1. Koninklijk Nederlands Instituut voor ZeeonderzoekRoyal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research 1 NIOZ is part of the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) The NIOZ contribution to THOR Hendrik M. van Aken Thorshavn, 25-26 June 2009

2. 2 Near-annual hydrographic surveys since 1990. Data until 2005 available at WOCE (&CLIVAR) data base

3. 3 AR7E data  CTD T, S and O 2 high-resolution profiles  water sample data O 2, nutrients, CO 2, CFCs (2007)

4. 4 Previous ASOF work

5. 5 Changes of the hydrographic properties of the Central Water Continued warming and salinification!

6. 6 Moorings in the Irminger Sea

7. 7 What to do with data?  Existing data of AR7E surveys to IfMH. (NIOZ data only? Or also ifMH and SOC data?)  Existing mooring data to THOR data base  repeat AR7E survey in 2009 and 2011  recover and re-deploy profiling mooring in 2009, 2010 and 2011  new AR7E data to THOR data base  new mooring data to THOR data base  writing scientific papers!!