Citation:

PANGAEA.996589

Name: Physical oceanography from mooring KPO_1161
Published: 2026-08-24
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Keywords: Mooring; physical data; subpolar North Atlantic

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Published: 2026-08-24 • DOI registered: 2026-10-02

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Abstract:

This data set contains quality-controlled observations from a GEOMAR mooring deployment. Depending on the mooring configuration, measurements may include pressure, temperature, conductivity, dissolved oxygen, and current velocity recorded by oceanographic instruments throughout the deployment period.

Data Processing: Instruments equipped with pressure, temperature, conductivity, and oxygen sensors were calibrated in situ immediately before deployment and after recovery by attaching them to the CTD frame during CTD/O2 casts. Sensor readings were compared with calibrated CTDO2 observations during dedicated calibration stops lasting several minutes. Correction terms were derived from the differences between the moored instruments and the CTDO measurements and subsequently applied to the complete deployment records. Calibration-stop results were additionally validated using nearby CTD observations obtained during the deployment (CTD data of deployment cruise: https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.963942) and recovery cruises (CTD data of recovery cruise: https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.928976). This procedure enables the detection and correction of potential sensor drift and provides estimates of calibration and measurement uncertainties. Details of the deployment and recovery operations are documented in the corresponding cruise reports.

Keyword(s):

Mooring; physical data; subpolar North Atlantic

Related to:

Karstensen, Johannes; Atamanchuk, Dariia; Barboni, Alexandre; Bendinger, Arne; Fonseca-Batista, Debany; Fried, Nora; Holliday, Naomi Penny; Hundsdörfer, Marie; Kerrigan, Elizabeth; Leimann, Ilmar; Normandeau, Claire; Oltmanns, Marilena; v. Oppeln-Bronikowski, Nicolai; Ribbe, Joachim; Schmidtko, Sunke; Suits, Thea; Willis, Ciara (2019): Water mass transport and transformation in the western SPNA, Cruise No. MSM74, May 25 - June 26, 2018, St. John's (Canada) - Reykjavik (Iceland), Western SPNA transport. MARIA S. MERIAN-Berichte, Gutachterpanel Forschungsschiffe, MSM74, 54 pp, https://doi.org/10.2312/cr_msm74

Karstensen, Johannes; Atamanchuk, Dariia; Bendinger, Arne; Fried, Nora; Fupsova, Katerina; Handmann, Patricia; Klein, Amelie; Körner, Mareike; Oltmanns, Marilena; Schmidt, Christina; Schmidt, Henrike; Siddall, Greg; Wiskandt, Jonathan; Zou, Sijia (2016): Subpolar gyre variability, Cruise No. MSM54, May 12 - June 04, 2016, St. John's (Canada) - Reykjavik (Iceland). MARIA S. MERIAN-Berichte, DFG-Senatskommission für Ozeanographie, MSM54, 42 pp, https://doi.org/10.2312/cr_msm54

Source:

Physical oceanography from mooring KPO_1161 in nc format (2026) [dataset]. kpo_1161.zip

Data processing report:

Data processing report of KPO_1161 (2026). kpo_1161_processing_report.pdf

Standard operating procedure:

Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for GEOMAR Mooring Data Processing (2026). Mooring_Processing_v2.pdf

Project(s):

North Atlantic Climate (NACLIM)

Optimizing and Enhancing the Integrated Atlantic Ocean Observing System (AtlantOS)

Regional Atlantic Circulation and global Change II (RACE-II)

Funding:

Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), grant/award no. 03F0729C: Role of the tropical Atlantic for climate variability in the Atlantic sector (RACE II)

Horizon 2020 of the European Commission (H2020), grant/award no. 633211 : Optimizing and Enhancing the Integrated Atlantic Ocean Observing System

National Science Foundation (NSF), grant/award no. OCE-1947829: GOHSNAP Gases in the Overturning and Horizontal circulation of the Subpolar North Atlantic Program

Seventh Framework Programme of the European Commission (FP7), grant/award no. 308299 : North Atlantic Climate

Coverage:

Median Latitude: 53.278492 * Median Longitude: -50.514958 * South-bound Latitude: 53.248330 * West-bound Longitude: -50.579330 * North-bound Latitude: 53.308830 * East-bound Longitude: -50.430160

Date/Time Start: 2016-05-12T19:59:00 * Date/Time End: 2018-05-27T20:00:00

Minimum DEPTH, water: -0.94 m * Maximum DEPTH, water: 3137.46 m

Event(s):

MSM54_338-1 (De-DSOW2) * Latitude Start: 53.308830 * Longitude Start: -50.430160 * Latitude End: 53.283830 * Longitude End: -50.497330 * Date/Time Start: 2016-05-20T17:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2016-05-20T20:12:00 * Elevation Start: -3276.4 m * Elevation End: -3218.4 m * Campaign: * Basis: * Method/Device: Mooring (MOOR) * Comment: KPO 1161 Deployment

MSM74_9-1 (KPO 1161) * Latitude Start: 53.248330 * Longitude Start: -50.553010 * Latitude End: 53.272980 * Longitude End: -50.579330 * Date/Time Start: 2018-05-27T12:56:00 * Date/Time End: 2018-05-27T15:37:00 * Elevation Start: -3162.0 m * Elevation End: -3153.0 m * Campaign: * Basis: * Method/Device: Mooring (MOOR) * Comment: DSOW2 recovered

Comment:

instrument = Label:kpo_1161_02 File:kpo_1161_instr_02.nc Type:Seabird MicroCat 37-IM with pressure SN:02713

instrument = Label:kpo_1161_05 File:kpo_1161_instr_05.nc Type:Aanderaa RCM 8 SN:09930 depth/pressure data was at least partially derived and not directly measured, consult quality flags for details

instrument = Label:kpo_1161_06 File:kpo_1161_instr_06.nc Type:Seabird MicroCat 37-IMP with pressure SN:10661

instrument = Label:kpo_1161_07 File:kpo_1161_instr_07.nc Type:Aanderaa RCM 8 SN:10076 depth/pressure data was at least partially derived and not directly measured, consult quality flags for details

instrument = Label:kpo_1161_09 File:kpo_1161_instr_09.nc Type:Aanderaa RCM 8 SN:10558 depth/pressure data was at least partially derived and not directly measured, consult quality flags for details

instrument = Label:kpo_1161_10 File:kpo_1161_instr_10.nc Type:Seabird MicroCat 37-IMP with pressure SN:10660

Parameter(s):

#	Name	Short Name	Unit	Principal Investigator	Comment
1	Sample code/label	Sample label		Dilmahamod, Ahmad Fehmi
2	DATE/TIME	Date/Time		Dilmahamod, Ahmad Fehmi	Geocode
3	DEPTH, water	Depth water	m	Dilmahamod, Ahmad Fehmi	Geocode
4	Quality flag, water depth	QF water depth		Dilmahamod, Ahmad Fehmi
5	Pressure, water	Press	dbar	Dilmahamod, Ahmad Fehmi
6	Quality flag, water pressure	QF water press		Dilmahamod, Ahmad Fehmi
7	Temperature, water	Temp	°C	Dilmahamod, Ahmad Fehmi
8	Quality flag, water temperature	QF water temp		Dilmahamod, Ahmad Fehmi
9	Salinity	Sal		Dilmahamod, Ahmad Fehmi
10	Quality flag, salinity	QF sal		Dilmahamod, Ahmad Fehmi
11	Current velocity, east-west	Cur vel U	cm/s	Dilmahamod, Ahmad Fehmi
12	Quality flag, current velocity	QF cur vel		Dilmahamod, Ahmad Fehmi
13	Current velocity, north-south	Cur vel V	cm/s	Dilmahamod, Ahmad Fehmi
14	Quality flag, current velocity	QF cur vel		Dilmahamod, Ahmad Fehmi

License:

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0)

Status:

Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)

Size:

2876688 data points

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