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An inventory of NASA's airborne and field campaigns for Earth Science OMGL2AXCTD This dataset contains in situ profile measurements from Airborne eXpendable Conductivity Temperature Depth (AXCTD) probes. It provides salinity, density, temperature and sound velocity as a function of depth in the water column. The AXCTDs were jettisoned from a plane to collect temperature and salinity readings around Greenland, where a ship would have had difficulties maneuvering. After landing in the water, the AXCTDs drop a weighted sensor from the surface that falls at a well-calibrated rate, measuring water temperature and conductivity as it falls. An equation is used to determine the depth of the measurements as the probe falls, and another equation is used to convert temperature, depth and conductivity into salinity. These probes provided measurements of the ocean's physical characteristics around Greenland, where a ship would have had difficulties maneuvering. The AXCTDs are part of the Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG) mission. The AXCTDs were deployed in the fall from 2016 through 2021, covering the entire continental shelf surrounding Greenland as part of a once-per-year survey. The goal of the mission is to find out what contributions the ocean has on Greenland's melting glaciers. OMGL1BAIRGRAV This dataset provides level 1B gravity data products from airborne gravity surveys for the NASA Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG) mission. OMGL2CTD This dataset contains in situ measurements from Conductivity Temperature Depth (CTD) casts and tows. It provides salinity, density, temperature and sound velocity of the water column. The CTDs were deployed from a ship either as single profile casts or towed yo-yo behind the ship to measure the physical properties of the water. This provided measurements of the ocean's physical characteristics around Greenland. The CTDs are part of the Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG) project. The goal of the project is to find out what contributions the ocean has on Greenland's melting glaciers. OMGL2AXBT This dataset contains Level 2 in situ temperature profile measurements from the Airborne eXpendable BathyThermograph (AXBT) probes. It provides science quality temperature measurements as a function of depth in the water column. The AXBTs were jettisoned from a plane to collect temperature readings around Greenland, where a ship would have had difficulties maneuvering. After landing in the water, the AXBTs drop a weighted sensor from the surface that falls at a well-calibrated rate, measuring water temperature as it falls. An equation is used to determine the depth of the measurements as the probe falls. The AXBTs are part of the Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG) mission. In the fall of 2020 and 2021, the AXBT probes were used to supplement the ocean-per-year survey of ocean properties on the continental shelf surrounding Greenland. The goal of the mission is to find out what contributions the ocean has on Greenland's melting glaciers. OMGNARWHALSMOORINGTEMPCTD1.0 This OMG Narwhals L3 dataset contains daily-averaged temperature and salinity measurements from CTD and temperature loggers from the same mooring. NASA’s Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG) campaign obtained oceanographic observations around Greenland at an unprecedented spatial scale and confirmed that the ocean plays a key role in Greenland glacier acceleration and retreat. Yet, ocean observations along Greenland’s margins are biased toward summer months with relatively few year-round measurements. OMG Narwhals, a project coupled with NASA’s OMG mission, seeks to understand the ecological importance of glacial habitats to narwhals. Narwhals return to glacial outlets and fjords each summer with high site fidelity but what attracts them to specific glacier fronts remains unclear. Between 2018 and 2020, five bottom-mounted moorings with marine mammal acoustic recorders and oceanographic instruments were deployed year-round near three glacier fronts: Sverdrup Glacier, Kong Oscar Glacier, and Rink Glacier. OMGL1FLOATALAMO This dataset contains level 1 in situ measurements of temperature and salinity from several autonomous, profiling Alamo floats. These floats change their buoyancy by inflating an external bladder with oil, allowing them to dive and surface regularly. Conductivity, Temperature and Depth sensors (CTDs) allow them to collect vertical profiles of temperature and salinity. This provided measurements of the ocean's physical characteristics around Greenland. The floats wer deployed as part of the Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG) project. The goal of the project is to find out what contributions the ocean has on Greenland's melting glaciers. OMGL1FLOATAPEX This dataset contains level 1 in situ measurements of temperature and salinity from several autonomous, profiling APEX floats. These floats change their buoyancy by inflating an external bladder with oil, allowing them to dive and surface regularly. Conductivity, Temperature and Depth sensors (CTDs) allow them to collect vertical profiles of temperature and salinity. This provided measurements of the ocean's physical characteristics around Greenland. The floats wer deployed as part of the Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG) project. The goal of the project is to find out what contributions the ocean has on Greenland's melting glaciers. OMGL2BathyMBESGridded This dataset contains level 2 in situ depth measurements from Multibeam Echo Sounder System (MBES) instruments. These depths were used to map the bathymetry around ocean terminating glaciers of Greenland. The bathymetry mapping is part of the Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG) project. The goal of the project is to find out what contributions the ocean has on Greenland's melting glaciers. The MBES was onboard a ship so the tracks are not of a swath, but less regularly patterned as the ship is limited as to where it can traverse due to floating glaciers, ice cover and general weather conditions. Bathymetry was also measured with the Singlebeam Echo Sounder System (SBES) in areas where the MBES could not go, but has less spatial coverage. OMGL2BathySBESGridded This dataset contains in situ depth measurements from Singlebeam Echo Sounder System (SBES) instruments. These depths were used to map the bathymetry around ocean terminating glaciers of Greenland. The bathymetry mapping is part of the Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG) project. The goal of the project is to find out what contributions the ocean has on Greenland's melting glaciers. The SBES was onboard a ship so the tracks are not of a swath, but less regularly patterned as the ship is limited as to where it can traverse due to floating glaciers, ice cover and general weather conditions. Data Discovery Explore this data using NASA's Earthdata Search, a comprehensive tool for discovering and visualizing Earth science datasets. Data Access Access requires an Earthdata Login account. Read our guide on obtaining AWS credentials to retrieve this data from AWS.
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