Arctic Ocean 2018 - Meteorological, Oceanographic and Ship Data Collected Onboard Icebreaker Oden

The expedition Arctic Ocean 2018 was a collaboration between the Swedish Polar Research Secretariat and the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), using the Swedish icebreaker Oden as a platform for research in the High Arctic. The framework for the expedition was set out by the project “The life cycle of clouds in the high Arctic summer with linkages to the microbial life in ocean and life”. The project had some crucial requirements such as a quick approach into the High Arctic and then finding a suitable ice flow, moor to this flow, and then stay there for scientific work during the minimum ice coverage period, and finally to cover the refreezing processes. The NSF, and the Swedish Research Council and Formas selected several additional projects fitting into the overall layout of the expedition Arctic Ocean 2018. For more information on the research projects see: https://www.polar.se/enOpens in a new tab The data presented here are the meteorological, oceanographic and ship data collected onboard Icebreaker Oden during the expedition Arctic Ocean 2018. This data set contains meteorological, oceanographical and ship data collected onboard IB Oden during the scientific expedition Arctic Ocean 2018, which was an international research cruise to the Arctic Ocean. Meteorological variables: Air temperature, Humidity, Wind direction/speed, Atmospheric pressure, Cloud height/cloudiness, Photosynthetic Active Radiation (PAR). Oceanographical variables: Sea water temperature, Conductivity, Salinity and Sound velocity. Ship data: Position, Speed, Course, Heading, Water depth. A "Parameter list" which describes the dataset is attached. Quality Information: No quality check or other processing of the data has been undertaken. Users should be aware of this in further data handling and analysis.