CTD dataset of the Po river (Italy) during one ebb and flood phase on 26 July 2017

CTD dataset: temperature and salinity profiles acquired in the water
column with CTD probes (Ocean Seven 316Plus and 304, Idronaut srl, 20 Hz
and 8 Hz sampling rate, respectively), starting from the Po river mouth
and navigating upstream along the river talweg 10-18 km depending on the
river branch and in any case detecting a complete freshwater column.
Two sets of samplings were conducted on the 26th July 2017 during a spring
tide cycle, both starting at the slack tide and following the ebb and
flood tidal phase for almost two hours. The CTD casts location was decided
a priori based on the experience of previous campaigns, trying to
match the largest number of casts within an appropriate time interval to
detect the freshwater. During the ebb tide, when the salt wedge was
shorter, some additional casts where conducted to increase the
longitudinal resolution of the campaign. The CTD raw data were extracted
along the water column every 10 cm. Part of this dataset is used for
validation purposed in the paper Bellafiore et al., submitted to Journal
of Geophysical Research - Oceans, title "Saltwater intrusion in a
Mediterranean delta under a changing climate".