Zimmer, Florian; Nicolaus, Marcel; Salganik, Evgenii; Tao, Ran; Schiller, Martin; Elmaleh, Coralie: Positioning and telemetry from ROV survey CONTRASTS/PS149_41-1 on 2025-08-17, survey 1 [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.996607 (dataset in review), In: Zimmer, F et al.: Spectral solar radiation over and under the sea ice, spectral transmittance and transflectance and sea ice draft measured by the Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) Beast during the CONTRASTS expedition [dataset bundled publication]. PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.996560 (dataset in review)
Abstract:
The horizontal position of the remotely operated vehicle (ROV) during the CONTRASTS expedition in July and August 2025 was measured using an acoustic Long Base Line (LBL) positioning system (LinkQuest Pinpoint) with an operating frequency of 26.77-44.62kHz. It consists of a transceiver onboard the ROV and 3 transponders which were deployed on 5 m long chains through the drifting ice cover at different horizontal distances from the ROV ice access hole. Due to the high latitude and glitches in the Pinpoint software's coordinate conversions, the surveys were virtually moved and 'fake' geographic positions centered around 1°N/1°E were used. The survey track was smoothed using a Kalman filter from initial acoustic fixes and cleaned for most obvious outliers. This calibration result in a floe-fixed, relative coordinate system (distance, relative, X and distance, relative, Y) with the origin (X=0 m, Y=0 m) at the ROV hole. The final position was recorded in the SPOT.ON survey systems software (OceanModulesTM). The ROV depth was measured by an integrated pressure sensor (Keller A-21Y, Keller AG) included in the main electronics housing of the ROV and calibrated to 0 during pre-survey procedures, when the top side of the ROV was at the same level as the water surface. The accuracy of the sensor is 0.10 m. ROV attitude (roll, pitch, heading) was measured with an onboard inertial measuring unit (Microstrain) with three axis accelerometer, magnetometer, and gyroscope.
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Related to:
Nicolaus, Marcel (2026): The Expedition PS149 of the Research Vessel POLARSTERN to the Arctic Ocean in 2025. Berichte zur Polar- und Meeresforschung = Reports on Polar and Marine Research, 808, 382 pp, https://doi.org/10.57738/BZPM_0808_2026
Additional metadata:
O2A Registry: Metadata for altimeter PA500 High Precision Altimeter at current Version. Alfred Wegener Institut Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, hdl:10013/sensor.f7884e10-769c-48ea-8ba6-7bd6c04baa94
Project(s):
Arctic Amplification (AC3)
Funding:
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven (AWI), grant/award no. AWI_PS149_01: Sea Ice Physics (CONTRASTS)
German Research Foundation (DFG), grant/award no. 268020496: TRR 172: ArctiC Amplification: Climate Relevant Atmospheric and SurfaCe Processes, and Feedback Mechanisms
Horizon Europe (HorizonEU), grant/award no. 101135051: Arctic pollution in a One Health perspective – from complex challenges to sustainable solutions
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 82.921414 * Median Longitude: -12.872657 * South-bound Latitude: 82.720678 * West-bound Longitude: -12.947867 * North-bound Latitude: 83.079482 * East-bound Longitude: -12.817317
Date/Time Start: 2025-08-17T09:33:35 * Date/Time End: 2025-08-17T17:01:43
Minimum DEPTH, water: -0.10 m * Maximum DEPTH, water: 102.80 m
Event(s):
PS149_41-1 (Ice Station 3c) * Latitude Start: 83.079482 * Longitude Start: -12.947867 * Latitude End: 82.720678 * Longitude End: -12.852788 * Date/Time Start: 2025-08-16T19:55:00 * Date/Time End: 2025-08-18T22:30:07 * Elevation Start: -3407.7 m * Elevation End: -3011.6 m * O2A Registry URI: https://registry.o2a-data.de/items/8891 * Campaign: PS149 (CONTRASTS, ArcWatch 3) * Basis: Polarstern * Method/Device: Ice station (ICE) * Comment: # Ice Station 3c; Min. ice thickness 1.5m
PS149_41-1-BEAST-2 * Latitude: 82.964083 * Longitude: -12.817317 * Date/Time Start: 2025-08-17T09:33:00 * Date/Time End: 2025-08-17T09:33:00 * O2A Registry URI: https://registry.o2a-data.de/items/650 * Campaign: PS149 (CONTRASTS, ArcWatch 3) * Basis: Polarstern * Method/Device: Remotely operated sensor platform BEAST (BEAST) * Comment: Not logged in DShip. Optics, main grid
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Event label | Event | Zimmer, Florian | |||
| 2 | Station label | Station | Zimmer, Florian | |||
| 3 | DATE/TIME | Date/Time | Zimmer, Florian | Geocode | ||
| 4 | Distance, relative, X | Dist rel X | m | Zimmer, Florian | acoustic LBL (Long BaseLine)-positioning | |
| 5 | Distance, relative, Y | Dist rel Y | m | Zimmer, Florian | acoustic LBL (Long BaseLine)-positioning | |
| 6 | DEPTH, water | Depth water | m | Zimmer, Florian | Pressure sensor, Keller A-21Y | Geocode |
| 7 | Heading | Head | deg | Zimmer, Florian | Inertial measuring unit, Microstrain | |
| 8 | Roll angle | Roll | deg | Zimmer, Florian | Inertial measuring unit, Microstrain | |
| 9 | Pitch angle | Pitch | deg | Zimmer, Florian | Inertial measuring unit, Microstrain |
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Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)
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