Spray Glider sp065 Physical Oceanographic Profiles from the US/Canada East Coast, 2020

Spray glider profile data from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, collected from 2020-05-06 to 2020-08-24. The National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) received the data via the Integrated Ocean Observing System's National Glider Data Assembly Center (IOOS NGDAC). It contains measurements of physical oceanographic properties such as temperature, salinity, conductivity, and density.

Use Cases

• Analyzing vertical profiles of temperature and salinity based on the described physical oceanographic properties.
• Studying water column density structure and stratification based on the density measurements mentioned.
• Validating regional ocean models for the US/Canada East Coast based on the described geospatial and temporal coverage.
• Investigating seasonal changes in coastal waters during summer 2020 based on the three-month deployment period.

Strengths

• Data collection spans a specific three-month period from May to August 2020.
• Data underwent a compliance check and aggregation by the IOOS National Glider Data Assembly Center before archival.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last updated 2020-08-24 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Collected by a Spray glider (sp065) deployment, with data aggregated and preserved by NCEI.

Time Range

2020-05-06 to 2020-08-24

Freshness

Data collection ended on 2020-08-24.

Geography

East Coast - US/Canada