North Atlantic Ocean Glider Profile Data from USF Bass Deployment

Physical trajectory data from a University of South Florida glider deployment in the North Atlantic Ocean. The dataset contains measurements of temperature, salinity, conductivity, and density collected by the USF Ocean Technology Group. Data was archived by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information in September 2018.

Use Cases

• Model vertical water column profiles using temperature and salinity data from the glider's trajectory.
• Analyze spatiotemporal patterns of ocean density and conductivity across the North Atlantic deployment region.
• Calibrate remote sensing sea surface temperature data with in-situ glider temperature measurements.
• Study ocean mixing processes by correlating density profiles with the glider's depth-time path.

Strengths

• Data originates from a NOAA NCEI archival package, ensuring authoritative preservation.
• Contains multiple core physical oceanographic variables: temperature, salinity, conductivity, and density.
• Time-series covers a continuous 28-day deployment from August to September 2018.

Limitations

• Exact row count, file size, and column details are unknown from the metadata.
• Data is from a single glider deployment, limiting geographic and temporal generalizability.
• The dataset is from 2018 and may not reflect current ocean conditions.

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

In-situ measurements collected by an autonomous underwater glider (Bass) and aggregated into netCDF files.

Time Range

2018-08-08 to 2018-09-04

Freshness

Static dataset from a 2018 deployment; no ongoing updates indicated.

Geography

North Atlantic Ocean