Spray Glider Physical Oceanographic Profiles from East Coast Deployment
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Description
February 27 to June 18, 2020, this dataset contains profile measurements of physical oceanographic properties collected by a Spray glider deployed by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution off the East Coast of the US and Canada. The data, comprising measurements like temperature, salinity, conductivity, and density, were aggregated and preserved by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information.
Use Cases
Analyzing temperature and salinity profiles to study seasonal stratification changes in coastal waters.
Mapping conductivity and density measurements to identify frontal zones or water mass boundaries.
Tracking the glider's trajectory to correlate physical property changes with specific geographic locations.
Using the time-series of temperature data to validate regional ocean circulation or heat flux models.
Studying the relationship between conductivity and salinity for calibration or quality assessment of sensor data.
Strengths
Data covers a continuous 4-month deployment period from February to June 2020.
Includes multiple core physical oceanographic properties: temperature, salinity, conductivity, and density.
Processed and aggregated by the Integrated Ocean Observing System's National Glider Data Assembly Center for compliance.
Limitations
Specific row count, file size, and detailed column structure are unknown.
Geographic coverage is limited to a single glider deployment track along the US/Canada East Coast.
Data is from a single deployment in 2020, limiting temporal analysis to that specific season.
Provenance
Source
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, collected via a Spray glider deployment.
Collection Method
Measurements gathered by an autonomous underwater glider, aggregated into a netCDF file by IOOS NGDAC.
Time Range
2020-02-27 to 2020-06-18
Freshness
Data collection ended in June 2020; the dataset is archived for long-term preservation.
Geography
East Coast of the United States and Canada.
Data format is likely netCDF, requiring specialized libraries for access and analysis. License terms are unspecified.