Schlundt, Michael; Wurl, Oliver; Jaeger, Leonie (2026): Continuous thermosalinograph oceanography along RV METEOR cruise track M211 [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.988428
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Published: 2026-01-09 • DOI registered: 2026-02-14
Abstract:
Underway temperature and salinity data was collected along the cruise track with two autonomous thermosalinograph (TSG) systems, each consisting of a SBE21 TSG together with a SBE38 Thermometer. Both systems worked independent from each other throughout the cruise. While temperature is taken at the water inlet in about 5 m depth, salinity is estimated within the interior TSG from conductivity and interior temperature. No validation against independent data was performed for temperature. Salinity was validated against independent water samples. Finally, TSG1 was chosen for publication. For details to all processing steps see Data Processing Report.
Related to:
Wurl, Oliver; Albinus, Michelle; Athale, Isha; Ayim, Samuel M; Badewien, Thomas Henry; Bergfeld, Lotta; Berghöfer, May-Britt; Brinkhoff, Thorsten; Britton, Kyra Grace; Burmester, Henning; Czesla, Inken Nora; El Zahab, Maia; Falk, Nickolas Michael; Garcia, Sariah; Gatti, Ludovica; Goecke, Pia; Janßen, Kai; Jaeger, Leonie; Kehr, Mira; Kuhn, Uwe; Lehners, Carola; Michaelis, Viviane; Monroy, Diana Laura; Möller, Lea; Neumaier, Cristine Allison; Nieto-Caballero, Marina; Noisel, Christopher; Perkin, Russel; Pöppelreiter, Martin; Rauch, Carsten; Rohleder, Christian; Röttgers, Rüdiger; Simon, Meinhard; Thölen, Claudia; Uittien, Marieke; van den Heeren, Susan; Wienhausen, Gerrit; Wollschläger, Jochen; Xue, Chaoyang (2025): Freshwater fluxes over the central Atlantic Ocean, Cruise No. M211, 14.06.2025 - 27.07.2025, Nice (France) - Ponta Delgada (Portugal). METEOR-Berichte, Begutachtungspanel Forschungsschiffe, M211, 42 pp, https://doi.org/10.48433/cr_m211
Other version:
M211 salinity samples (2026). M211_salinity_samples.tab
Data processing report:
Schlundt, Michael (2026): Continuous thermosalinograph oceanography along RV METEOR cruise track M211 - Data Processing Report. GEOMAR - Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, DAM_DataProcessingReport_M211.pdf
Standard operating procedure:
Schlundt, Michael; Glemser, Barbara (2023): SOP of thermosalinograph (TSG) aboard of RV Meteor. Zenodo, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7535545
Project(s):
DAM Underway Research Data (DAM_Underway)
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 19.841853 * Median Longitude: -30.046661 * South-bound Latitude: 7.631243 * West-bound Longitude: -38.798944 * North-bound Latitude: 43.387695 * East-bound Longitude: 7.878145
Date/Time Start: 2025-06-14T18:44:00 * Date/Time End: 2025-07-25T09:50:00
Minimum DEPTH, water: 5.0 m * Maximum DEPTH, water: 5.0 m
Event(s):
M211_0_Underway-2 * Latitude Start: 43.387695 * Longitude Start: 7.735184 * Latitude End: 33.849516 * Longitude End: -26.802687 * Date/Time Start: 2025-06-14T18:44:00 * Date/Time End: 2025-07-25T09:50:00 * Campaign: M211 (Fresh Atlantic) * Basis: Meteor (1986) * Method/Device: Thermosalinograph (TSG)
Comment:
Salinity was validated independently against water samples from 1 m depth taken next to the ship (tim is the time in days since Expocode of this cruise (06M320250614), i.e. since 2025-06-14T00:00:00). Value added to salinity data TSG1 = -0.0005463*tim+0.010357. Value added to salinity data TSG2 = -0.0000029*tim+0.019717.
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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:
327688 data points
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