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Abstract:
IceBTC60/40 is designed for utilization in the sea ice covered area which has a 60 m-long thermistor chain with the pressure sensors. It measures upper ocean temperature with the accuracy of +/-0.1dgreeC (resolution of 0.04dgreeC) and air pressure with the accuracy of +/-1 hPa (resolution of 0.1 hPa). IceBTC40/60 has thermistors at depths of 0, 2.5, 5, 7.5, 10, 12.5, 15, 17.5, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, and 60 m and especially, it consists hydrostatic pressure sensor at depths of 20, 40, and 60 m. We deployed IceBTC40/60 in the marginal ice zone in the Canada Basin, Arctic where covered with the grease ice. When buoy was deployed, the XCTD (X41) and TurboMap observations were accompanied.