötz, J; Bester, MN; Tosh, CA et al. (2008): Water temperature and salinity data from southern elephant seal MAR2007_sel_a_m_11 from Marion Island. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.706940
  9. Plötz, J; Bester, MN; Tosh, CA et al. (2008): Water temperature and salinity data from southern elephant seal MAR2007_sel_a_m_12 from Marion Island. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.706941
  10. Plötz, J; Bester, MN; Tosh, CA et al. (2008): Water temperature and salinity data from southern elephant seal MAR2007_sel_a_m_13 from Marion Island. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.706942
  11. Plötz, J; Bester, MN; Tosh, CA et al. (2008): Water temperature and salinity data from southern elephant seal MAR2007_sel_a_m_14 from Marion Island. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.706943
  12. Plötz, J; Bester, MN; Tosh, CA et al. (2008): Water temperature and salinity data from southern elephant seal MAR2007_sel_a_m_15 from Marion Island. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.706944
  13. Bester, MN; Tosh, CA; de Bruyn, PJN et al. (2009): Water temperature and salinity data from southern elephant seal MAR2008_sel_a_f_07 from Marion Island. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.714646
  14. Bester, MN; Tosh, CA; de Bruyn, PJN et al. (2009): Water temperature and salinity data from southern elephant seal MAR2008_sel_a_f_08 from Marion Island. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.714647
  15. Bester, MN; Tosh, CA; de Bruyn, PJN et al. (2009): Water temperature and salinity data from southern elephant seal MAR2008_sel_a_f_09 from Marion Island. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.714648
  16. Bester, MN; Tosh, CA; de Bruyn, PJN et al. (2009): Water temperature and salinity data from southern elephant seal MAR2008_sel_a_f_12 from Marion Island. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.714652
  17. Plötz, J; Bester, MN; Tosh, CA et al. (2009): Water temperature and salinity data from southern elephant seal MAR2008_sel_a_f_13 from Marion Island. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.714653
  18. Bester, MN; Tosh, CA; de Bruyn, PJN et al. (2009): Water temperature and salinity data from southern elephant seal MAR2008_sel_a_f_14 from Marion Island. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.714654
  19. Plötz, J; Bester, MN; Tosh, CA et al. (2009): Water temperature and salinity data from southern elephant seal MAR2008_sel_a_f_16 from Marion Island. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.714656
  20. Plötz, J; Bester, MN; Tosh, CA et al. (2009): Water temperature and salinity data from southern elephant seal MAR2008_sel_a_f_17 from Marion Island. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.714657
  21. Plötz, J; Bester, MN; Tosh, CA et al. (2009): Water temperature and salinity data from southern elephant seal MAR2008_sel_a_f_18 from Marion Island. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.714658
  22. Bester, MN; Tosh, CA; de Bruyn, PJN et al. (2009): Water temperature and salinity data from southern elephant seal MAR2008_sel_a_m_19 from Marion Island. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.714663
  23. Plötz, J; Bester, MN; Tosh, CA et al. (2009): Water temperature and salinity data from southern elephant seal MAR2008_sel_a_m_20 from Marion Island. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.714664
  24. Plötz, J; Bester, MN; Tosh, CA et al. (2009): Water temperature and salinity data from southern elephant seal MAR2008_sel_a_m_24 from Marion Island. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.714665
  25. Plötz, J; Bester, MN; Tosh, CA et al. (2009): Water temperature and salinity data from southern elephant seal MAR2008_sel_a_m_25 from Marion Island. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.714666
  26. Bester, MN; Tosh, CA; de Bruyn, PJN et al. (2010): Water temperature and salinity data from southern elephant seal MAR2009_sel_a_f_05 from Marion Island. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.734604
  27. Bester, MN; Tosh, CA; de Bruyn, PJN et al. (2010): Water temperature and salinity data from southern elephant seal MAR2009_sel_a_f_06 from Marion Island. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.734605
  28. Bester, MN; Tosh, CA; de Bruyn, PJN et al. (2010): Water temperature and salinity data from southern elephant seal MAR2009_sel_a_f_07 from Marion Island. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.734606
  29. Bester, MN; Tosh, CA; de Bruyn, PJN et al. (2010): Water temperature and salinity data from southern elephant seal MAR2009_sel_a_f_08 from Marion Island. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.734607