Seaglider SG005, an autonomous underwater vehicle, collected physical ocean data from the coastal waters of Washington and Oregon between August 21, 2003, and January 20, 2004. The glider measured temperature, salinity, and depth-averaged currents along sawtooth trajectories through the water column. Data is archived by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information under accession 0155930.
Use Cases
- Modeling coastal ocean circulation based on depth-averaged current measurements.
- Analyzing water column structure and variability based on temperature and salinity profiles.
- Validating satellite-derived sea surface salinity data with in-situ glider measurements.
- Studying the performance and mission capabilities of long-duration autonomous underwater vehicles.
Strengths
- Data collected over a 5-month mission from August 2003 to January 2004.
- Includes core physical oceanographic variables: temperature, salinity, and depth-averaged currents.
- Collected by a specialized autonomous platform designed for missions of several thousand kilometers.
Limitations
- Last updated 2004-01-20 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count and file formats are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA_NCEI
- Collection Method
- Data collected by the University of Washington's Seaglider SG005, a buoyancy-driven autonomous underwater vehicle.
- Time Range
- 2003-08-21 to 2004-01-20
- Freshness
- 2004-01-20 00:00:00
- Geography
- North Pacific Ocean, Coastal Waters of Washington/Oregon