Central Irminger Sea (CIS)

Latitude and Longitude: 59.4N, -39.4W

Depth: 2800m

Oceanographic Region: Irminger Sea, North Atlantic

Parameters measured:

Parameter	Depths measured (m)	Sensor(s) used

Temperature	various to 1000m	MicroCAT
Salinity	various to 1000m	MicroCAT
Chl-a		WETLabs FLNTUSB
Nitrate		NAS2 NO3
PAR	-
Dissolved Carbon Dioxide		Sunburst SAMI
POC	various	McLane Sediment Traps
Sea pressure	various to 1000m	MicroCAT
Dissolved Oxygen	-
Wave Height	-
Current Profile	various	ADCP, RCM
Turbidity		WETLabs FLNTUSB

Enhancement/Modifications planned within EuroSITES:

Continuation: real-time and delayed-mode data on PCO2, Chlorophyll, nutrients and water column physics. Develop links with the US OOI station planned for this site.

Contacts:

Principal Investigator: Dr. Johannes Karstensen
Data manager: Arne Koertzinger

Links to related websites:

http://www.noc.soton.ac.uk/animate

EuroSITES is a FP7 Collaborative Project coordinated by the
National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, UK

Call FP7-ENV-2007-1, grant agreement N° 202955
Sub-Activity 6.4.1. Earth Observation; Monitoring the ocean interior, seafloor, and subseafloor