May 2010 data from an autonomous Seaglider vehicle deployed in the Caribbean Sea from May 18 to May 26, 2010. The dataset contains measurements of temperature, salinity, depth-averaged current, and other quantities collected along a sawtooth trajectory through the water column. It was collected by the University of Washington and archived by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information.
Use Cases
- Analyze temperature and salinity profiles to study water mass structure in the Caribbean Sea.
- Model depth-averaged current measurements to understand local ocean circulation patterns.
- Validate autonomous glider performance and sensor accuracy against known oceanographic conditions.
- Correlate glider trajectory data with measured variables to assess sampling efficiency.
Strengths
- Data collected over a continuous 9-day mission in May 2010.
- Includes multiple physical oceanographic variables (temperature, salinity, currents).
- Sourced from a widely used scientific platform (Seaglider) developed by a university laboratory.
Limitations
- Sample size and temporal coverage are limited to a single, short deployment.
- Geographic scope is restricted to one region (Caribbean Sea) during one season.
- Specific row counts, column details, and data formats are not provided in the metadata.
Provenance
- Source
- University of Washington's School of Oceanography and Applied Physics Laboratory, archived by NOAA NCEI.
- Collection Method
- Measurements collected by a buoyancy-driven autonomous underwater vehicle (Seaglider SG033) following a programmed sawtooth trajectory.
- Time Range
- 2010-05-18 to 2010-05-26
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Caribbean Sea, specific location from the Rapid/Mocha San Juan deployment.