Seaglider Physical Oceanographic Profiles in the Caribbean Sea

Seaglider SG610 collected 98 days of underwater trajectory data measuring temperature, salinity, conductivity, and density. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory deployed the glider from July to October 2017. Data were aggregated and preserved by the National Centers for Environmental Information.

Use Cases

• Model vertical temperature and salinity profiles from glider depth and trajectory data.
• Analyze conductivity and density measurements to study water mass structure in the Caribbean Sea.
• Correlate physical oceanographic properties with tropical cyclone intensity forecasts for the Atlantic basin.
• Track the glider's geospatial trajectory to validate ocean current models.

Strengths

• 98 consecutive days of continuous underwater measurements.
• Data validated for netCDF convention compliance by the Integrated Ocean Observing System's National Glider Data Assembly Center.

Limitations

• Data is from a single glider deployment, limiting spatial coverage.
• The dataset is static, covering only a specific 3-month period in 2017.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Measurements gathered by an autonomous Seaglider underwater vehicle.

Time Range

2017-07-12 to 2017-10-18

Freshness

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Geography

Caribbean Sea