Spray Glider sp066 Physical Oceanographic Profiles, East Coast US/Canada 2020

January 2020 data from a Spray glider deployment by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, supported by NOAA. The dataset contains measurements of physical oceanographic properties such as temperature, salinity, conductivity, and density. Data were aggregated and preserved by the Integrated Ocean Observing System's National Glider Data Assembly Center and the National Centers for Environmental Information.

Use Cases

• Analyzing vertical profiles of seawater temperature and salinity based on glider measurements.
• Studying water column density structure and stratification based on conductivity and density data.
• Validating regional ocean circulation models based on in-situ physical property observations.
• Investigating short-term oceanographic variability along the US/Canada East Coast based on a multi-day deployment.

Strengths

• Data originates from a known research institution, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
• Data underwent quality checks for file format compliance by the IOOS National Glider Data Assembly Center.
• Temporal coverage is precisely defined from 2020-01-23 to 2020-01-26.
• Spatial coverage is specified as the East Coast of the US and Canada.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last updated 2020-01-26 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Collected via a Spray glider deployment, aggregated into netCDF format.

Time Range

2020-01-23 to 2020-01-26

Freshness

Last updated 2020-01-26 00:00:00.

Geography

East Coast - US/Canada