Ocean Glider Trajectory Profile Data from East Coast Deployment

Spray glider profile data from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution contains measurements of physical oceanographic properties. The data was collected by glider sp022 in the East Coast US/Canada region from August 2, 2017 to November 16, 2017. NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information preserved the data submitted by the Integrated Ocean Observing System.

Use Cases

• Analyze temperature and salinity profiles over time to study seasonal coastal changes.
• Map conductivity and density measurements along the glider's East Coast trajectory.
• Validate oceanographic models using in-situ physical property data from a 2017 deployment.
• Study the relationship between temperature and density variations in the US/Canada coastal region.

Strengths

• Data covers a specific 3-month deployment period from 2017-08-02 to 2017-11-16.
• Includes multiple physical oceanographic properties: temperature, salinity, conductivity, and density.
• Data was checked for compliance with netCDF conventions and aggregated by a national assembly center.

Limitations

• Specific row count, column names, and sample data are unknown.
• Data is from a single glider deployment, limiting spatial and temporal generalization.
• The dataset is from 2017 and may not reflect current ocean conditions.

Provenance

Source

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, submitted via IOOS National Glider Data Assembly Center.

Collection Method

Measured by a Spray glider during deployment, aggregated into netCDF files.

Time Range

2017-08-02 to 2017-11-16

Freshness

Data collection ended on 2017-11-16; no update frequency is specified.

Geography

East Coast - US/Canada region