Ocean Glider Trajectory Data for Bioluminescence Research, Mid-Atlantic Bight 2016

Physical oceanographic data from a University of Delaware glider deployment in the Mid-Atlantic Bight from August 30 to September 7, 2016. The dataset contains temperature and salinity observations collected to study scales relevant to bioluminescence prediction. Data were archived by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) after processing by the IOOS National Glider Data Assembly Center.

Use Cases

• Modeling bioluminescence prediction based on physical oceanographic properties like temperature and salinity.
• Analyzing the movement of oceanographic features over time scales of days to weeks based on glider trajectory data.
• Studying the relationship between physical water properties and biological community dynamics in the coastal ocean.
• Validating ocean circulation models using in-situ temperature and salinity profiles from a glider platform.

Strengths

• Data covers a specific 9-day deployment from August 30 to September 7, 2016.
• Includes measurements of key physical properties: temperature, salinity, conductivity, and density.
• Data were checked for compliance with netCDF conventions and aggregated 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 2016-09-07 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 a glider (ud_134) deployed by the University of Delaware, with data submitted in netCDF format.

Time Range

2016-08-30 to 2016-09-07

Freshness

2016-09-07

Geography

Mid-Atlantic Bight