52 Cruise Report, RV ATAIR, Cruise 067I033-1, Bremerhaven – Thybor?n – Aberdeen, 23 Jul – 15 Aug 2024
database and will be pushed forward to ICES. The following ICES divisions were sampled: IIIa,
IVa, IVb, IVc and VIa. The respective ICES ecoregion is the Greater North Sea.
Data from water sampling regarding phytoplankton can be requested from BSH via contact
person Dr. Karin Heyer, Karin.Heyer@bsh.de. This data will be available in the MUDAB data
portal (see link above) in 2026.
VMADCP data is kept on long-time archives of the BSH’s oceanography group as the estab-
lishment of an official data storage work flow is in the making through collaboration with the
German Marine Research Alliance (DAM). Data can be obtained on request from:
M22_obs@bsh.de
Drifter data is kept on long-time archives of the ICBM working group Marine Sensorsystems
and will be made available on PANGAEA at a later stage. Contact person for drifter data is Dr.
Thomas Badewien, thomas.badewien@uol.de.
Data related to the analysis of the participating group from the Helmholtz Centre Hereon will
be made available after publication via the Helmholtz Coastal Data Center (HCDC) data portal,
accessible at https://hcdc.hereon.de/datasearch. Contact person for trace metals, mercury,
lead and microplastics is Dr. Daniel Pröfrock, daniel.proefrock@hereon.de. Contact person for
dissolved inorganic carbon, alkalinity and nutrients is Prof. Dr. Helmuth Thomas,
helmuth.thomas@hereon.de.
Tritium data is stored in long-term archives of the University of Bremen and will be submitted
to permanent data repositories at a later stage. Contact person for tritium data is Dr. Jürgen
Sültenfuß, suelten@uni-bremen.de.