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

Spray glider sp065 collected 120 days of profile data on temperature, salinity, conductivity, and density in the Northwest Atlantic. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution deployed the glider, with data archived by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information. The dataset represents a single deployment from October 2018 to February 2019.

Use Cases

• Modeling ocean density structure based on temperature and salinity profiles.
• Analyzing seasonal water column changes in the Northwest Atlantic based on the four-month deployment.
• Validating satellite-derived sea surface salinity data with in-situ conductivity measurements.
• Studying glider trajectory and performance in coastal oceanography based on the profile collection method.

Strengths

• Data underwent quality checks for file format compliance by the IOOS National Glider Data Assembly Center.
• Includes measurements of multiple core physical oceanographic properties: temperature, salinity, conductivity, and density.
• Covers a specific 120-day deployment period from 2018-10-15 to 2019-02-11.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and file size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, via NOAA's Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) National Glider Data Assembly Center.

Collection Method

Collected by a Spray-type autonomous underwater glider (sp065) profiling the water column.

Time Range

2018-10-15 to 2019-02-11

Freshness

Last updated 2019-02-11 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.

Geography

East Coast - US/Canada, Northwest Atlantic Ocean