Hydrographical, biogeochemical and biooptical water properties in the Mackenzie Delta Region during 4 expeditions from spring to fall in 2019

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This dataset contains hydrographical, biogeochemical and bioptical data from four field campaigns to the Mackenzie Delta region from spring to fall in 2019. Focus of the sampling was put on surface waters to compare with satellite imagery and capture the signal of the Mackenzie River water throughout the coastal waters of the Beaufort Sea. The water samples for the biogeochemical data were taken using pumps or niskin bottles. The repeated sampling focused on the two main outflow regions of the Mackenzie River: Shallow Bay and Mackenzie Bay in the west and Kugmallit Bay in the east as well as on the river channels across the delta. Most sampling locations were revisited four times. Sampling during different seasons was extremely challenging in this region due to uncertain ice cover and broken ice fields during and after ice break-up. Additionally, very shallow water (<5 m) mandates the use of small draught boats, which was challenging under frequently harsh weather conditions. To tackle these challenges, various sampling platforms were used such as small boats, trucks, ski-doos and hovering helicopter. The campaigns were carried out under the umbrella of the EU Horizon 2020 project Nunataryuk.

Identifier
DOI https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.937587
Related Identifier https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2022-163
Metadata Access https://ws.pangaea.de/oai/provider?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=datacite4&identifier=oai:pangaea.de:doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.937587
Provenance
Creator Juhls, Bennet ORCID logo; Lizotte, Martine ORCID logo; Matsuoka, Atsushi ORCID logo; Mével, Gaëlle; Bécu, Guislain ORCID logo; Overduin, Pier Paul ORCID logo; Devred, Emmanuel; Doxaran, David ORCID logo; Ferland, Joannie; Forget, Marie-Hélène ORCID logo; Hilborn, Andrea; Leymarie, Edouard; Maury, Juliette; Oziel, Laurent ORCID logo; Tisserand, Lucas; Miles, Dillon; Anikina, David Obie James; Guilmette, Caroline; Béguin, Marine; Couture, Raoul-Marie; Bossé-Demers, Thomas; Laberge-Carignan, Audrey; Chaillou, Gwénaëlle; Bélanger, Simon; Bruyant, Flavienne; Babin, Marcel ORCID logo
Publisher PANGAEA
Publication Year 2021
Funding Reference Horizon 2020 https://doi.org/10.13039/501100007601 Crossref Funder ID 773421 https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/773421 NUNATARYUK, Permafrost thaw and the changing Arctic coast, science for socioeconomic adaptation
Rights Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
OpenAccess true
Representation
Resource Type Bundled Publication of Datasets; Collection
Format application/zip
Size 13 datasets
Discipline Biogeochemistry; Biospheric Sciences; Geosciences; Natural Sciences
Spatial Coverage (-138.135W, 68.264S, -133.031E, 69.649N)
Temporal Coverage Begin 2015-06-19T18:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2029-07-19T18:00:00Z