SPURS-1: Ocean Salinity and Meteorological Time Series from North Atlantic Mooring

SPURS-1 was a 2012-2013 field campaign in a high-salinity region of the subtropical North Atlantic, centered at 25N, 38W. The dataset provides continuous surface and subsurface time series from a central mooring deployed at 5,535 meters depth, capturing oceanographic and atmospheric variables. It aims to elucidate the processes maintaining the surface salinity maximum by combining in-situ measurements with satellite remote sensing.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the salinity balance in a high-evaporation, low-rainfall region based on continuous conductivity and salinity measurements.
• Studying air-sea heat and moisture exchanges using shortwave/longwave radiation, heat flux, air temperature, and humidity data.
• Investigating near-surface current profiles and wind-driven processes using ADCP sensor and wind velocity observations.
• Validating remotely sensed salinity fields from Aquarius/SAC-D and SMOS satellites with in-situ time series data.

Strengths

• Provides a detailed, continuous time series from a strategically located mooring in a key salinity maximum region.
• Integrates a suite of co-located oceanographic and meteorological measurements, including subsurface profiles.
• Covers a defined field campaign period with specific deployment (14 Sep 2012), service (25 Mar 2013), and recovery (30 Sep 2013) dates.

Limitations

• Column names and precise data structure are not specified in the provided metadata.
• Dataset size and row counts are unknown across all sources.
• The license is ambiguously listed as 'other-license-specified' without explicit terms.

Provenance

Source

WHOI (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) mooring data from the SPURS-1 project, hosted by POCLOUD.

Collection Method

In-situ measurements from a central mooring equipped with CTD, ADCP sensors, current meters, and a surface meteorological package.

Time Range

2012-09-14 to 2013-09-30

Freshness

2026-04-09 20:38:49.204762

Geography

Subtropical North Atlantic, within a 900 x 800-mile square study area centered at 25N, 38W. Mooring location: N24:34.867, W38.