Hoppmann, Mario; Belter, Hans Jakob; Riemann-Campe, Kathrin; Cheng, Bin (2026): Auxiliary data from SIMBA-type sea ice mass balance buoy 2018T53 [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.967998, In: Hoppmann, M et al. (2026): Temperature and heating-induced temperature difference measurements from SIMBA-type sea ice mass balance buoy 2018T53 [dataset bundled publication]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.967907
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Published: 2026-03-12 • DOI registered: 2026-04-14
Abstract:
Temperature and heating-induced temperature difference profiles were measured through the atmosphere, sea ice, and ocean using a SIMBA-type sea ice mass balance buoy equipped with a several meter long thermistor chain. The present dataset was recorded by SIMBA 2018T53 (original name FMI_0503) installed on drifting sea ice in the Arctic Ocean during the expedition Fedorov Transdrift XXIV (TICE) in 2018. Data is available between 2018-09-11 22:35:00 and 2020-03-31 05:00:00. The thermistor chain was Variable 5 m long and included 241 sensors with a regular spacing of 2 cm. The resulting time series includes the evolution of temperature and temperature differences at 30 s and 120 s during a heating cycle of 120 s as a function of location, depth and time. The sampling intervals were usually between hourly and daily, but were most frequently configured to 6 hours for temperature, and 24 hours for temperature differences. In addition to temperatures and geographic location, barometric pressure, ~1 m air temperature, instrument tilt, and compass heading were measured. The present dataset was processed as follows: obvious inconsistencies (missing values) and unrealistic values of GPS position have been removed. This instrument was deployed as part of the project FMI.
Related to:
Preußer, Andreas; Nicolaus, Marcel; Hoppmann, Mario (2025): Snow depth, sea ice thickness and interface temperatures derived from measurements of SIMBA buoy 2018T53 [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.973375
Additional metadata:
Autonomous measurements of sea ice properties of buoy 2018T53 [webpage]. SEAICE Portal, https://data.meereisportal.de/relaunch/buoy.php?lang=en&active-tab1=method&active-tab2=buoy&buoyname=2018T53&singlemap=
Buoy Deployment Report 2018T53. 2018T53_deployment.pdf
Project(s):
Current sea ice maps for Arctic and Antarctic (meereisportal.de)
Physical Oceanography @ AWI (AWI_PhyOce)
Sea Ice Physics @ AWI (AWI_SeaIce)
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 86.524693 * Median Longitude: -124.826312 * South-bound Latitude: 80.374386 * West-bound Longitude: 0.798451 * North-bound Latitude: 89.836506 * East-bound Longitude: -0.373993
Date/Time Start: 2018-09-12T03:00:13 * Date/Time End: 2020-03-31T03:00:13
Event(s):
TICE/5_2018T53 (2018T53; FMI_0503) * Latitude Start: 80.485470 * Longitude Start: 168.403450 * Latitude End: 83.130680 * Longitude End: -12.331410 * Date/Time Start: 2018-09-11T22:00:35 * Date/Time End: 2020-03-31T05:00:00 * O2A Registry URI: https://registry.o2a-data.de/items/2760 * Location: Arctic Ocean * Method/Device: SAMS Ice Mass Balance buoy (SIMBA)
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DATE/TIME | Date/Time | Hoppmann, Mario | Geocode | ||
| 2 | LATITUDE | Latitude | Hoppmann, Mario | Geocode | ||
| 3 | LONGITUDE | Longitude | Hoppmann, Mario | Geocode | ||
| 4 | Pressure, atmospheric | PPPP | hPa | Hoppmann, Mario | ||
| 5 | Temperature, air | TTT | °C | Hoppmann, Mario | ||
| 6 | Tilt angle | Tilt | deg | Hoppmann, Mario | ||
| 7 | Compass bearing | Compass bearing | deg | Hoppmann, Mario | ||
| 8 | Quality flag, position | QF pos | Hoppmann, Mario |
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0)
Status:
Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC) * Processing Level: PANGAEA data processing level 2 (ProcLevel2)
Size:
25060 data points
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