Oceanographic Mooring (Conductivity, Temperature, Pressure, Currents) at Kamb Ice Stream (KIS3), West Antarctica, 2023-Present
An oceanographic mooring at the Kamb Ice Stream site 3 borehole (-82.6285, -156.3046) - consisting of two RBR Concertos (CTDs) to measure conductivity, temperature, and pressure and two Nortek Aquadopp current meters.
The instruments are located at 555 m and 510 m below sea level (Figure 20). Figure 20 shows the final configuration and deployment positions of the mooring instrumentation. There is a paired CTD and current meter at the top and bottom of the water cavity. The CTDs are measuring every 20 minutes whilst the current meters are measuring every half an hour. The top logger box interrogates each instrument once an hour to collect all individual samples, these are then averaged and sent. Every day at approximately 12:00 NZST, the data from the mooring is telemetered over SDB Iridium (Short Burst Data) in binary. Periodically, each set of transmission data are compiled and decoded. They are then parsed through a series of scripts and output as a table.
These data target a major subglacial outlet river emerging from beneath the Kamb Ice Stream to determine both the role of water beneath the ice sheets and the ice-ocean interactions that take place once this water emerges into the ice shelf cavity.
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role Stevens, C.
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ICE SHELVES
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BOREHOLES
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CONDUCTIVITY
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OCEAN TEMPERATURE
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OCEAN CURRENTS
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OCEAN PRESSURE
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MOORINGS
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Ice Shelf
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CTD
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CURRENT METERS
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ROSS SEA
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ANTARCTICA
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TIMESERIES
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KAMB ICE STREAM
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KIS3
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SWAIS2C
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INSTALLATION
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K862A
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