Coastal Glider Trajectory Data with Dissolved Oxygen Measurements

Physical trajectory profile data from a Slocum glider deployed by Rutgers University's Center for Ocean Observing Leadership. The dataset contains measurements from a 29-day deployment in the Mid-Atlantic Bight during September and October 2019, collected for the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection's coastal oxygen monitoring. Data was aggregated and preserved by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information.

Use Cases

• Analyze dissolved oxygen concentration trends against temperature and salinity profiles from the CTD sensor to study coastal hypoxia.
• Map the glider's spatial trajectory against chlorophyll a readings from the ECO triplet sensor to identify phytoplankton blooms.
• Correlate density and conductivity measurements with wave sensor data to study mixing processes in shallow coastal waters.
• Model seasonal water mass properties using the time-series of temperature, salinity, and density over the 29-day deployment.

Strengths

• Data covers a continuous 29-day deployment period from 2019-09-26 to 2019-10-24.
• Includes multiple sensor measurements (CTD, dissolved oxygen, fluorescence, backscatter, chlorophyll a, wave data) per profile.
• Data was validated for compliance with netCDF conventions by the IOOS National Glider Data Assembly Center before archival.

Limitations

• Sample size and row count are unknown from the description.
• Data is from a single glider deployment, limiting spatial generalizability.
• Data is from 2019 and may not reflect current oceanographic conditions.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Deployment of an instrumented Slocum glider collecting in-situ sensor measurements.

Time Range

2019-09 26 to 2019-10-24

Freshness

Data collection ended on 2019-10-24; no update frequency is specified.

Geography

Mid-Atlantic Bight, shallow coastal waters of New Jersey.