Shipboard turbulence and temperature profiles from the Near Inertial Coastal Experiment (NICE), 2017-2019

The Near Inertial Coastal Experiment (NICE) observed the physical properties of western Lake Superior from 2016-2020. The aim was to observe near-inertial internal waves and vertical mixing due to turbulence. Using the R/V Blue Heron as an observing platform during the summers of 2017, 2018, and 2019, a Rockland Scientific VMP-250 recorded 5,813 profiles of temperature, salinity, fluorescence, turbidity, and the turbulent kinetic energy dissipation rate, and an RBR fastDuet recorded 3,974 profiles of temperature. These profiles are archived here. Additional underway data from the R/V Blue Heron is available at the Rolling deck 2 Repository (R2R; https://www.rvdata.us/search/vessel/Blue%20Heron). Moored data from the NICE experiment was documented by Austin and Elmer (2022).