SPURS-1 research vessel Thermosalinograph series data for N. Atlantic cruises
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| DOI | 10.5067/SPUR1-TSG00 |
| Short Name | SPURS1_TSG |
| 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. All SPURS-1 vessels were equipped with a thermosalinograph (TSG). A TSG is an automated measurement system that is coupled to a research vessel's water intake and GPS systems to provide continuous, along-track surface temperature and salinity measurements. Each SPURS cruise employed TSGs whose measurements were calibrated against onboard salinometers. TSG data files are one per cruise. Note that Knorr TSG data are contained coupled in the same file as its shipborne meteorological observations. |
| Version | 1.0 |
| Dataset Type | COMPLETE |
| Measurement | OCEANS > PRECIPITATION > PRECIPITATION RATE OCEANS > OCEAN WINDS > SURFACE WINDS OCEANS > OCEAN WINDS > SURFACE WINDS OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > CONDUCTIVITY OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE |
| Processing Level | 2 |
| Coverage | Region: SPURS-1 N.Atlantic Salinity maximum region North Bounding Coordinate: 42 degrees South Bounding Coordinate: 20 degrees West Bounding Coordinate: -73 degrees East Bounding Coordinate: -14 degrees Time Span: 2012-Sep-01 to 2013-Oct-13 Granule Time Span: 2012-Sep-01 to 2013-Oct-13 |
| Resolution | Spatial Resolution: 0 km (Along) x 0 km (Across) |
| Projection | Ellipsoid: WGS 84 |
| Swath Width | 0.001 km |
| Platform/Sensor | R/V Knorr / Platform Name: R/V Knorr (WHOI) (R/V Knorr) Orbit Period: 0.0 minutes Inclination Angle: 0.0 degrees THERMOSALINOGRAPHS SENSOR Name: Ship-based Thermosalinograph (THERMOSALINOGRAPHS) Swath Width: 0.001 kilometers Description: Spacecraft angular distance from orbital plane relative to the Equator. R/V Endeavor / Platform Name: R/V Endeavor (WHOI) (R/V Endeavor) Orbit Period: 0.0 minutes Inclination Angle: 0.0 degrees SPURS_METEO SENSOR Name: SPURS Ship-based Meteorological package (eg. Vaisala WXT520 on RV.Knorr) (SPURS_METEO) Swath Width: 0.001 kilometers Description: Spacecraft angular distance from orbital plane relative to the Equator. R/V Thalassa / Platform Name: R/V Thalassa (IFREMER, France) (R/V Thalassa) Orbit Period: 0.0 minutes Inclination Angle: 0.0 degrees THERMOSALINOGRAPHS SENSOR Name: Ship-based Thermosalinograph (THERMOSALINOGRAPHS) Swath Width: 0.001 kilometers Description: Spacecraft angular distance from orbital plane relative to the Equator. R/V Sarmiento / Platform Name: R/V Sarmiento De Gamboa (SPAIN) (R/V Sarmiento) Orbit Period: 0.0 minutes Inclination Angle: 0.0 degrees THERMOSALINOGRAPHS SENSOR Name: Ship-based Thermosalinograph (THERMOSALINOGRAPHS) 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) | TSG, Thermosalinograph, trajectory, Salinity, Conductivity, Temperature, Rain Rate, Wind Speed, Wind direction, Fixed Depth, Upper Ocean, SPURS1, North Atlantic Ocean, salinity maximum region, Cruises, Endeavor, Knorr, Sarmiento, Thalassa, Vessel, insitu, SPURS |
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/tsg PO.DAAC Drive |
| OPENDAP DATA | https://podaac-opendap.jpl.nasa.gov/opendap/allData/insitu/L2/spurs1/tsg/ The OPeNDAP base directory location for the collection. |
| Format (Compression) | NETCDF |
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| Citation | SPURS PROJECT, Fred Bingham. 2015. SPURS Field Campaign TSG Products. Ver. 1.0. PO.DAAC, CA, USA. Dataset accessed [YYYY-MM-DD] at https://doi.org/10.5067/SPUR1-TSG00
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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