Glider Physical Oceanographic Profile Data from the Gulf of Mexico

Gulf of Mexico glider deployment data collected by Nova Southeastern University and the University of South Florida. The dataset contains measurements of physical oceanographic properties like temperature, salinity, conductivity, and density. It was archived by the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) in 2017.

Use Cases

• Analyze vertical profiles of temperature and salinity to identify water masses and mixing processes.
• Model density variations from conductivity and temperature measurements to study stratification and ocean currents.
• Track the glider's spatiotemporal trajectory to correlate physical properties with specific geographic locations.
• Validate regional ocean models using in-situ conductivity and density measurements from the deployment period.

Strengths

• Data quality-checked and aggregated by the Integrated Ocean Observing System's National Glider Data Assembly Center (IOOS NGDAC).
• Specific temporal coverage from April 26 to May 7, 2017.
• Focus on a specific scientific study of Deep-Pelagic Nekton, providing contextual relevance.

Limitations

• Limited temporal scope covering only a 12-day deployment in 2017.
• Geographic scope is restricted to the specific glider track in the Gulf of Mexico.
• Unknown sample size and data resolution (row count) for the physical measurements.

Provenance

Source

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), sourced from IOOS National Glider Data Assembly Center.

Collection Method

In-situ measurements collected by an autonomous underwater glider named 'Murphy'.

Time Range

2017-04 26 to 2017-05-07

Freshness

Static historical dataset; last updated 2017-05-07.

Geography

Gulf of Mexico