Benthic Boundary Layer Data of the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean from Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Science

Benthic boundary layer data is available from the Shirshov Institute
of Oceanology, Russia. Special instrumentation was deployed in the
Atlantic and Pacific Oceans at depths of 730-6125m to collect
long-term current and sediment data. Pop-up bottom stations were
designed for data collection, including current and temperature
measurements, sediment traps, a three component bottom seismometer,
oxygen concentration sensor, CTD package, and other equipment. Data
were originally collected for defense work to investigate the noise of
the near-bottom environment.

Data was collected between 1980-1992. The instrumentation system was
deployed more than 50 times during this period. Data were collected
in the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii and California, in the Atlantic Ocean
near Gibraltar, and in several regions of the Mediterranean Sea.

The investigator is interested in making contacts with other
scientists in benthic boundary layer modelling and in data processing
using modern approaches.