Coastal Glider Trajectory Profile Data from Washington/Oregon Shelf
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Description
Physical oceanographic measurements from a Slocum glider deployment in the coastal waters of Washington and Oregon. The dataset, archived by NOAA NCEI, was collected over a two-day period from August 30 to 31, 2010, by Oregon Health & Science University's Center for Coastal Margin Observation & Prediction. Data includes properties like temperature, salinity, conductivity, and density.
Use Cases
Analyze vertical profiles of temperature and salinity to characterize shelf hypoxia conditions relevant to fisheries management.
Use conductivity and density measurements for calibrating regional oceanographic models of the Pacific Northwest coast.
Map the glider's trajectory and depth profiles to study physical water column structure over a short, intensive observation period.
Correlate physical property data with seasonal glider operations (April-September) to understand temporal variability in coastal waters.
Strengths
Data was checked for compliance with netCDF conventions and aggregated by the IOOS National Glider Data Assembly Center.
Focuses on a specific, ecologically significant region (Washington/Oregon shelf) with known hypoxia issues.
Collection was part of a sustained observatory (SATURN) funded by NOAA and NSF, indicating structured research context.
Limitations
Temporal coverage is extremely limited to a single 2-day deployment in August 2010.
Sample size (row count) and specific column details are unknown from the provided metadata.
Data is over a decade old, which may limit relevance for studying recent environmental changes.
Provenance
Source
Oregon Health & Science University; Center for Coastal Margin Observation & Prediction, submitted via IOOS National Glider Data Assembly Center to NOAA NCEI.
Collection Method
Measurements gathered by a Slocum glider unit during an oceanic deployment.
Time Range
2010-08-30 to 2010-08-31
Freshness
Single deployment from 2010-08-30 to 2010-08-31; no update frequency indicated.
Geography
Coastal Waters of Washington/Oregon
Original data format was one or more netCDF files; the specific variables/columns within the aggregated netCDF file are not listed in the provided metadata.