Spray Glider sp069: Physical Oceanographic Profiles from the US/Canada East Coast, 2018

East Coast US/Canada waters contain physical oceanographic profile data collected by a Spray glider (sp069) deployed by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution from April 11 to June 29, 2018. The dataset includes measurements such as temperature, salinity, conductivity, and density. Data were aggregated and preserved by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) after processing by the IOOS National Glider Data Assembly Center.

Use Cases

• Analyzing coastal water column structure based on temperature and salinity profiles.
• Studying seasonal oceanographic changes in the Northwest Atlantic based on time-series data from April to June 2018.
• Validating ocean circulation models using in-situ conductivity and density measurements.
• Investigating glider trajectory and spatial coverage in the East Coast US/Canada region.

Strengths

• Data collection spans a specific 80-day period from 2018-04-11 to 2018-06-29.
• Includes multiple core physical oceanographic variables: temperature, salinity, conductivity, and density.
• Data underwent quality checks for file format compliance by the IOOS National Glider Data Assembly Center.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last updated 2018-06-29 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
• Row count and file size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

In-situ measurements collected by a Spray underwater glider (sp069) during a deployment.

Time Range

2018-04-11 to 2018-06-29

Freshness

Data collection ended on 2018-06-29.

Geography

East Coast - US/Canada