Glider Physical Oceanographic Data from Mid-Atlantic Bight 2016

Physical trajectory profile data from a glider deployment by the University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth in the Mid-Atlantic Bight. The dataset contains measurements of oceanographic properties like temperature and salinity, collected from August 18 to August 22, 2016. Data was submitted to the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) via the IOOS National Glider Data Assembly Center.

Use Cases

• Analyze temperature and salinity profiles along the glider's transect from Rhode Island Sound to Tuckerton, NJ.
• Study water column density structure and stratification using conductivity and density measurements.
• Map the spatial and temporal distribution of physical oceanographic properties during a late-summer deployment.
• Validate regional ocean models by comparing simulated temperature and salinity fields against this in-situ glider data.

Strengths

• Data covers a specific 5-day deployment period in August 2016.
• Includes core physical oceanographic variables (temperature, salinity, conductivity, density).
• Data underwent compliance checks and aggregation by the IOOS National Glider Data Assembly Center (NGDAC).

Limitations

• Dataset is limited to physical (TS) data; optical and oxygen data were not included at time of archival.
• Single deployment from one season provides a limited temporal snapshot.
• Spatial coverage is restricted to one transect within the Mid-Atlantic Bight.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Collected by an autonomous underwater glider during a coastal transect deployment.

Time Range

2016-08-18 to 2016-08-22

Freshness

Data is from a single deployment ending on 2016-08-22; no update frequency specified.

Geography

Mid-Atlantic Bight, along a transect from Rhode Island Sound to Tuckerton, New Jersey.