Ocean Microstructure measurements using a Slocum glider in the Southern Ocean Marginal Ice Zone

Ocean microstructure data were collected using a turbulence package mounted on a Slocum and deployed from RV SA Agulhas II in the North Eastern Weddell Sea, [60S; 0E], from December 2019 to February 2020. Observations conducted by the Southern Ocean Carbon-Climate Observatory, Smart Places, CSIR, for the project "Contemporary and Future Drivers of CO2 and Heat in the Southern Ocean" funded by NRF-SANAP (SNA170522231782, SANAP200324510487) and in collaboration with Polar Gliders, University of Gothenburg (Project: "Robotic Observations and Modelling of the Marginal Ice Zone" funded by the Wallenberg Academy Fellowship (WAF 2015.0186). Turbulence data were collected using a Rockland Scientific MicroRider mounted on the SLOCUM. Microshear was measured using two airfoil shear probes oriented orthogonally to each other. The measurements are from a 47 days of dive and climb profiles, with a maximum depth of 500 m. The dataset is processed and prepared following the SCOR Working Group ATOMIX guidelines and recommendations. The provided file includes daily arithmetic means of the dissipation rate of turbulent kinetic energy derived from the microrider measurements. Temperature, salinity, latitude and longitude were taken from the Slocum glider.