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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-211-2017
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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.
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Review article
| 
21 Mar 2017
Review article |
| 21 Mar 2017
From pole to pole: 33 years of physical oceanography onboard R/V Polarstern
Amelie Driemel
Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany
Eberhard Fahrbach
Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany
deceased
Gerd Rohardt
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany
Agnieszka Beszczynska-Möller
Institute of Oceanography Polish Academy of Science, Sopot, Poland
Antje Boetius
Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany
Gereon Budéus
Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany
Boris Cisewski
Thünen-Institut: Seefischerei, Hamburg, Germany
Ralph Engbrodt
independent researcher
Steffen Gauger
independent researcher
Walter Geibert
Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany
Patrizia Geprägs
MARUM – Zentrum für Marine Umweltwissenschaften, Bremen, Germany
Dieter Gerdes
Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany
Rainer Gersonde
Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany
Arnold L. Gordon
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
Hannes Grobe
Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany
Hartmut H. Hellmer
Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany
Enrique Isla
Institute of Marine Sciences-CSIC, Barcelona, Spain
Stanley S. Jacobs
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
Markus Janout
Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany
Wilfried Jokat
Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany
Michael Klages
University of Gothenburg, Department of Marine Sciences, Gothenburg, Sweden
Gerhard Kuhn
Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany
Jens Meincke
Institut für Meereskunde, Hamburg, Germany
retired
Sven Ober
Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, 't Horntje, the Netherlands
Svein Østerhus
Uni Research Climate, Bergen, Norway
Ray G. Peterson
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, USA
deceased
Benjamin Rabe
Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany
Bert Rudels
University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Ursula Schauer
Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany
Michael Schröder
Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany
Stefanie Schumacher
Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany
Rainer Sieger
Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany
Jüri Sildam
Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation, La Spezia, Italy
Thomas Soltwedel
Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany
Elena Stangeew
independent researcher
Manfred Stein
Thünen-Institut: Seefischerei, Hamburg, Germany
retired
Volker H Strass
Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany
Jörn Thiede
Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany
retired
Sandra Tippenhauer
Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany
Cornelis Veth
Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, 't Horntje, the Netherlands
retired
Wilken-Jon von Appen
Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany
Marie-France Weirig
independent researcher
Andreas Wisotzki
Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany
Dieter A. Wolf-Gladrow
Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany
Torsten Kanzow
Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany
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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.
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