eXpendable Conductivity Temperature Depth (XCTD) profiles of temperature and salinity from Sermilik Fjord, Southeast Greenland during July 2023

Twelve temperature and salinity profiles from Sermilik Fjord in Southeast Greenland. The profiles were collected using Sippican XCTD-1 eXpendable Conductivity Temperature Depth (XCTD) probes hand deployed from a helicopter. The profiles were collected on July 12, 2023 in the ice mélange of Helheim Glacier and in the northern portion of Sermilik Fjord, including Midgaard Fjord. 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.