Hydrography, current and microstructure measurements from R/V Håkon Mosby cruise HM2012610 to the Faroe Bank Channel overflow region

This data set includes the profiling measurements collected from ship during the cruise HM 2012610 onboard the Research Vessel Håkon Mosby. The cruise was conducted under the project entitled "Faroe Bank Channel Overflow: Dynamics and Mixing Research", with an objective to investigate the mixing and entrainment of the dense oceanic overflow from the Faroe Bank Channel. The profiling measurements delivered with this data set include conventional conductivity-temperature-depth (CTD) measurements, current profile measurements using a lowered acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (LADCP) system and ocean microstructure measurements using a vertical microstructure profiler (VMP2000). The observational programme was designed to measure turbulence and mixing in the overflow plume which, in addition to the shear-induced mixing at the plume-ambient interface, is hypothesized to be influenced by several processes including mesoscale eddies, secondary circulation and internal waves.

本数据集收录了‘哈康·莫斯比号’研究船（Research Vessel Håkon Mosby）在航次HM 2012610科考作业期间采集的剖面测量数据。本次航次依托题为《法罗浅滩水道溢流水体：动力学与混合研究》（Faroe Bank Channel Overflow: Dynamics and Mixing Research）的项目开展，研究目标为探究法罗浅滩水道高密度海洋溢流水体的混合与卷挟过程。本数据集附带的剖面测量数据包括三类：常规温盐深（conductivity-temperature-depth, CTD）测量数据、采用下放式声学多普勒海流剖面仪（lowered acoustic Doppler Current Profiler, LADCP）系统获取的海流剖面数据，以及使用垂直微结构剖面仪（vertical microstructure profiler, VMP2000）采集的海洋微结构数据。本次观测方案旨在量化溢流水体羽流中的湍流与混合过程；除羽流-环境界面处的剪切诱导混合外，该混合过程还被假设受到中尺度涡、次级环流以及内波等多种过程的影响。