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 | OPEN |
| Measurement | Oceans > Precipitation > Precipitation Rate Oceans > Salinity/Density > Conductivity Oceans > Ocean Winds > Surface Winds > Wind Direction Oceans > Ocean Winds > Surface Winds > Wind Speed Oceans > Salinity/Density > Salinity Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Sea Surface Temperature |
| Processing Level | 2 |
| Coverage | Region: SPURS-1 N.Atlantic Salinity maximum region Northernmost Latitude: 42 degrees Southernmost Latitude: 20 degrees Westernmost Longitude: -73 degrees Easternmost Longitude: -14 degrees Time Span: 2012-Sep-01 to 2013-Oct-13 |
| Resolution | Spatial Resolution: 0 km (Along) x 0 km (Across) |
| Projection | Type: WGS84 Detail: Ellipsoid: |
| Latency | 9000 hours |
| Swath Width | 0.001 km |
| Sample Frequency | - |
| Temporal Repeat (Nominal) | 1 Day |
| Temporal Repeat (Min) | - |
| Temporal Repeat (Max) | - |
| Platform/Sensor | SPURS1_Vessels / Platform Name: SPURS-I Research Vessels (SPURS1_Vessels) Orbit Period: 0 minutes Inclination Angle: 0 degrees Ascending Node: 1970-Jan-01 00:00:00 SPURS_TSG SENSOR Name: SPURS Ship-based Thermosalinograph (eg. sea-bird SBE 21 & 45 TSG) (SPURS_TSG) Swath Width: 0.001 km Description: SPURS Ship-based Thermosalinograph (eg. sea-bird SBE 21 & 45 TSG) SPURS1_Vessels / Platform Name: SPURS-I Research Vessels (SPURS1_Vessels) Orbit Period: 0 minutes Inclination Angle: 0 degrees Ascending Node: 1970-Jan-01 00:00:00 SPURS_METEO SENSOR Name: SPURS Ship-based Meteorological package (eg. Vaisala WXT520 on RV.Knorr) (SPURS_METEO) Swath Width: 0.001 km Description: SPURS Ship-based Meteorological package (eg. Vaisala WXT520 on RV.Knorr) |
| 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) | 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 |
| Persistent ID | PODAAC-SPUR1-TSG00 |
Questions related to this dataset? Contact podaac@podaac.jpl.nasa.gov
| Direct Access | |
| FTP | ftp://podaac-ftp.jpl.nasa.gov/allData/insitu/L2/spurs1/tsg |
| OPENDAP | https://podaac-opendap.jpl.nasa.gov/opendap/allData/insitu/L2/spurs1/tsg/ |
| Format (Compression) | NETCDF (NONE) |
| Read Software | |
| R | ftp://podaac-ftp.jpl.nasa.gov/allData/insitu/L2/spurs1/sw/R R Reader and calling routines |
| Matlab | ftp://podaac-ftp.jpl.nasa.gov/allData/insitu/L2/spurs1/sw/Matlab MATLAB Reader and calling routines |
| Project Materials | |
| Archived SPURS-1 Website Content | ftp://podaac-ftp.jpl.nasa.gov/allData/insitu/L2/spurs1/docs/SpursWebsiteContent/ Meeting Materials, Cruise Blogs, and other archive artifacts |
| SPURS-1 Cruise Documentation Package | ftp://podaac-ftp.jpl.nasa.gov/allData/insitu/L2/spurs1/docs/CruiseReports/ Cruise Reports |
| SPURS-1 Data Documentation Package | ftp://podaac-ftp.jpl.nasa.gov/allData/insitu/L2/spurs1/docs/DataDocumentation/ Data Submission Report, Instrument Calibration Report, etc |
| 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. SPURS-1 research vessel Thermosalinograph series data for N. Atlantic cruises. Ver. 1.0. PO.DAAC, CA, USA. Dataset accessed [YYYY-MM-DD] at http://dx.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. |
