A decade-long hydrographic mooring dataset near the Drygalski Ice Tongue, Terra Nova bay, Antarctica
We describe a decade-long timeseries of hydrographic mooring observations around the Drygalski Ice Tongue in southern Terra Nova Bay, Antarctica. Unique aspects of the data are that (i) the instruments were placed very close to the Ice Tongue due to its significant influence on the region's ocean and sea ice, and (ii) the upper sensors were positioned relatively close (< 100 m) to the ocean surface compared to typical Antarctic moorings. Starting in December 2014, the mooring array included three locations - the Drygalski Basin, the edge of the Crary Bank and, on the southern side of the ice tongue, in Geikie Inlet. The instruments measure temperature, salinity, pressure, and current velocity. The ``DITx'' mooring locations were chosen in order to support questions regarding the influence of the Drygalski Ice Tongue on regional ocean processes. The observations are relevant to water mass formation, glaciology and ice melt, sea ice production and decay, ice shelf cavity processes - as well as regional marine ecosystem processes. The data from the instruments show the seasonal cycle along with interannual variability, as well as a range of singular events. Important Note: This submission has been initially submitted to SEA scieNtific Open data Edition (SEANOE) publication service and received the recorded DOI. The metadata elements have been further processed (refined) in EMODnet Ingestion Service in order to conform with the Data Submission Service specifications.
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| Date (creation) | 2025-09-01 |
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| Date (revision) | 2025-09-19 |
| Date (publication) | 2026-03-24 |
| Status | onGoing |
| Update frequency | asNeeded |
| Metadata language | en |
| License | Conditions for access and use apply |
| Source metadata | ISO 19115 XML |
| Last updated | 2026-11-04 |
| Created | 2026-11-04 |
| API | package_show |