Moving Vessel Profiling (MVP) data collected by the CCGS Amundsen in the Canadian Arctic

The Canadian research icebreaker CCGS Amundsen is equipped with a Moving Vessel Profiler (copyright) (MVP), a multi-purpose instrument used to collect both shallow and deep water data sets, without the need to stop the vessel. Data on physical and chemical characteristics of the water column are collected during transects along which several consecutive casts of the MVP are conducted. The MVP was deployed during the Amundsen scientific expeditions, in the summer and fall of 2004 to 2018 with the exception of 2005 and 2006, where no data is available, and 2012 because the ship was undergoing maintenance. The components of the system varied slightly throughout the year but typically included a Micro CTD (Temperature, Conductivity and Pressure), a Micro DO2 (Dissolved Oxygen), a Micro SV (Sound velocity and Pressure) and an ECOFLO (Fluorescence) and a C-Star (Transmittance) probe.

The MVP data were corrected and then controlled by comparing them to CTD-Rosette and thermosalinograph (TSG) data when available. Variables are provided for every decibar (dbar) between the maximum and minimum pressure recorded for each cast. Detailed metadata and reports are included to provide more information.

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Date (Publication)
2019-08-27
Principal investigator
 

Forest, Alexandre
Originator
 

Morisset, Simon
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Gratton, Yves
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Levesque, Keith
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Linkowski, Thomas
Other citation details

Amundsen Science Data Collection. 2019. Moving Vessel Profiling (MVP) data collected by the CCGS Amundsen in the Canadian Arctic. Processed data. Amundsen Science, Québec, Canada. Archived at www.polardata.ca, Canadian Cryospheric Information Network (CCIN), Waterloo, Canada. https://doi.org/10.5884/12519. Accessed on [Date].

Purpose

The Moving Vessel Profiler (copyright) (MVP) is equipped with several sensors to record data on temperature, salinity, sound velocity, fluorescence, dissolved oxygen and transmittance in the water column. The MVP vertical profiles constitute ancillary data for all other data recorded during the CCGS Amundsen scientific expeditions by providing information on the prevailing physical oceanic conditions in which biological, chemical and physical samplings were conducted. They also provide long-term records of the basic parameters central to the study of physical oceanographic processes, more specifically water column structure, water masses characteristics and oceanic circulation, in the Canadian Arctic Ocean. For some years, the data collection surpasses the Canadian Arctic border, however, the main goal of this project is to collect data from the Canadian Arctic Ocean.
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Polar Data Catalogue Thesaurus (Canada)

  • Arctic Ocean

  • Baffin Bay

  • Beaufort Sea

  • Canadian Arctic Archipelago

  • Chukchi Sea

  • CTD (Conductivity, Temperature, Depth)

  • Fluorescence

  • Greenland

  • Gulf of St. Lawrence

  • Hudson Bay

  • Hudson Strait

  • Labrador

  • Nares Strait

  • Northwest Passage

  • Transmittance

  • Water column
Place

  • Canadian, Greenlandic and USA Arctic Seas
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Metadata language

eng; CAN
Topic category
  • Environment
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Begin date
2004-06-20
End date
2018-06-14
Supplemental Information

Summary: Not Applicable Research Program(s): ArcticNet,CASES. For further information: http://doi.org/10.5884/12519; amundsen.data@as.ulaval.ca amundsen.data@as.ula amundsen.data@as.ulaval.ca

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Canadian Cryospheric Information Network

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Polar Data Catalogue

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(519) 888-4567 x32689
OnLine resource
https://www.polardata.ca/pdcsearch/PDC_Metadata_Data_Download.ccin?action=downloadPDCData&ccin_ref_number=12519&fileLoc=/pdc/arcticnet/12519/CCIN12519_20171030_Amundsen_MVP_v1.zip (

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OnLine resource
https://www.polardata.ca/pdcsearch/PDC_Metadata_Data_Download.ccin?action=downloadPDCData&ccin_ref_number=12519&fileLoc=/pdc/arcticnet/12519/CCIN12519_20190827_Amundsen_MVP_v1_2003-2018.zip (

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File identifier
9756a0fa-4d04-4cae-8e60-fcb600fe2e6b XML
Metadata language

eng; CAN
Character set
UTF8
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Dataset
Date stamp
2022-04-08T13:00:59
Metadata standard name

North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003
Metadata standard version

2009-01-01
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Canadian Cryospheric Information Network

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Polar Data Catalogue

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Dataset URI

https://www.polardata.ca/pdcsearch/PDCSearchDOI.jsp?doi_id=12519

 
 

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Keywords

Polar Data Catalogue Thesaurus (Canada)
Arctic Ocean Baffin Bay Beaufort Sea CTD (Conductivity, Temperature, Depth) Canadian Arctic Archipelago Chukchi Sea Fluorescence Greenland Gulf of St. Lawrence Hudson Bay Hudson Strait Labrador Nares Strait Northwest Passage Transmittance Water column

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