Vertical microstructure profiles from a drifting ice camp during the International Polar Year, April 2008

Ocean microstructure profiles were collected during the International Polar Year, between 18 and 25 April 2008, from the Barneo ice camp in the Amundsen Basin at approximately 88°N. The data set includes 172 profiles of 1-m vertically averaged dissipation rate of turbulent kinetic energy, in situ temperature (ITS-90 scale), and salinity (practical salinity scale). The last three profiles are from the Lomonosov Ridge, near 89°N. Profiles were collected using the microstructure profiler MSS90L from ISW Wassermesstechnik (Germany) and a motorized winch, through a hole in drifting 2-m thick pack ice. The dissipation rate estimate is the average from two airfoil shear probes. The temperature and salinity profiles are measured by precision sensors on the same instrument.