Coastal Ocean Glider Trajectory Profile Data from Mid-Atlantic Bight

September 20 to October 9, 2018 data from a Slocum glider deployment measuring physical oceanographic properties in the shallow coastal waters of New Jersey. The dataset contains CTD measurements of temperature, salinity, conductivity, and density collected by Rutgers University's Center for Ocean Observing Leadership (RU COOL). It was submitted to the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) via the Integrated Ocean Observing System's National Glider Data Assembly Center (IOOS NGDAC).

Use Cases

• Modeling dissolved oxygen dynamics using temperature and salinity profiles as predictors.
• Analyzing water column density stratification from conductivity-temperature-depth (CTD) measurements.
• Mapping the three-dimensional trajectory of glider RU28 using its geospatial and temporal profile data.
• Calibrating regional ocean models with in-situ measurements of physical properties from the 2018 monitoring effort.

Strengths

• Data spans a 20-day continuous monitoring period in a critical coastal region.
• Measurements include core physical oceanographic parameters (temperature, salinity, conductivity, density).
• Data processed and aggregated by the authoritative IOOS National Glider Data Assembly Center (NGDAC).

Limitations

• Dataset is limited to CTD measurements; oxygen and optical data are pending quality assessment.
• Temporal coverage is restricted to a single three-week deployment in autumn 2018.
• Spatial coverage is confined to the New Jersey coastal waters of the Mid-Atlantic Bight.

Provenance

Source

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Center for Ocean Observing Leadership (RU COOL), via IOOS NGDAC and NOAA NCEI.

Collection Method

Deployment of a Slocum glider collecting in-situ CTD profile measurements.

Time Range

2018-09-20 to 2018-10-09

Freshness

Data represents a specific historical deployment; last updated 2018-10 09.

Geography

Shallow coastal waters of New Jersey in the Mid-Atlantic Bight.