Seaglider Physical Oceanography Measurements from Caribbean Sea Deployment

September 3-7, 2010 data collected by an autonomous Seaglider underwater vehicle during the Rapid-Mocha San Juan 3 mission. The dataset contains physical oceanographic measurements like temperature and salinity, captured by the University of Washington's Applied Physics Laboratory and archived by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information.

Use Cases

• Analyze temperature and salinity profiles over depth to study water column stratification.
• Model depth-averaged current measurements to understand local ocean circulation patterns.
• Correlate sensor readings with the glider's sawtooth dive trajectory for mission performance analysis.
• Use geospatial and temporal data to map the physical properties of the Caribbean Sea during the deployment period.

Strengths

• Data collected during a focused 5-day scientific mission in the Caribbean Sea.
• Measurements from a specialized Seaglider AUV designed for long-duration, high-resolution profiling.

Limitations

• Dataset scope is limited to a single, short deployment from 2010, reducing temporal generalizability.
• Specific row count, column details, and data completeness are unknown from the metadata.

Provenance

Source

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI Accession 0162305).

Collection Method

Measurements collected autonomously by Seaglider SG033, a buoyancy-driven AUV.

Time Range

2010-09 03 to 2010-09-07.

Freshness

Static historical dataset; last updated 2010-09-07.

Geography

Caribbean Sea, Rapid-Mocha San Juan 3 deployment area.