eXpendable Conductivity Temperature Depth (XCTD) profiles of temperature and salinity from Sermilik Fjord during August 2016

Sixteen temperature and salinity profiles from Sermilik Fjord and shelf region in Southeast Greenland. The profiles were collected using Sippican XCTD-1 eXpendable Conductivity Temperature Depth (XCTD) probes hand deployed from a helicopter (Profile #1 - 10) and from a small fishing vessel (Profile #11 - 16). The profiles were collected between August 9 and 11 2013 in the plume, ice mélange, main fjord branch, and shelf regions of the Helheim Glacier and Sermilik Fjord system. 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.