From pole to pole: 33 years of physical oceanography onboard R/V <i>Polarstern</i>

Driemel, Amelie; Fahrbach, Eberhard; Rohardt, Gerd; Beszczynska-Möller, Agnieszka; Boetius, Antje; Budéus, Gereon; Cisewski, Boris; Engbrodt, Ralph; Gauger, Steffen; Geibert, Walter; Geprägs, Patrizia; Gerdes, Dieter; Gersonde, Rainer; Gordon, Arnold L.; Grobe, Hannes; Hellmer, Hartmut H.; Isla, Enrique; Jacobs, Stanley S.; Janout, Markus; Jokat, Wilfried; Klages, Michael; Kuhn, Gerhard; Meincke, Jens; Ober, Sven; Østerhus, Svein; Peterson, Ray G.; Rabe, Benjamin; Rudels, Bert; Schauer, Ursula; Schröder, Michael; Schumacher, Stefanie; Sieger, Rainer; Sildam, Jüri; Soltwedel, Thomas; Stangeew, Elena; Stein, Manfred; Strass, Volker H; Thiede, Jörn; Tippenhauer, Sandra; Veth, Cornelis; von Appen, Wilken-Jon; Weirig, Marie-France; Wisotzki, Andreas; Wolf-Gladrow, Dieter A.; Kanzow, Torsten

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-211-2017

Articles | Volume 9, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-211-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-211-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 9, issue 1

Review article

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21 Mar 2017

Review article |

| 21 Mar 2017

From pole to pole: 33 years of physical oceanography onboard R/V Polarstern

Amelie Driemel, Eberhard Fahrbach, Gerd Rohardt, Agnieszka Beszczynska-Möller, Antje Boetius, Gereon Budéus, Boris Cisewski, Ralph Engbrodt, Steffen Gauger, Walter Geibert, Patrizia Geprägs, Dieter Gerdes, Rainer Gersonde, Arnold L. Gordon, Hannes Grobe, Hartmut H. Hellmer, Enrique Isla, Stanley S. Jacobs, Markus Janout, Wilfried Jokat, Michael Klages, Gerhard Kuhn, Jens Meincke, Sven Ober, Svein Østerhus, Ray G. Peterson, Benjamin Rabe, Bert Rudels, Ursula Schauer, Michael Schröder, Stefanie Schumacher, Rainer Sieger, Jüri Sildam, Thomas Soltwedel, Elena Stangeew, Manfred Stein, Volker H Strass, Jörn Thiede, Sandra Tippenhauer, Cornelis Veth, Wilken-Jon von Appen, Marie-France Weirig, Andreas Wisotzki, Dieter A. Wolf-Gladrow, and Torsten Kanzow

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Review article', Evgenii Viazilov, 11 Jan 2017
- AC1: 'Response to Reviewer 1', Amelie Driemel, 16 Feb 2017
SC1: 'Short comment on "From pole to pole: 33 years of physical oceanography on board of R/V POLARSTERN"', Joana Beja, 22 Jan 2017
- AC2: 'Response to Short Comment', Amelie Driemel, 16 Feb 2017
RC2: 'Referee comment: “From pole to pole: 33 years of physical oceanography on board of R/V POLARSTERN” Lesley Rickards, 09 February 2017', Lesley Rickards, 09 Feb 2017
- AC3: 'Response to Reviewer 2', Amelie Driemel, 16 Feb 2017
  - AC4: 'Correction regarding SeaDataNet', Amelie Driemel, 21 Feb 2017
EC1: 'on BODC comments', Giuseppe M.R. Manzella, 17 Feb 2017
- AC5: 'Response to Editor comment', Amelie Driemel, 21 Feb 2017

Short summary

Our oceans are always in motion – huge water masses are circulated by winds and by global seawater density gradients resulting from different water temperatures and salinities. Measuring temperature and salinity of the world's oceans is crucial e.g. to understand our climate. Since 1983, the research icebreaker Polarstern has been the basis of numerous water profile measurements in the Arctic and the Antarctic. We report on a unique collection of 33 years of polar salinity and temperature data.