ATOMIX shear probes benchmark data: a dissipation profile from the Faroe Bank Channel overflow obtained by a vertical microstructure profiler in June 2012.

This is a profile collected using a tethered free-fall vertical microstructure profiler (VMP), prepared as a benchmark shear-probe data example for the Scientific Committee on Oceanographic Research (SCOR) working group number 160 'Analysing ocean turbulence observations to quantify mixing' (ATOMIX). The profile was collected on 10 June 2012 from R.V. Haakon Mosby during the Faroe Bank Channel overflow and mixing project. The bottom depth at this location is approximately 860 meters. The dissipation rate was measured using two airfoil shear probes on a VMP2000 instrument from Rockland Scientific, Canada. The dataset has been processed and formatted in accordance with ATOMIX guidelines and recommendations. The provided file is organized in four hierarchical groups including continuous time series of data converted into physical units, cleaned time series used for spectral analysis, wavenumber spectra, and dissipation rate estimates. For more detailed information, please refer to the comments within the data file.