Seaglider Oceanographic Measurements from NW Atlantic Deployment

NW Atlantic data from Seaglider SG036, an autonomous underwater vehicle, deployed from July to October 2015. The dataset contains measurements of temperature, salinity, and depth-averaged currents collected along sawtooth dive profiles. Data is archived by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information.

Use Cases

• Modeling temperature and salinity profiles versus depth to study water column stratification.
• Analyzing depth-averaged current measurements to infer local ocean circulation patterns.
• Correlating sensor readings from the sawtooth trajectory with satellite-derived sea surface data.
• Validating autonomous vehicle performance and sensor accuracy in long-duration missions.

Strengths

• Data collected over a 3-month continuous deployment period.
• Measurements include key physical oceanographic variables (temperature, salinity, currents).

Limitations

• Specific row count, column details, and file formats are unknown.
• Data is from a single vehicle deployment, limiting spatial generalization.
• Dataset is from 2015 and may not reflect current ocean conditions.

Provenance

Source

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI Accession 0162331).

Collection Method

Collected by a buoyancy-driven Seaglider AUV performing programmed dives.

Time Range

2015-07-03 to 2015-10-09.

Freshness

Last updated 2015-10-09; static historical dataset.

Geography

NW Atlantic Ocean, Bermuda / Hydrostation S / BATS region.