Glider Trajectory Profile Data from the Mid-Atlantic Bight

Slocum glider ru30 collected 26 days of physical oceanographic measurements during a NOAA-funded storm study. Rutgers University deployed the instrument in the Mid-Atlantic Bight from September 1 to 26, 2016. The National Glider Data Assembly Center aggregated and quality-checked the data before archival at NCEI.

Use Cases

• Modeling storm-induced changes in water column structure using temperature and salinity profiles.
• Analyzing glider trajectory patterns relative to conductivity and density measurements.
• Calibrating regional ocean models with in-situ physical property data from a specific storm season.
• Studying temporal variability of oceanographic features over a 26-day deployment period.

Strengths

• Data aggregated and checked for compliance by the National Glider Data Assembly Center.
• Continuous time-series coverage for a full 26-day glider mission.
• Focus on core physical oceanographic properties: temperature, salinity, conductivity, density.

Limitations

• Dataset is from a single glider deployment, limiting spatial generalizability.
• Data is from 2016 and may not reflect current ocean conditions.
• Specific row counts, column details, and data resolution are unknown.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

In-situ measurements collected by a Slocum glider (ru30) deployed by Rutgers University.

Time Range

2016-09-01 to 2016-09-26

Freshness

Static dataset from a 2016 deployment; no ongoing updates.

Geography

Mid-Atlantic Bight