Southern Ocean Glider Temperature and Salinity Profiles from 2014-2015
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Description
Rutgers University deployed an underwater glider to collect cross-sectional data on temperature, salinity, conductivity, and density in the continental shelf near Palmer Station, Antarctica. The mission occurred from December 25, 2014, to January 28, 2015, as part of the Long Term Ecological Research program. Data were assembled by the National Glider Data Assembly Center and archived by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information.
Use Cases
Analyze temperature and salinity profiles to study the structure of the Antarctic continental shelf water column.
Map glider trajectory data against conductivity and density measurements to identify water mass boundaries.
Correlate observed physical properties with the known rapid winter warming trend of the West Antarctic Peninsula.
Use time-series data from the 35-day deployment to model short-term variability in oceanographic conditions.
Strengths
Data covers a 35-day continuous deployment in a critical polar region.
Includes multiple core physical oceanographic variables: temperature, salinity, conductivity, and density.
Data underwent quality checks for netCDF convention compliance by the National Glider Data Assembly Center.
Limitations
Specific row count, sample resolution, and data size are unknown.
Temporal coverage is limited to a single summer mission, preventing long-term seasonal analysis.
Geographic scope is focused on a specific region near Palmer Station, limiting generalizability.
Provenance
Source
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, via the Integrated Ocean Observing System's National Glider Data Assembly Center (IOOS NGDAC).
Collection Method
Measurements collected by an underwater glider (ru26d) during a profiling mission.
Time Range
2014-12-25 to 2015-01-28
Freshness
Data is from a 2014-2015 mission; it is a historical snapshot with no stated update frequency.
Geography
Southern Ocean, continental shelf near Palmer Station, Antarctica.
Data format is netCDF, requiring specific libraries for access and analysis. The archival package may contain aggregated files from the original deployment.