Ocean Glider Temperature and Salinity Profiles from IOOS, 2012-2015

NCEI Accession 0123079 contains oceanographic data collected by 10 institutions in support of the Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) Program. The dataset includes 24,721 temperature profiles and 24,718 salinity profiles from 25 gliders deployed in the Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, and Lake Michigan. Data were collected between October 6, -2012 and September 17, -2015.

Use Cases

• Modeling ocean heat content based on temperature profile data
• Analyzing water mass distribution based on salinity measurements
• Studying ocean currents based on speed and direction data
• Calibrating satellite sea surface salinity measurements with in-situ glider data

Strengths

• 24,721 temperature profiles and 24,718 salinity profiles provide substantial observational density
• Data collected from 25 gliders across multiple ocean basins and a large lake
• Multi-institutional collection involving 10 organizations under the IOOS program

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Last updated 2015-09-17 00:00:00; freshness should be verified
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment

Provenance

Source

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)

Collection Method

Collected by 25 underwater gliders operated by 10 institutions.

Time Range

2012-10-06 to 2015-09-17

Freshness

Last updated 2015-09-17 00:00:00

Geography

Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Lake Michigan, and other locations