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Datasets from a shallow water mooring deployed in the Southern Ocean, north of South Georgia in December 2009 during the marine cruise JR228 and recovered in November 2011 by the marine cruise JR260a.
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Datasets from a shallow water mooring deployed in the Southern Ocean, north of South Georgia in November 2004 during the marine cruise JR107 and recovered in January 2005 by the marine cruise JR116.
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Datasets from a shallow water mooring deployed in the Southern Ocean, north of South Georgia in April 2006 during the marine cruise JR146 and recovered in October 2006 by the marine cruise JR159.
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Datasets from a deep sediment trap (3700m) mooring deployed in the Southern Ocean, north-west of South Georgia in December 2015 during the marine cruise JR15002 and recovered in December 2016 by the marine cruise JR16003
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From May 2009 to May 2013, seven dual-frequency GPS receivers were deployed along a 120 km-long transect in the south-west of the Greenland Ice Sheet. Two additional dual-frequency GPS receivers were deployed perpendicular to longitudinal ice flow at ~14 km inland: one 5 km distant from June 2011 to May 2013, and another 2.5 km distance from May 2012 to May 2013. Each receiver recorded position observations every 10 seconds or 30 seconds (depending on configuration), enabling resolution of horizontal and vertical ice motion. Sites were powered by solar panels and operated 24 hours a day during summer but shut down in the autumn. Absolute ice displacements at each site were obtained for each summer and winter period in the absence of continuous measurements. Position measurements were kinematically corrected relative to an off-ice base station using TRACK (Chen, 1999). Daily velocities were then obtained by differencing across 24-hour periods, whilst continuous velocities were obtained through application of a sliding 6-hour differencing window. At each GPS site we also measured (1) the near-surface air temperature every 15 minutes year-round, (2) net seasonal ablation using ablation stakes, and (3) at several selected sites melt rates using sonic ranging sensors. Funded by NERC, the Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland and The University of Edinburgh. Relevant grants: NE/F021399/1, NE/H024964/1 Studentships: NE/I52830X/1, NE/J500021/1, NE/H526794/1
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Datasets from a deep water mooring deployed in the Southern Ocean, north of South Georgia in January 2006 during the marine cruise JR140 and recovered in April 2006 by the marine cruise JR146.
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Datasets from a deep sediment trap (3200m) mooring deployed in the Southern Ocean, south-west of South Georgia in April 2007 during the marine cruise JR167 and recovered in January 2008 by the marine cruise JR177.
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Datasets from a deep water mooring deployed in the Southern Ocean, north of South Georgia in April 2006 during the marine cruise JR146. The mooring came up in August 2006 and was retrieved by the marine cruise JR159.
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Datasets from a deep sediment trap (3700m) mooring deployed in the Southern Ocean, north-west of South Georgia in November 2006 during the marine cruise JR161 and recovered in January 2008 by the marine cruise JR177.
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Datasets from a deep sediment trap (3200m) mooring deployed in the Southern Ocean, south-west of South Georgia in January 2012 during the marine cruise JR260b and recovered in November 2012 by the marine cruise JR280.