Physical trajectory profile data from glider sp065 deployed by Woods Hole Oceanographic In

Spray glider sp065, deployed by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, collected profile data from 2015-10-01 to 2016-01-07. The National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) received the archival package from the Integrated Ocean Observing System's National Glider Data Assembly Center (IOOS NGDAC). The data contain measurements of physical oceanographic properties such as temperature, salinity, conductivity, and density.

Use Cases

• Analyzing seasonal water column structure based on temperature and salinity profiles.
• Studying coastal ocean dynamics and mixing processes based on conductivity and density measurements.
• Validating regional ocean models using in-situ glider trajectory and profile data.
• Assessing data quality and standardization methods for autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) datasets.

Strengths

• Data originates from a known research institution (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) and was processed through a formal assembly center (IOOS NGDAC).
• Covers a specific deployment period of approximately three months from October 2015 to January 2016.
• Focuses on core physical oceanographic variables including temperature, salinity, conductivity, and density.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last updated 2016-01-07 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
• Row count and file size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, via IOOS National Glider Data Assembly Center (NGDAC) and NOAA NCEI.

Collection Method

Collected by a Spray glider (sp065) and aggregated into a netCDF file by the IOOS NGDAC.

Time Range

2015-10-01 to 2016-01-07

Freshness

Data collection ended on 2016-01-07.

Geography

East Coast - US/Canada