Details of Microplastic measurement campaign during The Ocean Race Europe 2021 from the racing yachts AmberSail2 and AkzoNobel by GEOMAR Kiel.

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Title of datasetMicroplastic measurement campaign during The Ocean Race Europe 2021 from the racing yachts AmberSail2 and AkzoNobel by GEOMAR Kiel.
Narrative summary of datasetThe provided microplastic dataset was generated during The Ocean Race Europe in May-June 2021. The samples were collected onboard two 65’ one-design yachts known as VolvoOcean65, called AmberSail2 and AkzoNobel Ocean Racing in the Baltic Sea, North Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. The instruments used for underway measurements were the same as used in Tanuha et al., 2020. The system consists of a specially built OceanPack RACE manufactured by SubCtech GmbH in Kiel, which was connected to a microplastic filtration unit built by bbe Moldaenke GmbH. (Data submission https://www.emodnet-ingestion.eu/submissions/submissions_details.php?menu=39&tpd=232&step=0103_001volvo%20ocean%20race). The mixed-layer surface water (~1.5 m depending on the heel of the yachts) was sampled in the Baltic Sea, North Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. The laboratory analysis of collected samples was undertaken by GEOMAR (Kiel), under the supervision of Aaron Beck and Toste Tanuha. The data variables includes GPS positions, time, temperature, salinity, flow rates and durations, sample ID, measured microplastic fiber, fragments and total concentration in [particles/m³]. Respetive concentrations of fiber and fragments are also provided for different colors: blue,red, orange, pink, yellow, green, black, clear, purple, grey, brown. Acknowledgements go to 11th Hour, teams AmberSail2 (Tomas Ivanauskas,Regimantas Buozius) and AkzoNobel (Liz Wardley), TheOcean Race Sustainability and Science programmes, bbe Moldaenke GmbH and SubCtech GmbH.
Supporting documentationMap of the microplastic measurement, histogram of average microplastic concentrations and colors, see also https://sites.google.com/ext.theoceanrace.com/the-ocean-race-science
Start date2021-05-09
End date2021-06-15

Responsible organisations

CountryGermany
Organisation nameGEOMAR Research Centre for Marine Geosciences
Role of organisationOriginator of Dataset

Dataset availability

Locations

Map
Latitude north boundary59.3
Longitude east boundary20.75
Latitude south boundary35.61
Longitude west boundary-20
Sea areaBaltic Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Atlantic Ocean

Data types, collection and processing

Observation typePCBs and organic micropollutants
ParameterMicro-litter in water bodies
Instrument typesieves and filters
Instrument nameSubCtech OceanPack RACE 5th generation {FerryBox} combined pCO2 analyser and microplastics sampler
Platform typeself-propelled boat
Platform nameAmbersail2
Platform typeself-propelled boat
Platform nameAkzonobel

Process information

Submitting organisationThe Ocean Race
Submission identifier (UUID)d7601ae4-46bc-4f1a-b2c6-863e25e3570d
Date of dataset creation2021-12-15
Date of metadata creation2021-12-15
Date of metadata latest revision2022-01-14
Date of publishing2022-01-20
Date of processed dataset publication2022-01-26
Processing data centreNational Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics - OGS, Division of Oceanography
Summary record-ID990