Raw physical oceanography CTD data and positions from RV METEOR cruise M210

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This dataset contains raw CTD (conductivity, temperature, depth probe) data for stations conducted during the cruise M210 in 2025 in the Atlantic Ocean. The goal was to observe the extent of water masses emitted from the Rainbow hydrothermal field and other sites along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. For this purpose additional sensors were mounted to the CTD system: a Seapoint turbidity sensor, a custom-built Eh sensor (voltage channel 6) and for some stations an custom-built H2 sensor (voltage channel 7), the later two manufactured by the Max-Plank-Institute for Marine Microbiology Bremen. The two self-built sensors were untested and uncalibrated, therefore extreme caution should be used when interpreting their results. CTD stations were executed as normal vertical casts or as repeated up- and downcasts during slow ship travel creating a zig-zag-like pattern (tow-yo deployment). Additionally, data with the raw, unprocessed position data from a Posidonia acoustic underwater position tracker and the ships navigational system are supplied as well as scans of the handwritten deployment protocols. The acoustic tracker was mounted at the CTD rosette for most of the stations.

Identifier
DOI https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.993453
Metadata Access https://ws.pangaea.de/oai/provider?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=datacite4&identifier=oai:pangaea.de:doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.993453
Provenance
Creator Walter, Maren; Mette, Jonathan ORCID logo; Sorge, Yves; Meyer, Volker ORCID logo
Publisher PANGAEA
Publication Year 2026
Funding Reference German Research Foundation https://doi.org/10.13039/501100001659 Crossref Funder ID 390741603 https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/390741603 EXC 2077: The Ocean Floor – Earth's Uncharted Interface
Rights Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
OpenAccess true
Representation
Resource Type Dataset
Format text/tab-separated-values
Size 240 data points
Discipline Earth System Research
Spatial Coverage (-34.879W, 36.022S, -26.561E, 37.846N)
Temporal Coverage Begin 2025-04-30T14:31:22Z
Temporal Coverage End 2025-05-21T07:08:43Z