Profiles of temperature, salinity, and turbidity from Sermilik Fjord and the Southeast Greenland shelf during August 2013

Forty-one temperature, salinity, and turbidity profiles from Sermilik Fjord in Southeast Greenland, close to the town of Tasiilaq, and from two sections over the Southeast Greenland continental shelf. The profiles were collected with an RBR conductivity-temperature-depth (CTD) (#18859) during August 2013 from the Viking Mads Alex. The profiles were manually examined and are provided as 1-meter (m) bin averages. The survey is comprised of: an along-fjord section; a section spanning the mouth of the fjord; two sections crossing portions of the continental shelf. These data were collected as part of a long-term project to monitor Sermilik Fjord to determine what water masses flow into the fjord; in particular, if warm, Atlantic water from the Irminger Sea is able to penetrate into the fjord. Observations have been collected in the fjord since 2008.