Seaglider Oceanographic Measurements from the Iceland Faroe Ridge

2006-11-12 to 2007-02-17 data collected by Seaglider SG102, an autonomous underwater vehicle, during a mission in the North Atlantic Ocean. The dataset contains physical oceanographic measurements like temperature and salinity along a sawtooth trajectory. It is archived by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI).

Use Cases

• Analyze temperature and salinity profiles to study water mass structure and mixing processes at the Iceland Faroe Ridge.
• Calculate depth-averaged currents from glider trajectory data to understand regional ocean circulation.
• Model the sawtooth dive trajectory data to optimize autonomous underwater vehicle mission planning.
• Correlate sensor measurements with deployment dates (2006-2007) to investigate seasonal variability in the North Atlantic.

Strengths

• Data spans a 3-month continuous mission from November 2006 to February 2007.
• Includes direct in-situ measurements of key oceanographic variables like temperature and salinity.
• Collected by a specialized autonomous platform designed for long-duration, long-range scientific missions.

Limitations

• Specific row count, column details, and file formats are unknown.
• Data is from a single glider deployment, limiting spatial coverage to its specific track.
• The dataset's last update was in 2007, making it temporally stale for contemporary climate studies.

Provenance

Source

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) Accession 0117323.

Collection Method

In-situ measurements collected by a buoyancy-driven Seaglider autonomous underwater vehicle along programmed dive trajectories.

Time Range

2006-11-12 to 2007-02-17

Freshness

Last updated 2007-02-17; static historical dataset.

Geography

North Atlantic Ocean, Iceland Faroe Ridge region.