Glider hydrographic and dissipation data collected during 2016 in Ryder Bay, west Antarctic Peninsula.

Glider hydrographic and microstructure data were collected from a 1000 m-rated Teledyne Webb Research Slocum glider, equipped with a pumped Seabird SBE-41 CTD sensor and a Rockland Scientific MicroRider-1000. The glider was deployed/recovered multiple times in Ryder Bay between 11th January 2016 and 1st March 2016, using a rigid inflatable boat that operates out of the British Antarctic Survey's Rothera Research Station. After an initial period of the glider surveying the deep basin, the glider conducted multiple transects along an A-B section that extended into and out of Ryder Bay. This dataset has been used to investigate the controls on vertical mixing and heat fluxes within Ryder Bay. The hydrographic data were processed using the SOCIB MATLAB Glider Toolbox. The Rockland ODAS MATLAB Toolbox was used and adapted to automatically process the glider microstructure data and generate estimates of the rate of dissipation of turbulent kinetic energy. These dissipation estimates have been quality controlled using an automated Quality Assessment Algorithm. More details can be found in Scott, R. M., Brearley, J. A., Naveira Garabato, A. C., Venables, H. J., Meredith, M. P. (In review). Rates and mechanisms of turbulent mixing in a coastal embayment of the West Antarctic Peninsula. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans.