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 | OPEN |
Measurement | OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > CONDUCTIVITY OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > TEMPERATURE PROFILES OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > CHLOROPHYLL OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > OXYGEN OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > TURBIDITY |
Processing Level | 2 |
Coverage | Region: SPURS-1 N.Atlantic Salinity maximum region Northernmost Latitude: 27 degrees Southernmost Latitude: 26 degrees Westernmost Longitude: -39 degrees Easternmost Longitude: -38 degrees Time Span: 2012-Sep-29 to 2012-Sep-30 |
Resolution | Spatial Resolution: 0 km (Along) x 0 km (Across) |
Projection | Type: WGS84 Detail: Ellipsoid: WGS84 |
Latency | 9000 hours |
Swath Width | 0.001 km |
Sample Frequency | - |
Temporal Repeat (Nominal) | 1 Day |
Temporal Repeat (Min) | - |
Temporal Repeat (Max) | - |
Platform/Sensor | Ecomapper / Platform Name: SPURS-I WHOI Ecomapper (Ecomapper) Orbit Period: 0 minutes Inclination Angle: 0 degrees Ascending Node: 1970-Jan-01 00:00:00 FLUOROMETERS SENSOR Name: Fluorometer (FLUOROMETERS) Swath Width: 0.001 km Description: Ecomapper Fluorometer (eg. YSI) Ecomapper / Platform Name: SPURS-I WHOI Ecomapper (Ecomapper) Orbit Period: 0 minutes Inclination Angle: 0 degrees Ascending Node: 1970-Jan-01 00:00:00 OXYGEN METERS SENSOR Name: Ecomapper Dissolved Oxygen (OXYGEN METERS) Swath Width: 0.001 km Description: Ecomapper Dissolved Oxygen (eg. YSI) Ecomapper / Platform Name: SPURS-I WHOI Ecomapper (Ecomapper) Orbit Period: 0 minutes Inclination Angle: 0 degrees Ascending Node: 1970-Jan-01 00:00:00 TURBIDITY METERS SENSOR Name: Ecomapper Turbidity (TURBIDITY METERS) Swath Width: 0.001 km Description: Ecomapper Turbidity (eg. YSI) Ecomapper / Platform Name: SPURS-I WHOI Ecomapper (Ecomapper) Orbit Period: 0 minutes Inclination Angle: 0 degrees Ascending Node: 1970-Jan-01 00:00:00 CTD SENSOR Name: Conductivity, Temperature, Depth (CTD) Swath Width: 0.001 km Description: Saildrone Teledyne CTD (2632) |
Project | NASA Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study (SPURS) |
Data Provider | 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 |
Persistent ID | PODAAC-SPUR1-ECOMP |
Questions related to this dataset? Contact podaac@podaac.jpl.nasa.gov
PO.DAAC DRIVE | https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/insitu/L2/spurs1/ecomapper |
OPENDAP | https://podaac-opendap.jpl.nasa.gov/opendap/allData/insitu/L2/spurs1/ecomapper/ |
Format (Compression) | NETCDF (NONE) |
Read Software | |
R | https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/insitu/L2/spurs1/sw/R R Reader and calling routines |
MATLAB | https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/insitu/L2/spurs1/sw/Matlab MATLAB Reader and calling routines |
Project Materials | |
SPURS-1 Data Documentation Package | https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/insitu/L2/spurs1/docs/DataDocumentation/ Data Submission Report, Instrument Calibration Report, etc |
SPURS-1 Cruise Documentation Package | https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/insitu/L2/spurs1/docs/CruiseReports/ Cruise Reports |
Archived SPURS-1 Website Content | https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/insitu/L2/spurs1/docs/SpursWebsiteContent/ Meeting Materials, Cruise Blogs, and other archive artifacts |
Additional Sites | |
PO.DAAC SPURS Mission page | http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/spurs Field Campaign and Instrument Overview |
SPURS Project Website | http://spurs.jpl.nasa.gov/ Project Website for SPURS |
Citation | SPURS PROJECT, Fred Bingham. 2015. Ecomapper data for the SPURS-1 N. Atlantic field campaign. 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. |