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Dataset Title/Abstract/Map	NSF Award(s)	Date Created	PIs / Scientists	Project Links	Abstract	Geometry
NBP1704 CTD sensor data	1341606	2021-01-12	Stammerjohn, Sharon	Collaborative Research: Seasonal Sea Ice Production in the Ross Sea, Antarctica	Ocean profile data from a SeaBird SBE 911plus CTD package deployed on the NBP1704 PIPERS cruise in the Ross Sea \(Apr 11 to Jun 10, 2017\)\\.	["POLYGON((-180 -59.9,-179.53 -59.9,-179.06 -59.9,-178.59 -59.9,-178.12 -59.9,-177.65 -59.9,-177.18 -59.9,-176.71 -59.9,-176.24 -59.9,-175.77 -59.9,-175.3 -59.9,-175.3 -61.68,-175.3 -63.46,-175.3 -65.24,-175.3 -67.02,-175.3 -68.8,-175.3 -70.58,-175.3 -72.36,-175.3 -74.14,-175.3 -75.92,-175.3 -77.7,-175.77 -77.7,-176.24 -77.7,-176.71 -77.7,-177.18 -77.7,-177.65 -77.7,-178.12 -77.7,-178.59 -77.7,-179.06 -77.7,-179.53 -77.7,180 -77.7,178.36 -77.7,176.72 -77.7,175.08 -77.7,173.44 -77.7,171.8 -77.7,170.16 -77.7,168.52 -77.7,166.88 -77.7,165.24 -77.7,163.6 -77.7,163.6 -75.92,163.6 -74.14,163.6 -72.36,163.6 -70.58,163.6 -68.8,163.6 -67.02,163.6 -65.24,163.6 -63.46,163.6 -61.68,163.6 -59.9,165.24 -59.9,166.88 -59.9,168.52 -59.9,170.16 -59.9,171.8 -59.9,173.44 -59.9,175.08 -59.9,176.72 -59.9,178.36 -59.9,-180 -59.9))"]
High-resolution nearshore benthic seawater temperature from around McMurdo Sound, Antarctica (2017-2019)	1644196	2021-01-03	Cziko, Paul	Habitat Severity and Internal Ice in Antarctic Notothenioid Fishes	Nearshore benthic seawater temperature (plus pressure and salinity for some sites) in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica for 2017-2019. Data includes those from standalone temperature (sometimes pressure) for several sites around McMurdo Sound as well as data from the cabled McMurdo Oceanographic Observatory moored conductivity-temperature-depth (CTD) sensor at the McMurdo Station seawater intake jetty. Data are from high precision SeaBird sensors (SBE56, SBE39, SBE19Plus and SBE37), with sample intervals from 90 sec to 15 min, depending on site. Sampled sites include Explorer's Cove at New Harbor, Cape Evans, Granite Harbor, and the McMurdo Station jetty. All sensors were deployed near or on the benthos at 20-25 m deep, in typical nearshore benthic fish and invertebrate habitat.	["POLYGON((162.647931 -77.000624,163.049652 -77.000624,163.451373 -77.000624,163.853094 -77.000624,164.254815 -77.000624,164.656536 -77.000624,165.058257 -77.000624,165.459978 -77.000624,165.861699 -77.000624,166.26342 -77.000624,166.665141 -77.000624,166.665141 -77.0856883,166.665141 -77.1707526,166.665141 -77.2558169,166.665141 -77.3408812,166.665141 -77.4259455,166.665141 -77.5110098,166.665141 -77.5960741,166.665141 -77.6811384,166.665141 -77.7662027,166.665141 -77.851267,166.26342 -77.851267,165.861699 -77.851267,165.459978 -77.851267,165.058257 -77.851267,164.656536 -77.851267,164.254815 -77.851267,163.853094 -77.851267,163.451373 -77.851267,163.049652 -77.851267,162.647931 -77.851267,162.647931 -77.7662027,162.647931 -77.6811384,162.647931 -77.5960741,162.647931 -77.5110098,162.647931 -77.4259455,162.647931 -77.3408812,162.647931 -77.2558169,162.647931 -77.1707526,162.647931 -77.0856883,162.647931 -77.000624))"]
NBP0505 CTD data	0338137	2020-07-17	Wellner, Julia; Anderson, John	Collaborative Research: Controls on Sediment Yields from Tidewater Glaciers from Patagonia to Antarctica	Raw CTD data from expedition NBP0505 collected with the Aanderaa and Seacat CTD systems	["POLYGON((-76 -45.5,-75.2 -45.5,-74.4 -45.5,-73.6 -45.5,-72.8 -45.5,-72 -45.5,-71.2 -45.5,-70.4 -45.5,-69.6 -45.5,-68.8 -45.5,-68 -45.5,-68 -46.43,-68 -47.36,-68 -48.29,-68 -49.22,-68 -50.15,-68 -51.08,-68 -52.01,-68 -52.94,-68 -53.87,-68 -54.8,-68.8 -54.8,-69.6 -54.8,-70.4 -54.8,-71.2 -54.8,-72 -54.8,-72.8 -54.8,-73.6 -54.8,-74.4 -54.8,-75.2 -54.8,-76 -54.8,-76 -53.87,-76 -52.94,-76 -52.01,-76 -51.08,-76 -50.15,-76 -49.22,-76 -48.29,-76 -47.36,-76 -46.43,-76 -45.5))"]
Processed Current Measurement, Pressure and Temperature Data from the Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge Spreading acquired during R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer expedition NBP1508 (2015)	1235094	2020-07-02	Thurnherr, Andreas	Collaborative Research: Flow, Turbulence and Mixing in Mid-Ocean Ridge Fracture Zone Canyons	This data set was acquired with a Nortek Aquadopp Current Meter during R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer expedition NBP1508 conducted in 2015 (Chief Scientist: Dr. Louis St.Laurent, Investigator: Dr. Andreas Thurnherr). These data files are of NetCDF format and include Current Measurement, Pressure and Temperature data that were processed after acquisition. Data were acquired as part of the project(s): Collaborative Research: Flow, Turbulence and Mixing in Mid-Ocean Ridge Fracture Zone Canyons. Funding was provided by NSF award(s): OCE12-35094.	["POINT(-14.5787 -21.1215)"]
Processed Current Measurement, Pressure, Salinity and Temperature Data from the Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge Spreading acquired during R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer expedition NBP1508	1235094	2020-07-02	Thurnherr, Andreas	Collaborative Research: Flow, Turbulence and Mixing in Mid-Ocean Ridge Fracture Zone Canyons	This data set was acquired with a McLane Research Laboratories and Inc. MMP Mooring Profiler during R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer expedition NBP1508 conducted in 2015 (Chief Scientist: Dr. Louis St.Laurent, Investigator: Dr. Andreas Thurnherr). These data files are of NetCDF format and include Current Measurement, Pressure, Salinity and Temperature data that were processed after acquisition. Data were acquired as part of the project(s): Collaborative Research: Flow, Turbulence and Mixing in Mid-Ocean Ridge Fracture Zone Canyons. Funding was provided by NSF award(s): OCE12-35094.	["POLYGON((-14.5787 -20.9223,-14.49208 -20.9223,-14.40546 -20.9223,-14.31884 -20.9223,-14.23222 -20.9223,-14.1456 -20.9223,-14.05898 -20.9223,-13.97236 -20.9223,-13.88574 -20.9223,-13.79912 -20.9223,-13.7125 -20.9223,-13.7125 -20.94222,-13.7125 -20.96214,-13.7125 -20.98206,-13.7125 -21.00198,-13.7125 -21.0219,-13.7125 -21.04182,-13.7125 -21.06174,-13.7125 -21.08166,-13.7125 -21.10158,-13.7125 -21.1215,-13.79912 -21.1215,-13.88574 -21.1215,-13.97236 -21.1215,-14.05898 -21.1215,-14.1456 -21.1215,-14.23222 -21.1215,-14.31884 -21.1215,-14.40546 -21.1215,-14.49208 -21.1215,-14.5787 -21.1215,-14.5787 -21.10158,-14.5787 -21.08166,-14.5787 -21.06174,-14.5787 -21.04182,-14.5787 -21.0219,-14.5787 -21.00198,-14.5787 -20.98206,-14.5787 -20.96214,-14.5787 -20.94222,-14.5787 -20.9223))"]
Processed Temperature, Salinity, and Current Measurement Data from the Amundsen Sea acquired during the Nathaniel B. Palmer expedition NBP0901	0632282	2020-06-25	Huber, Bruce; Jacobs, Stanley	IPY/ASEP - Collaborative International Research: Amundsen Sea Influence on West Antarctic Ice Sheet Stability and Sea Level Rise.	This data set was derived from data acquired during Nathaniel B. Palmer expedition NBP0901 conducted in 2009 (Chief Scientist: Dr. Stan Jacobs; Investigator(s): Dr. Stan Jacobs and Dr. Bruce Huber). These data files are of Matlab Binary format and include Current Measurement, Salinity, and Temperature data and were processed after data collection. Data were acquired as part of the project(s): Collaborative International Research: Amundsen Sea Influence on West Antarctic Ice Sheet Stability and Sea Level Rise, Shedding dynamic light on iron limitation: The interplay of iron limitation and dynamic irradiance conditions in governing the phytoplankton distribution in the Ross Sea, and Collaborative Research: Sampling the ocean - sea ice interaction in the Pacific center of the Antarctic Dipole, and funding was provided by NSF grant(s): OPP06-32282.	["POLYGON((-130 -64,-126.5 -64,-123 -64,-119.5 -64,-116 -64,-112.5 -64,-109 -64,-105.5 -64,-102 -64,-98.5 -64,-95 -64,-95 -65.15,-95 -66.3,-95 -67.45,-95 -68.6,-95 -69.75,-95 -70.9,-95 -72.05,-95 -73.2,-95 -74.35,-95 -75.5,-98.5 -75.5,-102 -75.5,-105.5 -75.5,-109 -75.5,-112.5 -75.5,-116 -75.5,-119.5 -75.5,-123 -75.5,-126.5 -75.5,-130 -75.5,-130 -74.35,-130 -73.2,-130 -72.05,-130 -70.9,-130 -69.75,-130 -68.6,-130 -67.45,-130 -66.3,-130 -65.15,-130 -64))"]
Processed CTD Data from the Larsen Ice Shelf near Antarctica acquired during the Nathaniel B. Palmer expedition NBP1203	0732651 1141890	2020-06-25	Huber, Bruce; Gordon, Arnold	Cape Adare Long Term Moorings (CALM): Analysis Phase Collaborative Research in IPY: Abrupt Environmental Change in the Larsen Ice Shelf System, a Multidisciplinary Approach -- Cryosphere and Oceans	This data set was acquired with a Sea-Bird SBE 9Plus CTD during Nathaniel B. Palmer expedition NBP1203 conducted in 2012 (Chief Scientist: Dr. Maria Vernet; Investigator(s): Dr. Bruce Huber and Dr. Arnold Gordon). These data files are of Matlab Binary format and include Current Measurement, Salinity, and Temperature data and were processed after data collection. Funding was provided by NSF grant(s): ANT11-41890.	["POLYGON((-63 -60,-62.2 -60,-61.4 -60,-60.6 -60,-59.8 -60,-59 -60,-58.2 -60,-57.4 -60,-56.6 -60,-55.8 -60,-55 -60,-55 -60.5,-55 -61,-55 -61.5,-55 -62,-55 -62.5,-55 -63,-55 -63.5,-55 -64,-55 -64.5,-55 -65,-55.8 -65,-56.6 -65,-57.4 -65,-58.2 -65,-59 -65,-59.8 -65,-60.6 -65,-61.4 -65,-62.2 -65,-63 -65,-63 -64.5,-63 -64,-63 -63.5,-63 -63,-63 -62.5,-63 -62,-63 -61.5,-63 -61,-63 -60.5,-63 -60))"]
Processed CTD Data from the Larsen Ice Shelf in Antarctica acquired during the Nathaniel B. Palmer expedition NBP1001	0732651 0732467	2020-06-25	Huber, Bruce; Gordon, Arnold	Collaborative Research in IPY: Abrupt Environmental Change in the Larsen Ice Shelf System, a Multidisciplinary Approach - Marine and Quaternary Geosciences Collaborative Research in IPY: Abrupt Environmental Change in the Larsen Ice Shelf System, a Multidisciplinary Approach -- Cryosphere and Oceans	This data set was acquired with a Sea-Bird SBE 9Plus CTD during Nathaniel B. Palmer expedition NBP1001 conducted in 2010 (Chief Scientist: Dr. Eugene Domack; Investigator(s): Dr. Bruce Huber and Dr. Arnold Gordon). These data files are of Matlab Binary format and include Temperature, Current Measurement, and Salinity data and were processed after data collection. Data were acquired as part of the project(s): Collaborative Research in IPY: Abrupt Environmental Change in the LARsen Ice Shelf System, Antarctica (LARISSA), and funding was provided by NSF grant(s): ANT07-32467.	["POLYGON((-68 -60,-66.7 -60,-65.4 -60,-64.1 -60,-62.8 -60,-61.5 -60,-60.2 -60,-58.9 -60,-57.6 -60,-56.3 -60,-55 -60,-55 -60.6,-55 -61.2,-55 -61.8,-55 -62.4,-55 -63,-55 -63.6,-55 -64.2,-55 -64.8,-55 -65.4,-55 -66,-56.3 -66,-57.6 -66,-58.9 -66,-60.2 -66,-61.5 -66,-62.8 -66,-64.1 -66,-65.4 -66,-66.7 -66,-68 -66,-68 -65.4,-68 -64.8,-68 -64.2,-68 -63.6,-68 -63,-68 -62.4,-68 -61.8,-68 -61.2,-68 -60.6,-68 -60))"]
Processed CurrentMeter Data from the Ross Sea near Antarctica acquired during the Nathaniel B. Palmer expedition NBP0801	0538148 0542456	2020-06-25	Huber, Bruce; Gordon, Arnold	Cape Adare Long-term Mooring (CALM) Collaborative Research: Do Crustacean Zooplankton Play a Pivotal Role in Structuring Heterotrophic Plankton Communities in the Ross Sea?	This data set was acquired with a CurrentMeter during Nathaniel B. Palmer expedition NBP0801 conducted in 2008 (Chief Scientist: Dr. David Caron; Investigator(s): Dr. Bruce Huber and Dr. Arnold Gordon). These data files are of Matlab Binary format and include Current Measurement, Salinity, and Temperature data and were processed after data collection. Data were acquired as part of the project(s): Cape Adare Long-term Mooring (CALM) and Collaborative Research:Do crustacean zooplankton play a pivotal role in structuring heterotrophic plankton communities., and funding was provided by NSF grant(s): ANT05-38148 and ANT05-42456.	["POLYGON((169 -70.5,169.4 -70.5,169.8 -70.5,170.2 -70.5,170.6 -70.5,171 -70.5,171.4 -70.5,171.8 -70.5,172.2 -70.5,172.6 -70.5,173 -70.5,173 -70.65,173 -70.8,173 -70.95,173 -71.1,173 -71.25,173 -71.4,173 -71.55,173 -71.7,173 -71.85,173 -72,172.6 -72,172.2 -72,171.8 -72,171.4 -72,171 -72,170.6 -72,170.2 -72,169.8 -72,169.4 -72,169 -72,169 -71.85,169 -71.7,169 -71.55,169 -71.4,169 -71.25,169 -71.1,169 -70.95,169 -70.8,169 -70.65,169 -70.5))"]
Processed CurrentMeter Data from the Adare Basin near Antarctica acquired during the Nathaniel B. Palmer expedition NBP1101	0538148 0839039	2020-06-25	Huber, Bruce; Gordon, Arnold	Cape Adare Long-term Mooring (CALM) Collaborate Research:Modified Circumpolar Deep Water Intrusions as an Iron Source to the Summer Ross Sea Ecosystem	This data set was acquired with a CurrentMeter during Nathaniel B. Palmer expedition NBP1101 conducted in 2011 (Chief Scientist: Dr. Josh Kohut; Investigator(s): Dr. Bruce Huber and Dr. Arnold Gordon). These data files are of Matlab Binary format and include Temperature, Current Measurement, and Salinity data and were processed after data collection. Data were acquired as part of the project(s): Ross Sea Expedition, and funding was provided by NSF grant(s): ANT08-39039.	["POLYGON((172 -71,172.1 -71,172.2 -71,172.3 -71,172.4 -71,172.5 -71,172.6 -71,172.7 -71,172.8 -71,172.9 -71,173 -71,173 -71.1,173 -71.2,173 -71.3,173 -71.4,173 -71.5,173 -71.6,173 -71.7,173 -71.8,173 -71.9,173 -72,172.9 -72,172.8 -72,172.7 -72,172.6 -72,172.5 -72,172.4 -72,172.3 -72,172.2 -72,172.1 -72,172 -72,172 -71.9,172 -71.8,172 -71.7,172 -71.6,172 -71.5,172 -71.4,172 -71.3,172 -71.2,172 -71.1,172 -71))"]
Processed ADCP Sonar and CTD Data from the Maud Rise acquired during the Nathaniel B. Palmer expedition NBP0506	0337159	2020-06-25	McPhee, Miles G.	Collaborative Research: The Maud Rise Nonlinear Equation of State Study (MaudNESS)	This data set was acquired with a ADCP Sonar and CTD during Nathaniel B. Palmer expedition NBP0506 conducted in 2005 (Chief Scientist: Dr. Miles McPhee). These data files are of MATLAB format and include Turbulence, Salinity, and Temperature data that have not been processed. Data were acquired as part of the project(s): Maud rise Non-linear Equation of State Study, and funding was provided by NSF grant(s): ANT03-37159.	["POLYGON((-2 -62,-1 -62,0 -62,1 -62,2 -62,3 -62,4 -62,5 -62,6 -62,7 -62,8 -62,8 -62.42,8 -62.84,8 -63.26,8 -63.68,8 -64.1,8 -64.52,8 -64.94,8 -65.36,8 -65.78,8 -66.2,7 -66.2,6 -66.2,5 -66.2,4 -66.2,3 -66.2,2 -66.2,1 -66.2,0 -66.2,-1 -66.2,-2 -66.2,-2 -65.78,-2 -65.36,-2 -64.94,-2 -64.52,-2 -64.1,-2 -63.68,-2 -63.26,-2 -62.84,-2 -62.42,-2 -62))"]
Eddy covariance air-sea momentum, heat, and carbon dioxide fluxes in the Southern Ocean from the N.B. Palmer cruise NBP1402	1043623	2020-05-01	Miller, Scott; Butterworth, Brian	Air-Sea Fluxes of Momentum, Heat, and Carbon Dioxide at High Wind Speeds in the Southern Ocean	This dataset contains meteorological and air-sea flux data (momentum, heat, and CO2 fluxes; CO2 gas transfer velocity) collected during the the Nathaniel B. Palmer expedition NBP1402 conducted in 2014. The files are of XLS format.	["POLYGON((117.5 -47,120.35 -47,123.2 -47,126.05 -47,128.9 -47,131.75 -47,134.6 -47,137.45 -47,140.3 -47,143.15 -47,146 -47,146 -49.04,146 -51.08,146 -53.12,146 -55.16,146 -57.2,146 -59.24,146 -61.28,146 -63.32,146 -65.36,146 -67.4,143.15 -67.4,140.3 -67.4,137.45 -67.4,134.6 -67.4,131.75 -67.4,128.9 -67.4,126.05 -67.4,123.2 -67.4,120.35 -67.4,117.5 -67.4,117.5 -65.36,117.5 -63.32,117.5 -61.28,117.5 -59.24,117.5 -57.2,117.5 -55.16,117.5 -53.12,117.5 -51.08,117.5 -49.04,117.5 -47))"]
Summer Oceanographic Measurements near the Mertz Polynya NBP0008	9909374 9725024	2019-03-11	Jacobs, Stanley; Mele, Phil; Smethie, W. M.; Mortlock, R. A.	Shelf and Bottom Water Formation Near East Antarctic Polynyas and Glaciers Circumpolar Deep Water and the West Antarctic Ice Sheet	Summer Oceanographic Measurements near the Mertz Polynya (140-150E) on NB Palmer Cruise 00-08. These are processed, high resolution CTD and bottle data files; Standard level listings and station listings and plots.	["POLYGON((140 -65.5,141 -65.5,142 -65.5,143 -65.5,144 -65.5,145 -65.5,146 -65.5,147 -65.5,148 -65.5,149 -65.5,150 -65.5,150 -65.75,150 -66,150 -66.25,150 -66.5,150 -66.75,150 -67,150 -67.25,150 -67.5,150 -67.75,150 -68,149 -68,148 -68,147 -68,146 -68,145 -68,144 -68,143 -68,142 -68,141 -68,140 -68,140 -67.75,140 -67.5,140 -67.25,140 -67,140 -66.75,140 -66.5,140 -66.25,140 -66,140 -65.75,140 -65.5))"]
AU1402 mooring data	1313826	2018-12-24	Orsi, Alejandro	Collaborative Research: Totten Glacier System and the Marine Record of Cryosphere - Ocean Dynamics	An array of three moorings (M1-M3) with current meters, temperature, conductivity, and pressure (TCP) recorders were deployed along the eastern flank of the continental shelf off Sabrina Coast, at the main path of the Antarctic Coastal Current indicated by the uCTD data collected earlier during the cruise. These three US mooring were deployed at the 625-m (M1), 620-m (M2) and 1051-m (M3) isobaths. M1 was recovered on 25 February 2014, with a full data return from all of its instruments; whereas M2 and M3 were recovered in early 2015 on board of the Australian RVI Aurora Australis next year (cruise AU1402). The location and schematics of the mooring array design is described below, and also provided among the uploaded files.	["POLYGON((119 -66,119.3 -66,119.6 -66,119.9 -66,120.2 -66,120.5 -66,120.8 -66,121.1 -66,121.4 -66,121.7 -66,122 -66,122 -66.1,122 -66.2,122 -66.3,122 -66.4,122 -66.5,122 -66.6,122 -66.7,122 -66.8,122 -66.9,122 -67,121.7 -67,121.4 -67,121.1 -67,120.8 -67,120.5 -67,120.2 -67,119.9 -67,119.6 -67,119.3 -67,119 -67,119 -66.9,119 -66.8,119 -66.7,119 -66.6,119 -66.5,119 -66.4,119 -66.3,119 -66.2,119 -66.1,119 -66))"]
AU1402 Final UCTD data	1143833	2018-12-24	Orsi, Alejandro	Collaborative Research: Totten Glacier System and the Marine Record of Cryosphere - Ocean Dynamics	Underway Salinity (Conductivity), Temperature, Depth (Pressure) profiles from AU1402, final, reduced, quality control version. Data are reported as an ascii table suitable for import to Ocean Data View.	["POLYGON((119 -66,119.3 -66,119.6 -66,119.9 -66,120.2 -66,120.5 -66,120.8 -66,121.1 -66,121.4 -66,121.7 -66,122 -66,122 -66.1,122 -66.2,122 -66.3,122 -66.4,122 -66.5,122 -66.6,122 -66.7,122 -66.8,122 -66.9,122 -67,121.7 -67,121.4 -67,121.1 -67,120.8 -67,120.5 -67,120.2 -67,119.9 -67,119.6 -67,119.3 -67,119 -67,119 -66.9,119 -66.8,119 -66.7,119 -66.6,119 -66.5,119 -66.4,119 -66.3,119 -66.2,119 -66.1,119 -66))"]
NBP1402 Final UCTD data	1143833	2018-12-23	Orsi, Alejandro	Collaborative Research: Totten Glacier System and the Marine Record of Cryosphere - Ocean Dynamics	Underway Salinity (Conductivity), Temperature, Depth (Pressure) profiles from NBP1402, final, reduced, quality control version. Data are reported as an ascii table suitable for import to Ocean Data View.	["POLYGON((117 -64,119.9 -64,122.8 -64,125.7 -64,128.6 -64,131.5 -64,134.4 -64,137.3 -64,140.2 -64,143.1 -64,146 -64,146 -64.4,146 -64.8,146 -65.2,146 -65.6,146 -66,146 -66.4,146 -66.8,146 -67.2,146 -67.6,146 -68,143.1 -68,140.2 -68,137.3 -68,134.4 -68,131.5 -68,128.6 -68,125.7 -68,122.8 -68,119.9 -68,117 -68,117 -67.6,117 -67.2,117 -66.8,117 -66.4,117 -66,117 -65.6,117 -65.2,117 -64.8,117 -64.4,117 -64))"]
Nearshore pH, temperature, (salinity, depth) at mooring sites in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, Overwinter 2011-2016	1246202 0944201	2018-12-05	Hoshijima, Umihiko; Hofmann, Gretchen; Kapsenberg, Lydia	Ocean Acidification Seascape: Linking Natural Variability and Anthropogenic changes in pH and Temperature to Performance in Calcifying Antarctic Marine Invertebrates	This dataset consists of measurements made of pH (total scale) and temperature at various sites in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica with autonomous DuraFET® - based pH sensors. Sensors logged every 4 hours and ran until batteries were exhausted. Sensors were calibrated with water samples following best practices from Dickson et al (2007). Details of select years from this dataset are provided in Kapsenberg et al(2015).	["POLYGON((163.5281 -77.5715,163.84105 -77.5715,164.154 -77.5715,164.46695 -77.5715,164.7799 -77.5715,165.09285 -77.5715,165.4058 -77.5715,165.71875 -77.5715,166.0317 -77.5715,166.34465 -77.5715,166.6576 -77.5715,166.6576 -77.59928,166.6576 -77.62706,166.6576 -77.65484,166.6576 -77.68262,166.6576 -77.7104,166.6576 -77.73818,166.6576 -77.76596,166.6576 -77.79374,166.6576 -77.82152,166.6576 -77.8493,166.34465 -77.8493,166.0317 -77.8493,165.71875 -77.8493,165.4058 -77.8493,165.09285 -77.8493,164.7799 -77.8493,164.46695 -77.8493,164.154 -77.8493,163.84105 -77.8493,163.5281 -77.8493,163.5281 -77.82152,163.5281 -77.79374,163.5281 -77.76596,163.5281 -77.73818,163.5281 -77.7104,163.5281 -77.68262,163.5281 -77.65484,163.5281 -77.62706,163.5281 -77.59928,163.5281 -77.5715))"]
Sabrina Coast mooring data - sediment trap mooring 2014	1143834	2017-11-15	Huber, Bruce	Collaborative Research: Totten Glacier System and the Marine Record of Cryosphere - Ocean Dynamics	Time series of temperature and salinity from a sediment trap mooring deployed during NBP1402 on 04 March 2014 at 66S 11, 122 E 30.2, depth 547 m. The mooring was recovered from Aurora Australis on 26 December 2014	["POINT(120.5 -66.2)"]
Seasonal Succession of Bacterial Communities in Coastal Waters of the Western Antarctic Peninsula	1141993	2017-06-12	Rich, Jeremy	Collaborative Research: Microbial Community Assembly in Coastal Waters of the Western Antarctic Peninsula	From winter to late summer during the 2013-2014 season at Palmer Station, Antarctica, we collected weekly to bi-weekly samples of the seawater intake to measure changes in bacterial community composition, based on sequencing 16S rRNA genes. Along with the sequences, we collected data on environmental parameters in the samples (chlorophyll a, bacterial production, salinity, nutrients, bacterial cell numbers, and particulate organic carbon and nitrogen).	["POINT(-64.05 -64.77)"]
Weddell seals as autonomous sensors of the winter oceanography of the Ross Sea	0838937	2014-01-01	Costa, Daniel Paul	Collaborative Research: Weddell seals as autonomous sensors of the winter oceanography of the Ross Sea	Marine mammals of the Southern Ocean have evolved diverse life history patterns and foraging strategies to accommodate extreme fluctuations in the physical and biological environment. In light of ongoing climate change and the dramatic shifts in the extent and persistence of sea ice in the Ross Sea, it is critical to understand how Weddell seals, Leptonychotes weddellii, a key apex predator, select and utilize foraging habitats. Recent advances in satellite-linked animal-borne conductivity, temperature and depth (CTD) tags make it possible to simultaneously collect data on seal locations, their diving patterns, and the temperature and salinity profiles of the water columns they utilize. In other ecosystems, such data have revealed that marine predators selectively forage in areas where currents and fronts serve to locally concentrate prey resources, and that these conditions are required to sustain populations. Weddell seals will be studied in McMurdo Sound and at Terra Nova Bay, Ross Sea and will provide the first new data on Weddell seal winter diving behavior and habitat use in almost two decades. The relationship between an animal's diving behavior and physical habitat has enormous potential to enhance monitoring studies and to provide insight into how changes in ice conditions (due either to warming or the impact of large icebergs, such as B15) might impact individual time budgets and foraging success. The second thrust of this project is to use the profiles obtained from CTD seal tags to model the physical oceanography of this region. Current mathematical models of physical oceanographic processes in the Southern Ocean are directed at better understanding the role that it plays in global climate processes, and the linkages between physical and biological oceanographic processes. However, these efforts are limited by the scarcity of oceanographic data at high latitudes in the winter months; CTD tags deployed on animals will collect data at sufficient spatial and temporal resolution to improve data density. The project will contribute to two IPY endorsed initiatives: MEOP (Marine Mammals as Explorers of the Ocean Pole to Pole) and CAML (Census of Antarctic Marine Life). In addition, the highly visual nature of the data and analysis lends itself to public and educational display and outreach, particularly as they relate to global climate change, and we have collaborations with undergraduate and graduate training programs, the Seymour Marine Discovery Center, and the ARMADA program to foster these broader impacts.	["POLYGON((162 -75,162.7 -75,163.4 -75,164.1 -75,164.8 -75,165.5 -75,166.2 -75,166.9 -75,167.6 -75,168.3 -75,169 -75,169 -75.3,169 -75.6,169 -75.9,169 -76.2,169 -76.5,169 -76.8,169 -77.1,169 -77.4,169 -77.7,169 -78,168.3 -78,167.6 -78,166.9 -78,166.2 -78,165.5 -78,164.8 -78,164.1 -78,163.4 -78,162.7 -78,162 -78,162 -77.7,162 -77.4,162 -77.1,162 -76.8,162 -76.5,162 -76.2,162 -75.9,162 -75.6,162 -75.3,162 -75))"]
Weddell seals as autonomous sensors of the winter oceanography of the Ross Sea	0838892	2013-01-01	Burns, Jennifer	Collaborative Research: Weddell seals as autonomous sensors of the winter oceanography of the Ross Sea	Marine mammals of the Southern Ocean have evolved diverse life history patterns and foraging strategies to accommodate extreme fluctuations in the physical and biological environment. In light of ongoing climate change and the dramatic shifts in the extent and persistence of sea ice in the Ross Sea, it is critical to understand how Weddell seals, Leptonychotes weddellii, a key apex predator, select and utilize foraging habitats. Recent advances in satellite-linked animal-borne conductivity, temperature and depth (CTD) tags make it possible to simultaneously collect data on seal locations, their diving patterns, and the temperature and salinity profiles of the water columns they utilize. In other ecosystems, such data have revealed that marine predators selectively forage in areas where currents and fronts serve to locally concentrate prey resources, and that these conditions are required to sustain populations. Weddell seals will be studied in McMurdo Sound and at Terra Nova Bay, Ross Sea and will provide the first new data on Weddell seal winter diving behavior and habitat use in almost two decades. The relationship between an animal's diving behavior and physical habitat has enormous potential to enhance monitoring studies and to provide insight into how changes in ice conditions (due either to warming or the impact of large icebergs, such as B15) might impact individual time budgets and foraging success. The second thrust of this project is to use the profiles obtained from CTD seal tags to model the physical oceanography of this region. Current mathematical models of physical oceanographic processes in the Southern Ocean are directed at better understanding the role that it plays in global climate processes, and the linkages between physical and biological oceanographic processes. However, these efforts are limited by the scarcity of oceanographic data at high latitudes in the winter months; CTD tags deployed on animals will collect data at sufficient spatial and temporal resolution to improve data density. The project will contribute to two IPY endorsed initiatives: MEOP (Marine Mammals as Explorers of the Ocean Pole to Pole) and CAML (Census of Antarctic Marine Life). In addition, the highly visual nature of the data and analysis lends itself to public and educational display and outreach, particularly as they relate to global climate change, and we have collaborations with undergraduate and graduate training programs, the Seymour Marine Discovery Center, and the ARMADA program to foster these broader impacts.	["POLYGON((162 -75,162.7 -75,163.4 -75,164.1 -75,164.8 -75,165.5 -75,166.2 -75,166.9 -75,167.6 -75,168.3 -75,169 -75,169 -75.3,169 -75.6,169 -75.9,169 -76.2,169 -76.5,169 -76.8,169 -77.1,169 -77.4,169 -77.7,169 -78,168.3 -78,167.6 -78,166.9 -78,166.2 -78,165.5 -78,164.8 -78,164.1 -78,163.4 -78,162.7 -78,162 -78,162 -77.7,162 -77.4,162 -77.1,162 -76.8,162 -76.5,162 -76.2,162 -75.9,162 -75.6,162 -75.3,162 -75))"]
The Sea Ice System in Antarctic Summer, Oden Southern Ocean Expedition (OSO 2010-11)	0839053	2013-01-01	Ackley, Stephen	The Sea Ice System in Antarctic Summer, Oden Southern Ocean Expedition (OSO 2010-11)	Several aspect of the seasonal melting and reformation cycle of Antarctic sea ice appear to be divergent from those occurring in the Arctic. This is most clearly demonstrated by the dramatic diminishing extent and thinning of the Arctic sea ice, to be contrasted to the changes in Antarctic sea-ice extent, which recently (decadaly) shows small increases. Current climate models do not resolve this discrepancy which likely results from both a lack of relevant observational sea-ice data in the Antarctic, along with inadequacies in the physical parameterization of sea-ice properties in climate models. Researchers will take advantage of the cruise track of the I/B Oden during transit through the Antarctic sea-ice zones in the region of the Bellingshausen, Amundsen and Ross (BAR) seas on a cruise to McMurdo Station. Because of its remoteness and inaccessibility, the BAR region is of considerable scientific interest as being one of the last under described and perhaps unexploited marine ecosystems left on the planet. A series of on station and underway observations of sea ice properties will be undertaken, thematically linked to broader questions of summer ice survival and baseline physical properties (e.g. estimates of heat and salt fluxes). In situ spatiotemporal variability of sea-ice cover extent, thickness and snow cover depths will be observed.	["POLYGON((-180 -67.05,-170.9866 -67.05,-161.9732 -67.05,-152.9598 -67.05,-143.9464 -67.05,-134.933 -67.05,-125.9196 -67.05,-116.9062 -67.05,-107.8928 -67.05,-98.8794 -67.05,-89.866 -67.05,-89.866 -68.1033,-89.866 -69.1566,-89.866 -70.2099,-89.866 -71.2632,-89.866 -72.3165,-89.866 -73.3698,-89.866 -74.4231,-89.866 -75.4764,-89.866 -76.5297,-89.866 -77.583,-98.8794 -77.583,-107.8928 -77.583,-116.9062 -77.583,-125.9196 -77.583,-134.933 -77.583,-143.9464 -77.583,-152.9598 -77.583,-161.9732 -77.583,-170.9866 -77.583,180 -77.583,178.57 -77.583,177.14 -77.583,175.71 -77.583,174.28 -77.583,172.85 -77.583,171.42 -77.583,169.99 -77.583,168.56 -77.583,167.13 -77.583,165.7 -77.583,165.7 -76.5297,165.7 -75.4764,165.7 -74.4231,165.7 -73.3698,165.7 -72.3165,165.7 -71.2632,165.7 -70.2099,165.7 -69.1566,165.7 -68.1033,165.7 -67.05,167.13 -67.05,168.56 -67.05,169.99 -67.05,171.42 -67.05,172.85 -67.05,174.28 -67.05,175.71 -67.05,177.14 -67.05,178.57 -67.05,-180 -67.05))"]
Geochemistry and Microbiology of the Extreme Aquatic Environment in Lake Vida, East Antarctica	0739698 0739681	2013-01-01	Murray, Alison	Collaborative Research: Geochemistry and Microbiology of the Extreme Aquatic Environment in Lake Vida, East Antarctica	Lake Vida is the largest lake of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, with an approximately 20 m ice cover overlaying a brine of unknown depth with at least 7 times seawater salinity and temperatures below -10 degrees C year-round. Samples of brine collected from ice above the main water body contain 1) the highest nitrous oxide levels of any natural water body on Earth, 2) unusual geochemistry including anomalously high ammonia and iron concentrations, 3) high microbial counts with an unusual proportion (99%) of ultramicrobacteria. The microbial community is unique even compared to other Dry Valley Lakes. The research proposes to enter, for the first time the main brine body below the thick ice of Lake Vida and perform in situ measurements, collect samples of the brine column, and collect sediment cores from the lake bottom for detailed geochemical and microbiological analyses. The results will allow the characterization of present and past life in the lake, assessment of modern and past sedimentary processes, and determination of the lake's history. The research will be conducted by a multidisciplinary team that will uncover the biogeochemical processes associated with a non-photosynthetic microbial community isolated for a significant period of time. This research will address diversity, adaptive mechanisms and evolutionary processes in the context of the physical evolution of the environment of Lake Vida. Results will be widely disseminated through publications, presentations at national and international meetings, through the Subglacial Antarctic Lake Exploration (SALE) web site and the McMurdo LTER web site. The research will support three graduate students and three undergraduate research assistants. The results will be incorporated into a new undergraduate biogeosciences course at the University of Illinois at Chicago which has an extremely diverse student body, dominated by minorities.	["POINT(161.931 -77.3885)"]
Modeled Radar Attenuation Rate Profile at the Vostok 5G Ice Core Site, Antarctica	0538674	2011-08-15	Macgregor, Joseph A.; Matsuoka, Kenichi; Studinger, Michael S.	Collaborative Research: Deciphering the Deep Ice and the Ice-water Interface over Lake Vostok Using Existing Radar Data	This data set provides a modeled radar attenuation rate profile, showing the predicted contributions from pure ice and impurities to radar attenuation at the Vostok 5G ice core site in Antarctica, as well as the total attenuation rate and its formal uncertainty. The model data are based on borehole temperature logs, concentrations of major soluble ions measured from melted ice core samples, and information about the electrical conductivity of ice. Attenuation rates and their spatial variability are important constraints for radar studies of ice sheets. Parameters include depth, total attenuation rate, and attenuation rate contribution from pure ice, acidity, and salinity. Data are available via FTP as a text file (.txt) with columns in comma separated value format.	["POINT(73.17 -78.47)"]
Habitat Utilization of Southern Ocean Seals: Foraging Behavior of Crabeater and Elephant Seals Using Novel Methods of Oceanographic Data Collection	0440687	2010-01-01	Klinck, John M.; Costa, Daniel Paul; Crocker, Daniel; Goebel, Michael; Hofmann, Eileen	Habitat Utilization of Southern Ocean Seals: Foraging Behavior of Crabeater and Elephant Seals Using Novel Methods of Oceanographic Data Collection	As long-lived animals, marine mammals must be capable of accommodating broad variations in food resources over large spatial and temporal scales. While this is true of all marine mammals, variation in the physical and biological environmental is particularly profound in the Southern Ocean. A basic understanding of the foraging behavior and habitat utilization of pelagic predators requires knowledge of this spatial and temporal variation, coupled with information of how they respond to these changes. Current understanding of these associations is primarily limited to population level studies where animal abundance has been correlated with oceanography. Although these studies are informative, they cannot provide insights into the strategies employed by individual animals nor can they provide insights into the spatial or temporal course of these interactions. Recent technological advances in instrumentation make it possible to extend an understanding beyond the simple linkage of prey and predator distributions with environmental features. The key to understanding the processes that lead to high predator abundance is the identification of the specific foraging behaviors associated with different features of the water column. This study will accomplish these objectives by combining accurate positional data, measures of diving and foraging behavior, animal-derived water-column temperature and salinity data, and available oceanographic data. This project will examine the foraging behavior and habitat utilization of two species of contrasting foraging ecology, the southern elephant seal, Mirounga leonina, and the crabeater seal, Lobodon carcinophagus in the Western Antarctic Peninsula, a region of strong environmental gradients. Although these two species are phylogenetically related, they utilize substantially different but adjacent habitat types. Southern elephant seals are predominantly pelagic, moving throughout the southern ocean, venturing occasionally into the seasonal pack ice whereas crabeater seals range throughout the seasonal pack ice, venturing occasionally into open water. The relationship of specific foraging behaviors and animal movement patterns to oceanographic and bathymetric features develop and test models of the importance of these features in defining habitat use will be determined along with a comparison of how individuals of each species respond to annual variability in the marine environment. The physical oceanography of the Southern Ocean is inherently complex as are the biological processes that are intrinsically linked to oceanographic processes. Significant resources are currently being directed toward developing mathematical models of physical oceanographic processes with the goals of better understanding the role that the Southern Ocean plays in global climate processes, predicting the responses of ocean and global scale processes to climate change, and understanding the linkages between physical and biological oceanographic processes. These efforts have been limited by the scarcity of oceanographic data in the region, especially at high latitudes in the winter months. This study will provide new and significant oceanographic data on temperature and salinity profiles in to further the understanding of the dynamics of the upper water column of west Antarctic Peninsula continental shelf waters. Outreach activities include website development and an association with a marine education program at the Monterrey Bay Aquarium Research Institute.	["POLYGON((-64 -60,-63 -60,-62 -60,-61 -60,-60 -60,-59 -60,-58 -60,-57 -60,-56 -60,-55 -60,-54 -60,-54 -60.4,-54 -60.8,-54 -61.2,-54 -61.6,-54 -62,-54 -62.4,-54 -62.8,-54 -63.2,-54 -63.6,-54 -64,-55 -64,-56 -64,-57 -64,-58 -64,-59 -64,-60 -64,-61 -64,-62 -64,-63 -64,-64 -64,-64 -63.6,-64 -63.2,-64 -62.8,-64 -62.4,-64 -62,-64 -61.6,-64 -61.2,-64 -60.8,-64 -60.4,-64 -60))"]
Ice Nucleation by Marine Psychrophiles	0801392	2010-01-01	Swanson, Brian	Ice Nucleation by Marine Psychrophiles	The primary objective of this research is to investigate polar marine psychrophilic bacteria for their potential to nucleate ice using a combination of microbiological, molecular biological and atmospheric science approaches in the laboratory. Very little is known about how psychrophiles interact and cope with ice or their adaptations to conditions of extreme cold and salinity. This work will involve a series of laboratory experiments using a novel freeze-tube technique for assaying freezing spectra which will provide quantitative information on: (i) the temperature-dependent freezing rates for heterogeneously frozen droplets containing sea-ice bacteria, (ii) the proportional occurrence of ice-nucleation activity versus anti-freeze activity among sea-ice bacterial isolates and (iii) the temperature-dependent freezing rates of bacteria with ice-nucleation activity grown at a range of temperatures and salinities. The compound(s) responsible for the observed activity will be identified, which is an essential step towards the development of an in-situ bacterial ice-nucleation detection assay that can be applied in the field to Antarctic water and cloud samples. One of the goals of this work is to better understand survival and cold adaptation processes of polar marine bacteria confronted with freezing conditions in sea ice. Since sea ice strongly impacts polar, as well as the global climates, this research is of significant interest because it will also provide data for accessing the importance of bacterial ice nucleation in the formation of sea ice. These measurements of ice-nucleation rates will be the first high-resolution measurements for psychrophilic marine bacteria. Another goal is to better understand the impact of bacterial ice initiation processes in polar clouds by making high-resolution measurements of nucleation rates for cloud bacteria found over Arctic and Antarctic regions. Initial measurements indicate these bacteria nucleate ice at warmer temperatures and the effect in polar regions may be quite important, since ice can strongly impact cloud dynamics, cloud radiative properties, precipitation formation, and cloud chemistry. If these initial measurements are confirmed, the data collected here will be important for improving the understanding of polar cloud processes and models. A third goal is to better understand the molecular basis of marine bacterial ice nucleation by characterizing the ice-nucleation compound and comparing it with those of known plant-derived ice-nucleating bacteria, which are the only ice-nucleating bacteria examined in detail to date. The proposed activity will support the beginning academic career of a post-doctoral researcher and will serve as the basis for several undergraduate student laboratory projects. Results from this research will be widely published in various scientific journals and outreach venues.	["POLYGON((-180 -60,-144 -60,-108 -60,-72 -60,-36 -60,0 -60,36 -60,72 -60,108 -60,144 -60,180 -60,180 -63,180 -66,180 -69,180 -72,180 -75,180 -78,180 -81,180 -84,180 -87,180 -90,144 -90,108 -90,72 -90,36 -90,0 -90,-36 -90,-72 -90,-108 -90,-144 -90,-180 -90,-180 -87,-180 -84,-180 -81,-180 -78,-180 -75,-180 -72,-180 -69,-180 -66,-180 -63,-180 -60))"]
SGER: Primary and Secondary Production and Carbon Flux Through the Microbial Community Along the Western Antarctic Marginal Ice Zone on the Oden Southern Ocean 2007 Expeditions	0742057	2009-01-01	Dennett, Mark; Gallager, Scott	SGER: Primary and Secondary Production and Carbon Flux Through the Microbial Community Along the Western Antarctic Marginal Ice Zone on the Oden Southern Ocean 2007 Expeditions	The research will continue and extend the study in the Southern Ocean that was initiated during the Oden Southern Ocean 2006 expedition in collaboration with Swedish scientist Mellissa Chierici. We will quantify carbon flux through the food web in the marginal ice zone (MIZ) by measuring size fractionated primary and secondary production, grazing and carbon flux through nanoplankton (2-20 um), microplankton (20-200um), and mesoplankton (200-2000 um). Community structure, species abundance and size specific grazing rates will be quantified using a variety of techniques both underway and at ice stations along the MIZ. The proposed cruise track extends across the Drake Passage to the Western Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) with three station transects along a gradient from the open ocean through the marginal ice zone (MIZ) in the Bellinghausen and Amundsen Seas and into the Ross Sea Polynya. Ice stations along each transect will provide material to characterize production associated with annual ice. Underway measurements of primary and secondary production (chlorophyll, CDOM, microplankton, and mesoplankton) and hydrography (temperature, salinity, pH, DO, turbidity) will establish a baseline for future cruises and as support for other projects such as biogeochemical studies on carbon dioxide drawdown and trace metal work on primary production. The outcome of these measurements will be a description of nano to mesoplankton standing stocks, community structure, and carbon flux along the MIZ in the Bellinghausen and Amundsen Seas and the Ross Sea Polynya.	["POLYGON((-168.291 -64.846,-165.018 -64.846,-161.745 -64.846,-158.472 -64.846,-155.199 -64.846,-151.926 -64.846,-148.653 -64.846,-145.38 -64.846,-142.107 -64.846,-138.834 -64.846,-135.561 -64.846,-135.561 -66.0269,-135.561 -67.2078,-135.561 -68.3887,-135.561 -69.5696,-135.561 -70.7505,-135.561 -71.9314,-135.561 -73.1123,-135.561 -74.2932,-135.561 -75.4741,-135.561 -76.655,-138.834 -76.655,-142.107 -76.655,-145.38 -76.655,-148.653 -76.655,-151.926 -76.655,-155.199 -76.655,-158.472 -76.655,-161.745 -76.655,-165.018 -76.655,-168.291 -76.655,-168.291 -75.4741,-168.291 -74.2932,-168.291 -73.1123,-168.291 -71.9314,-168.291 -70.7505,-168.291 -69.5696,-168.291 -68.3887,-168.291 -67.2078,-168.291 -66.0269,-168.291 -64.846))"]

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