Glider Trajectory Profile Data for Coastal Hypoxia Study

Physical trajectory profile data was collected by glider unit_092 deployed by Oregon Health & Science University's Center for Coastal Margin Observation & Prediction. Measurements include temperature, salinity, conductivity, and density from coastal waters of Washington and Oregon. Data was gathered from May 12 to June 13, 2010, as part of the SATURN observatory funded by NOAA and NSF.

Use Cases

• Model calibration using time-series measurements of temperature and salinity from a glider trajectory.
• Characterizing shelf hypoxia dynamics by analyzing dissolved oxygen proxies inferred from conductivity and density profiles.
• Studying seasonal (April-September) physical oceanographic properties for fisheries management applications.
• Analyzing glider trajectory paths in relation to coastal water mass structure and movement.

Strengths

• Data covers a focused temporal range of approximately one month in 2010.
• Includes core physical oceanographic properties: temperature, salinity, conductivity, and density.
• Data underwent quality checks for netCDF convention compliance by the IOOS National Glider Data Assembly Center.

Limitations

• Dataset is from a single glider deployment, limiting spatial and temporal generalization.
• Specific row count, column details, and sample size are unknown.
• Data is temporally stale, last updated in June 2010.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Collected via a Slocum glider deployment, with data submitted in netCDF format.

Time Range

2010-05-12 to 2010-06-13

Freshness

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Geography

Coastal Waters of Washington and Oregon, USA.