Coastal North Atlantic Water Temperature and Salinity Profiles from Seagliders, 2017-2018

859 temperature profiles and 857 salinity profiles were collected by three University of Washington Seagliders (SG037, SG038, SG039) in the coastal North Atlantic. The data spans from April 2017 to November 2018, covering a region bounded by 79°W to 73°W and 25.00°N to 28.47°N. The dataset was submitted by the University of Washington and its Applied Physics Laboratory.

Use Cases

• Modeling coastal ocean dynamics based on temperature and salinity profiles.
• Analyzing seasonal and interannual variability in water properties based on the 2017-2018 time range.
• Validating satellite-derived sea surface salinity estimates based on in-situ profile data.
• Studying the performance and data yield of Seaglider autonomous underwater vehicles.

Strengths

• Contains 859 temperature and 857 salinity profiles, providing substantial in-situ measurements.
• Covers a specific geographic region (Coastal North Atlantic) over a defined 19-month period.
• Data originates from a known research institution (University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last updated 2018-10-07 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
• Data may reflect geographic/temporal/source bias inherent to the specific glider missions.

Provenance

Source

University of Washington; Applied Physics Laboratory (APL)

Collection Method

Measurements taken from Seaglider autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs).

Time Range

2017-04-08 to 2018-11-21

Freshness

Last updated 2018-10-07 00:00:00

Geography

Coastal North Atlantic, bounded by 79°W to 73°W and 25.00°N to 28.47°N.