Ecomapper data for the SPURS-1 N. Atlantic field campaign
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| DOI | 10.5067/SPUR1-ECOMP |
| Short Name | SPURS1_ECOMAPPER |
| Description | The SPURS (Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study) project is an oceanographic process study and associated field program that aim to elucidate key mechanisms responsible for near-surface salinity variations in the oceans. The project involves two field campaigns and a series of cruises in regions of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans exhibiting salinity extremes. SPURS employs a suite of state-of-the-art in-situ sampling technologies that, combined with remotely sensed salinity fields from the Aquarius/SAC-D and SMOS satellites, provide a detailed characterization of salinity structure over a continuum of spatio-temporal scales. The SPURS-1 campaign involved a series of 5 cruises during 2012 - 2013 seeking to characterize the salinity structure and balance in a high salinity, high evaporation, and low rainfall region of the subtropical North Atlantic. It aims to resolve processes responsible for maintaining the subtropical surface salinity maximum in this region and within a 900 x 800-mile square study area centered at 25N, 38W. The Ecomapper or IVER is a portable autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) capable carrying a range of sensor payloads. For SPURS-1 these included CTD, chlorophyll, oxygen and turbidity sensors. Ecomapper was deployed on two days during the Knorr cruise, 29 and 30 September 2012. The resulting Knorr Ecomapper data files include deployment event information and contain trajectory-depth profile series of chlorophyll, turbidity, oxygen, conductivity, with salinity, and temperature observations from two sensors. |
| Version | 1.0 |
| Dataset Type | COMPLETE |
| Measurement | OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > OXYGEN OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > TURBIDITY OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > CONDUCTIVITY OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > TEMPERATURE PROFILES OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > CHLOROPHYLL OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY |
| Processing Level | 2 |
| Coverage | Region: SPURS-1 N.Atlantic Salinity maximum region North Bounding Coordinate: 27 degrees South Bounding Coordinate: 26 degrees West Bounding Coordinate: -39 degrees East Bounding Coordinate: -38 degrees Time Span: 2012-Sep-29 to 2012-Sep-30 Granule Time Span: 2012-Sep-29 to 2012-Sep-30 |
| Resolution | Spatial Resolution: 0 km (Along) x 0 km (Across) |
| Projection | Projection Type: WGS84 Ellipsoid: WGS 84 |
| Swath Width | 0.001 km |
| Platform/Sensor | Ecomapper / Platform Name: SPURS-I WHOI Ecomapper (Ecomapper) Orbit Period: 0.0 minutes Inclination Angle: 0.0 degrees OXYGEN METERS SENSOR Name: Ecomapper Dissolved Oxygen (OXYGEN METERS) Swath Width: 0.001 kilometers Description: Spacecraft angular distance from orbital plane relative to the Equator. Ecomapper / Platform Name: SPURS-I WHOI Ecomapper (Ecomapper) Orbit Period: 0.0 minutes Inclination Angle: 0.0 degrees FLUOROMETERS SENSOR Name: Fluorometer (FLUOROMETERS) Swath Width: 0.001 kilometers Description: Spacecraft angular distance from orbital plane relative to the Equator. Ecomapper / Platform Name: SPURS-I WHOI Ecomapper (Ecomapper) Orbit Period: 0.0 minutes Inclination Angle: 0.0 degrees CTD SENSOR Name: Conductivity, Temperature, Depth (CTD) Swath Width: 0.001 kilometers Description: Spacecraft angular distance from orbital plane relative to the Equator. Ecomapper / Platform Name: SPURS-I WHOI Ecomapper (Ecomapper) Orbit Period: 0.0 minutes Inclination Angle: 0.0 degrees TURBIDITY METERS SENSOR Name: Ecomapper Turbidity (TURBIDITY METERS) Swath Width: 0.001 kilometers Description: Spacecraft angular distance from orbital plane relative to the Equator. |
| Project | NASA Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study (SPURS) |
| Data Provider | Publisher: SPURS Data Management PI, Fred Bingham Creator: SPURS PROJECT, Fred Bingham Release Place: Department of Physics and Physical Oceanography, University on North Carolina, Wilmington, NC, USA Release Date: 2015-May-11 Resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SPURS |
| Keyword(s) | Ecomapper, IVER, YSI, CTD, trajectory profile, Chlorophyll, Turbidity, Oxygen, Salinity, Conductivity, Temperature, Depth, Pressure, Upper Ocean, SPURS1, North Atlantic Ocean, salinity maximum region, insitu, SPURS, Knorr |
Questions related to this dataset? Contact podaac@podaac.jpl.nasa.gov
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| PO.DAAC DRIVE | https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/insitu/L2/spurs1/ecomapper PO.DAAC Drive |
| OPENDAP DATA | https://podaac-opendap.jpl.nasa.gov/opendap/allData/insitu/L2/spurs1/ecomapper/ The OPeNDAP base directory location for the collection. |
| Format (Compression) | NETCDF |
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| Citation | SPURS PROJECT, Fred Bingham. 2015. SPURS Field Campaign Ecomapper Products. Ver. 1.0. PO.DAAC, CA, USA. Dataset accessed [YYYY-MM-DD] at https://doi.org/10.5067/SPUR1-ECOMP
For more information see Data Citations and Acknowledgments.
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| Journal Reference | E.Lindstrom, F.Bryan, R.Schmitt. 2015. SPURS: Salinity Processes in the Upper-ocean Regional Study - The North Atlantic Experiment. Oceanography 28(1):14-19, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2015.01. . |
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