Glider Trajectory Profile Data from Coastal Washington and Oregon

Physical oceanographic measurements were collected by a Slocum glider unit_092 deployed by Oregon Health & Science University's Center for Coastal Margin Observation & Prediction. The dataset captures a single deployment from September 1 to September 4, 2009, in the coastal waters of Washington and Oregon. Data were archived by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information after processing by the IOOS National Glider Data Assembly Center.

Use Cases

• Analyze temporal and spatial patterns of temperature and salinity to characterize shelf hypoxia events.
• Use conductivity and density profiles for model calibration and validation of coastal ocean circulation models.
• Map glider trajectory and depth profiles to study physical property gradients in coastal waters.
• Correlate physical oceanographic properties with seasonal glider operations (April-September) for fisheries management insights.

Strengths

• Data checked for compliance with netCDF conventions and aggregated by the IOOS National Glider Data Assembly Center.
• Includes key physical oceanographic properties: temperature, salinity, conductivity, and density.
• Provides a continuous time-series profile from a specific glider deployment over a 4-day period.

Limitations

• Exact row count, column details, and sample size are unknown.
• Temporal coverage is limited to a single, short deployment in September 2009.
• Geographic scope is restricted to a specific coastal region of the Pacific Northwest.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Measurements gathered by a Slocum glider deployment as part of the CMOP observatory SATURN.

Time Range

2009-09-01 to 2009-09-04

Freshness

Data is from 2009; no update frequency indicated.

Geography

Coastal Waters of Washington and Oregon.