Spray Glider Physical Profile Data from East Coast Deployment

NCEI Accession 0171456 contains Spray glider profile data collected by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. The dataset comprises measurements of physical oceanographic properties from a glider deployed in the East Coast US/Canada region between November 2017 and March 2018. NOAA supported the deployment, and data were archived by the National Centers for Environmental Information.

Use Cases

• Analyze temperature and salinity profiles over time to study seasonal variability in coastal waters.
• Map glider trajectory data against conductivity measurements to identify frontal zones or mixing events.
• Use density profile data to calculate water column stability and identify pycnocline depths.
• Correlate time-series measurements of physical properties with regional meteorological events during the deployment period.

Strengths

• Data originates from a reputable institution (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) and is archived by NOAA NCEI.
• Provides a continuous time-series from a specific deployment spanning approximately four months (2017-11-16 to 2018-03-10).
• Includes core physical oceanographic measurements such as temperature, salinity, conductivity, and density.

Limitations

• The exact number of rows (profile measurements) and column details are unknown.
• Data coverage is geographically limited to a single glider track in the East Coast US/Canada region.
• Data is from a single deployment period and may not represent longer-term trends.

Provenance

Source

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, archived by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI).

Collection Method

Data collected by a Spray glider, aggregated and checked by the Integrated Ocean Observing System's National Glider Data Assembly Center (IOOS NGDAC).

Time Range

2017-11-16 to 2018-03-10

Freshness

Data collection ended in March 2018; it is a static archival dataset.

Geography

East Coast - US/Canada region (glider deployment track).