USF Bass Glider: Physical Oceanographic Profiles from the North Atlantic, 2016

Physical trajectory profile data from a University of South Florida glider deployment in the North Atlantic Ocean. The National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) received this archival package from the Integrated Ocean Observing System's National Glider Data Assembly Center (IOOS NGDAC). Measurements include temperature, salinity, conductivity, and density from a two-day mission in September 2016.

Use Cases

• Analyzing vertical profiles of seawater density based on temperature and salinity measurements.
• Studying short-term oceanographic variability in the North Atlantic based on glider trajectory data.
• Validating satellite-derived sea surface salinity products based on in-situ conductivity data.
• Investigating water mass characteristics based on concurrent temperature and salinity profiles.

Strengths

• Data underwent quality checks for file format compliance by the IOOS National Glider Data Assembly Center.
• Measurements include multiple core physical oceanographic properties: temperature, salinity, conductivity, and density.
• Data is preserved for long-term access by the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI).

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Last updated 2016-09-10 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

University of South Florida; College of Marine Science; Ocean Technology Group, via IOOS National Glider Data Assembly Center and NOAA NCEI.

Collection Method

Collected by an autonomous underwater glider (Bass Glider) and submitted to NCEI for archival.

Time Range

2016-09-09 to 2016-09-10

Freshness

Data covers a specific mission from 2016-09-09 to 2016-09-10.

Geography

North Atlantic Ocean