Glider Trajectory Data from the Northern Gulf of Mexico, 2015

Physical trajectory profile data from the glider 'sverdrup' deployed by TAMU's Geochemical and Environmental Research Group. The deployment investigated shelf-slope exchange in the Northern Gulf of Mexico from August 22 to November 10, 2015. Data includes measurements of temperature, salinity, conductivity, and density, preserved by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information.

Use Cases

• Modeling shelf-slope exchange processes in the Northern Gulf of Mexico based on the deployment's stated objective.
• Analyzing vertical profiles of water column properties like temperature and salinity from the glider's trajectory.
• Studying seasonal oceanographic changes in the Gulf of Mexico during the late summer to fall period in 2015.

Strengths

• Data covers a specific 80-day deployment period from August to November 2015.
• Includes multiple physical oceanographic properties: temperature, salinity, conductivity, and density.
• Data was aggregated and checked for compliance to a netCDF convention by the IOOS National Glider Data Assembly Center before archival.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last updated 2015-11-10 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.

Provenance

Source

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), via the Integrated Ocean Observing System's National Glider Data Assembly Center (IOOS NGDAC).

Collection Method

Collected via an autonomous underwater glider deployment.

Time Range

2015-08-22 to 2015-11-10

Freshness

Last updated 2015-11-10 00:00:00

Geography

Northern Gulf of Mexico