Waveglider data for the SPURS-1 N. Atlantic field campaign
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| DOI | 10.5067/SPUR1-GLID3 |
| Short Name | SPURS1_WAVEGLIDER |
| 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. A Waveglider is an autonomous platform propelled by the conversion of ocean wave energy into forward thrust and employing solar panels to power instrumentation. During SPURS-1, three wavegliders (ASL2, ASL3 and ASL4) were deployed from the Knorr in September 2012, redeployed in April 2013 (ASL22, ASL32 and ASL42) with final recovery in September. Waveglider trajectories followed a square loop or butterfly pattern around the central SPURS mooring. Sensors included a CTD at the near-surface and another at 6 m depth, a surface current meter, air temperature, atmospheric pressure and wind speed sensors providing continuous along-track observations. NetCDF waveglider data files here contain hour averaged, georeferenced trajectory data for those parameters and depths. |
| Version | 1.0 |
| Dataset Type | COMPLETE |
| Measurement | OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > TEMPERATURE PROFILES OCEANS > OCEAN WINDS > SURFACE WINDS OCEANS > OCEAN PRESSURE > SURFACE PRESSURE OCEANS > OCEAN CIRCULATION > CURRENT VELOCITY OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > CONDUCTIVITY OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE |
| Processing Level | 2 |
| Coverage | Region: SPURS-1 N.Atlantic Salinity maximum region North Bounding Coordinate: 42 degrees South Bounding Coordinate: 23 degrees West Bounding Coordinate: -71 degrees East Bounding Coordinate: -37 degrees Time Span: 2012-Sep-01 to 2013-Mar-25 Granule Time Span: 2012-Sep-01 to 2013-Mar-25 |
| Resolution | Spatial Resolution: 0 km (Along) x 0 km (Across) |
| Projection | Ellipsoid: WGS 84 |
| Swath Width | 0.001 km |
| Platform/Sensor | Waveglider / Platform Name: SPURS-I WHOI Waveglider (Waveglider) 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. Waveglider / Platform Name: SPURS-I WHOI Waveglider (Waveglider) Orbit Period: 0.0 minutes Inclination Angle: 0.0 degrees MMS SENSOR Name: Meteorological Measurement System (MMS) Swath Width: 0.001 kilometers Description: Spacecraft angular distance from orbital plane relative to the Equator. Waveglider / Platform Name: SPURS-I WHOI Waveglider (Waveglider) Orbit Period: 0.0 minutes Inclination Angle: 0.0 degrees CURRENT METERS SENSOR Name: Current Meter (CURRENT 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) | Waveglider, CTD, trajectory, Salinity, Conductivity, Temperature, Depth, Pressure, Upper Ocean, SPURS1, North Atlantic Ocean, salinity maximum region, 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/waveglider PO.DAAC Drive |
| OPENDAP DATA | https://podaac-opendap.jpl.nasa.gov/opendap/allData/insitu/L2/spurs1/waveglider/ The OPeNDAP base directory location for the collection. |
| Format (Compression) | NETCDF |
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| Citation | SPURS PROJECT, Fred Bingham. 2015. SPURS-1 Field Campaign Waveglider Data Products. Ver. 1.0. PO.DAAC, CA, USA. Dataset accessed [YYYY-MM-DD] at https://doi.org/10.5067/SPUR1-GLID3
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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