Caribbean Sea Glider Trajectory Profiles of Temperature and Salinity

Seaglider SG609 collected over 100 days of continuous oceanographic measurements in the Caribbean Sea during the 2015 hurricane season. The dataset contains physical property profiles including temperature, salinity, conductivity, and density. Data were gathered by the Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory and archived by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information.

Use Cases

• Analyze temperature and salinity profiles to study ocean heat content variability relevant to tropical cyclone intensity.
• Model ocean density structure from conductivity and temperature measurements to understand water mass distribution.
• Track the glider's geospatial trajectory to map subsurface currents and eddies in the Caribbean Sea.
• Correlate physical oceanographic property time-series with atmospheric data to validate coupled hurricane forecast models.

Strengths

• Continuous time-series coverage from July 15 to November 16, 2015, spanning the Atlantic hurricane season.
• Data underwent quality checks for netCDF convention compliance by the IOOS National Glider Data Assembly Center.
• Contains multiple core oceanographic variables (temperature, salinity, conductivity, density) per profile.

Limitations

• The exact number of profiles (rows) and sampling resolution are unspecified.
• Data is from a single glider deployment, limiting spatial coverage to one trajectory path.
• Data is from 2015 and may not represent current ocean conditions.

Provenance

Source

Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML), via IOOS National Glider Data Assembly Center and NOAA NCEI.

Collection Method

In-situ measurements collected by an autonomous Seaglider (SG609) profiling the water column.

Time Range

2015-07-15 to 2015-11-16

Freshness

Data collection ended on 2015-11-16; no update frequency specified.

Geography

Caribbean Sea, along the deployment trajectory of glider SG609.