Spray Glider sp069: Physical Oceanographic Profiles from the US/Canada East Coast, 2020

Spray glider profile data collected by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution from March to May 2020. The dataset contains measurements of physical oceanographic properties such as temperature, salinity, conductivity, and density. It was submitted to the National Centers for Environmental Information via the Integrated Ocean Observing System's National Glider Data Assembly Center.

Use Cases

• Analyze vertical water column structure based on temperature and salinity profiles.
• Study coastal ocean dynamics and seasonal changes based on time-series measurements.
• Validate or calibrate ocean circulation models based on in-situ conductivity and density data.
• Investigate water mass properties and mixing in the US/Canada East Coast region.

Strengths

• Data originates from a known research institution, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
• Coverage includes a specific time range from 2020-03-19 to 2020-05-06.
• Data was checked for compliance with a netCDF file convention by the IOOS NGDAC.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last updated 2020-05-06 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 by a Spray glider (sp069) deployment, with data aggregated into a netCDF file.

Time Range

2020-03-19 to 2020-05-06

Freshness

Last updated 2020-05-06 00:00:00

Geography

East Coast - US/Canada