Spray Glider Physical Oceanographic Profile Data from East Coast Deployment

February to May 2019 data from a Spray glider deployed by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution off the East Coast of the US and Canada. The dataset contains measurements of physical oceanographic properties including temperature, salinity, conductivity, and density. It was archived by the National Centers for Environmental Information after aggregation and validation by the Integrated Ocean Observing System's National Glider Data Assembly Center.

Use Cases

• Analyzing temperature and salinity profiles to study seasonal stratification changes in coastal waters.
• Mapping conductivity and density measurements to understand water column structure and mixing processes.
• Using the glider's trajectory data to correlate physical property measurements with specific geographic locations.
• Validating regional ocean models by comparing simulated temperature and salinity fields against these in-situ observations.

Strengths

• Data covers a continuous deployment period from February 1 to May 23, 2019.
• Includes multiple core physical oceanographic properties: temperature, salinity, conductivity, and density.
• Data was checked for compliance with a netCDF convention and aggregated by a dedicated assembly center.

Limitations

• The exact number of profiles (rows) and measurement resolution are unknown.
• Limited temporal coverage to a single spring season, not a multi-year time series.
• Geographic coverage is restricted to a specific deployment track along the US/Canada East Coast.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Measurements collected by an autonomous Spray glider during its deployment.

Time Range

2019-02-01 to 2019-05-23

Freshness

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Geography

East Coast - US/Canada