eXpendable Conductivity Temperature Depth (XCTD) profiles of temperature and salinity from Sermilik Fjord during August 2011

Four temperature and salinity profiles from Sermilik Fjord in Southeast Greenland. The profiles were collected using Sippican XCTD-1 eXpendable Conductivity Temperature Depth (XCTD) probes deployed from a helicopter. The profiles were collected on August 26 2011 in the ice mélange region of the Helheim Glacier/Sermilik Fjord system. The profiles were manually examined, quality controlled, and are provided as 2-meter (m) depth bin averaged profiles. The collection of these XCTD profiles was done concurrently with a shipboard survey of Sermilik Fjord from August 15 - 25 2011. The shipboard CTD data are provided separately. These data were collected as part of a long-term project to monitor Sermilik Fjord to determine what water masses flow into and out of the fjord; in particular, if warm, Atlantic water from the Irminger Sea penetrates into the fjord and how freshwater from ice melt is diluted and transported out of the fjord. Observations have been collected in the fjord since 2008.