Mid-Atlantic Bight Coastal Water Physical Properties from Glider RU23

October 2015 data from a glider deployment measuring physical oceanographic properties in the Mid-Atlantic Bight. The dataset contains trajectory and profile data from glider RU23, deployed by Rutgers University. It was archived by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) after processing by the IOOS National Glider Data Assembly Center.

Use Cases

• Analyze temperature and salinity profiles to study water mass structure and mixing processes.
• Map glider trajectory data against conductivity and density measurements to trace coastal currents.
• Model physical property gradients (e.g., temperature, density) over the three-week deployment period.
• Validate regional ocean models using in-situ time-series measurements of conductivity and salinity.

Strengths

• Data spans a continuous 20-day observation period from October 8 to 27, 2015.
• Contains multiple core physical oceanographic variables: temperature, salinity, conductivity, and density.
• Data underwent quality checks for file format compliance by the IOOS National Glider Data Assembly Center.

Limitations

• Dataset is from a single, short-term deployment, limiting temporal generalizability.
• Spatial coverage is restricted to the specific glider track within the Mid-Atlantic Bight.
• Biological properties mentioned in the mission description are not present in this physical data package.

Provenance

Source

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) Accession 0153545.

Collection Method

Deployment of autonomous underwater glider RU23 by Rutgers University; data aggregated and formatted by IOOS National Glider Data Assembly Center.

Time Range

2015-10 08 to 2015-10-27.

Freshness

Static historical dataset; last updated 2015-10-27.

Geography

Mid-Atlantic Bight coastal waters.