Glider Trajectory Profile Data from Coastal Washington and Oregon

Physical oceanographic measurements from a Slocum glider deployment in coastal waters from July 23 to August 21, 2009. The data, including temperature, salinity, conductivity, and density, were collected by Oregon Health & Science University's Center for Coastal Margin Observation & Prediction for the SATURN observatory. It was archived by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information.

Use Cases

• Characterize shelf hypoxia by analyzing dissolved oxygen levels alongside temperature and salinity profiles.
• Calibrate ocean circulation models using in-situ measurements of water density and conductivity.
• Study seasonal physical oceanographic properties like temperature and salinity for fisheries management insights.
• Analyze glider trajectory data to understand water mass movement in the Washington/Oregon coastal region.

Strengths

• Data covers a specific 30-day deployment period from July to August 2009.
• Includes core physical oceanographic properties: temperature, salinity, conductivity, and density.
• Data was checked for compliance with netCDF conventions and aggregated by the IOOS National Glider Data Assembly Center.

Limitations

• Sample size and row count are unknown.
• Data is from a single seasonal deployment, limiting long-term trend analysis.
• Geographic coverage is restricted to a specific coastal region of Washington and Oregon.

Provenance

Source

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), via the IOOS National Glider Data Assembly Center.

Collection Method

Measurements gathered by a Slocum glider unit deployed in coastal waters.

Time Range

2009-07-23 to 2009-08-21

Freshness

Data is from 2009, representing a historical snapshot with no stated update frequency.

Geography

Coastal Waters of Washington and Oregon.