Mid-Atlantic Bight Glider Physical Trajectory Data, May-June 2016

Physical oceanographic data from a glider deployment in the Mid-Atlantic Bight coastal waters from May 18 to June 6, 2016. The dataset contains measurements of properties such as temperature, salinity, conductivity, and density. It was collected by the University of Massachusetts and archived by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) via the IOOS National Glider Data Assembly Center.

Use Cases

• Analyzing seasonal water column structure based on temperature and salinity profiles.
• Studying coastal ocean dynamics and water mass properties in the Mid-Atlantic Bight.
• Validating regional ocean circulation models using in-situ physical oceanographic data.
• Investigating the relationship between conductivity, salinity, and density in coastal waters.

Strengths

• Data is part of a planned series of yearly seasonal deployments, suggesting a structured observational program.
• Data underwent a compliance check and aggregation by the IOOS National Glider Data Assembly Center before archival.
• Dataset has a defined temporal coverage from 2016-05-18 to 2016-06-06.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Last updated 2016-06-06 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

University of Massachusetts; University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth, via IOOS National Glider Data Assembly Center and NOAA NCEI.

Collection Method

Collected via an autonomous underwater glider deployment as part of the MARACOOS observing system.

Time Range

2016-05-18 to 2016-06-06

Freshness

Last updated 2016-06-06 00:00:00; likely a static historical dataset.

Geography

Mid-Atlantic Bight coastal waters.