Hoppmann, Mario; Tippenhauer, Sandra; Rohde, Sven (2026): Continuous thermosalinograph oceanography along RV HEINCKE cruise track HE659 [dataset]. Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.993555 (DOI registration in progress)
Always quote citation above when using data! You can download the citation in several formats below.
Published: 2026-05-05
Abstract:
Raw data acquired by a thermosalinograph (SBE21, Sea-Bird GmbH) in combination with an external temperature sensor (SBE38, Sea-Bird GmbH) aboard RV Heincke were processed to generate a calibrated, quality-controlled dataset of seawater temperature and salinity. The raw sensor data were initially retrieved from the DSHIP database (https://dship.awi.de) at a temporal resolution of 1 second and converted into temperature and conductivity using the pre-deployment calibration coefficients. The thermosalinograph system aboard RV Heincke is typically replaced after each expedition season, with a recalibration conducted at the manufacturer's facilities after each exchange. After post-cruise recalibration of the instruments, additional correction factors were calculated and applied to account for sensor drift. Salinity was calculated from internally measured temperatures and conductivities following the Practical Salinity Scale (PSS-78). The processed dataset is provided as 1-minute averages of salinity and seawater external temperature, synchronized with the positional data from the expedition's master track. Quality flags were assigned in accordance with the SeaDataNet Data Quality Control Procedures (May 2010).
Related to:
Hoppmann, Mario; Tippenhauer, Sandra (2026): Continuous thermosalinograph oceanography along RV HEINCKE cruise track HE659 - Data Processing Report. FIELAX - Gesellschaft für wissenschaftliche Datenverarbeitung mbH, HE659_TSG_nav.pdf
Rohde, Sven (2025): Master tracks in different resolutions of HEINCKE cruise HE659, Bremerhaven - Bremerhaven, 2025-04-14 - 2025-04-29 [dataset]. Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.982622
Rohde, Sven; Neumann, Andreas; Minutolo, Fabrizio; Hoffmann, Jasper; Sander, Lasse; Breyer, Gavin; Bartholomä, Alexander (2025): MGF North Sea II: Effects of the exclusion of bottom-contact fishing on benthic habitats in the Natura 2000 sites 'Sylt Outer Reef' and 'Borkum Reef Ground', Cruise No. HE659, 14.04. - 29.04.2025, Bremerhaven (Germany) - Bremerhaven (Germany). HEINCKE-Berichte, Begutachtungspanel Forschungsschiffe, HE659, 54 pp, https://doi.org/10.48433/cr_he659
Project(s):
DAM Underway Research Data (DAM_Underway)
Physical Oceanography @ AWI (AWI_PhyOce)
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 54.248902 * Median Longitude: 6.862711 * South-bound Latitude: 53.722014 * West-bound Longitude: 6.167827 * North-bound Latitude: 55.139644 * East-bound Longitude: 8.121282
Date/Time Start: 2025-04-14T08:58:00 * Date/Time End: 2025-04-29T00:56:00
Minimum DEPTH, water: 2.0 m * Maximum DEPTH, water: 2.0 m
Event(s):
HE659_0_Underway-3 * Latitude Start: 53.797357 * Longitude Start: 8.142469 * Latitude End: 53.853629 * Longitude End: 7.950753 * Date/Time Start: 2025-04-14T08:43:01 * Date/Time End: 2025-04-29T00:54:38 * Elevation Start: -13.0 m * Elevation End: -18.0 m * O2A Registry URI: https://registry.o2a-data.de/items/8558 * Campaign: HE659 (MGFNorthSea-II) * Basis: Heincke * Method/Device: Thermosalinograph (TSG)
Parameter(s):
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:
126594 data points
Download Data
View dataset as HTML (shows only first 2000 rows)