Physical trajectory profile data from glider sp066 deployed by Woods Hole Oceanographic In

Spray glider sp066 collected over 100 days of physical oceanographic measurements in the Northwest Atlantic. The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution deployed the glider from November 2017 to March 2018, with data preserved by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information. Profile data includes measurements of temperature, salinity, conductivity, and density.

Use Cases

• Analyze seasonal water column structure based on temperature and salinity profiles.
• Study coastal ocean dynamics and mixing based on conductivity and density measurements.
• Validate regional ocean circulation models based on in-situ glider trajectory data.
• Investigate shelf-slope exchange processes based on cross-shore physical property transects.

Strengths

• Data collection spanned a continuous 4-month period from 2017-11-29 to 2018-03-29.
• Data underwent quality checks and standardization by the IOOS National Glider Data Assembly Center.
• Includes multiple core physical oceanographic variables: temperature, salinity, conductivity, and density.

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.
• Last updated 2018-03-29 00:00:00; freshness should be verified for current applications.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

In-situ measurements collected by a Spray glider, aggregated and preserved in netCDF format.

Time Range

2017-11-29 to 2018-03-29

Freshness

2018-03-29

Geography

East Coast - US/Canada (Northwest Atlantic Ocean)