Spray Glider sp066 Physical Oceanographic Profiles from the East Coast, August 2020

East Coast US/Canada waters contain physical oceanographic profile data collected by a Spray glider (sp066) deployed by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution from August 24 to 26, 2020. The data includes measurements of temperature, salinity, conductivity, and density. The National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) preserved the data after aggregation and compliance checks by the IOOS National Glider Data Assembly Center.

Use Cases

• Analyze vertical water column structure based on profile measurements of temperature and salinity.
• Study coastal ocean dynamics and water mass properties based on conductivity and density data.
• Validate or calibrate regional oceanographic models based on in-situ glider trajectory data.
• Assess short-term variability in physical oceanographic properties based on a continuous three-day deployment.

Strengths

• Data originates from a known research institution, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
• Data underwent a compliance check and aggregation process by the IOOS National Glider Data Assembly Center.
• Covers a specific three-day time range from 2020-08-24 to 2020-08-26.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last updated 2020-08-26 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 files.

Time Range

2020-08-24 to 2020-08-26

Freshness

Data collection ended on 2020-08-26.

Geography

East Coast - US/Canada