Continuous thermosalinograph oceanography along RV METEOR cruise track M183@en

Underway temperature and salinity data was collected along the cruise track with two autonomous thermosalinograph (TSG) systems, each consisting of a SBE21 TSG together with a SBE38 Thermometer. Both systems worked independent from each other throughout the cruise. While temperature is taken at the water inlet in about 5 m depth, salinity is estimated within the interior TSG from conductivity and interior temperature. No correction against independent data was performed neither for temperature nor for salinity. Finally, TSG2 was chosen for publication. For details to all processing steps see Data Processing Report.