eXpendable Conductivity Temperature Depth (XCTD) profiles of temperature and salinity from Sermilik and Sermiligaaq Fjords, Southeast Greenland during August 2021

Six temperature and salinity profiles from Sermilik and Sermiligaaq Fjords in Southeast Greenland. The profiles were collected using Sippican XCTD-1 eXpendable Conductivity Temperature Depth (XCTD) probes hand deployed from a small fishing vessel (Profiles #1-2) and from a helicopter (Profiles #3-6). The boat-based profiles were collected on August 10 in Sermiligaaq Fjord. The helicopter-based profiles were collected on August 11, 2021 in the ice mélange of Helheim Glacier. The profiles were manually examined, quality controlled, and are provided as 2-meter (m) depth bin averaged profiles. 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.