SPURS-2 Seaglider data for the E. Tropical Pacific field campaign

(SPURS2_SEAGLIDER)
Version1.0
Processing Level2
Start/Stop Date2016-Aug-24 to 2017-Nov-07
Short NameSPURS2_SEAGLIDER
DescriptionThe SPURS (Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study) project is a NASA-funded oceanographic process study and associated field program that aim to elucidate key mechanisms responsible for near-surface salinity variations in the oceans. The project is comprised of 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, SMAP and SMOS satellites, provide a detailed characterization of salinity structure over a continuum of spatio-temporal scales. The SPURS-2 campaign involved two month-long cruises by the R/V Revelle in August 2016 and October 2017 combined with complementary sampling on a more continuous basis over this period by the schooner Lady Amber. Focused around a central mooring located near 10N,125W, the objective of SPURS-2 was to study the dynamics of the rainfall-dominated surface ocean at the western edge of the eastern Pacific fresh pool subject to high seasonal variability and strong zonal flows associated with the North Equatorial Current and Countercurrent. The Seaglider is an autonomous profiler measuring salinity and temperature. A total of five Seagliders were deployed over the two SPURS2 cruises. Three Seagliders were deployed on the first Revelle cruise in August 2016, recovered by the Lady Amber after 7 months and redeployed, to be retrieved finally during the second cruise in November 2017. One of the Seagliders was deployed alongside and tracked the Lagrangian array across the study region, diving to depths of 1000m. All Seaglider data files are in netCDF format with standards compliant metadata.
DOI10.5067/SPUR2-GLID1
MeasurementOCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY
OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > TEMPERATURE PROFILES
OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > CONDUCTIVITY
Platform/Sensor
Seaglider
Platform
Name: SPURS-I University of Washington Seaglider (Seaglider)
Orbit Period: 0.0 minutes
Inclination Angle: 0.0 degrees
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CTD
SENSOR
Name: Conductivity, Temperature, Depth (CTD)
Swath Width: 0.001 kilometers
Description: Spacecraft angular distance from orbital plane relative to the Equator.

ProjectNASA Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study (SPURS)
Data ProviderPublisher: SPURS Data Management PI, Fred Bingham
Creator: Luc Rainville
Release Place: APL, University of Washington, 1013 NE 40th St, Seattle, WA 98105, USA
Release Date: 2019-Oct-24
Resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SPURS

FormatnetCDF-4
Keyword(s)Seaglider, CTD, trajectory profile, Salinity, Conductivity, Temperature, Depth, Pressure, Upper Ocean, SPURS2, Eastern Tropical Pacific, ITCZ region, Cruises, Revelle, insitu, SPURS, oceanographic campaign
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Resolution
Spatial Resolution: 1 Meters x 1 Meters
Temporal Resolution: 1 Day
 
Coverage
North Bounding Coordinate: 12.022 degrees
South Bounding Coordinate: 8.994 degrees
West Bounding Coordinate: -126.122 degrees
East Bounding Coordinate: -122.128 degrees
Time Span: 2016-Aug-24 to 2017-Nov-07
Granule Time Span: 2016-Aug-24 to 2017-Nov-07
 
Projection
Ellipsoid: WGS 84
 
NameLong NameUnit
conductivityConductivity corrected for anomaliesS/m
ctd_data_point_dive_numberDive Number for given ctd_data_point observation
ctd_depthDepthm
ctd_pressurePressure at CTD thermistordbar
ctd_timeTime of CTD sampledays since 1950-01-01T00:00:00
end_latitudeEnding latitude of the divedegrees_north
end_longitudeEnding longitude of the divedegrees_east
end_timeEnding time of the divedays since 1950-01-01T00:00:00
latitudeSeaglider latitudedegrees_north
longitudeSeaglider longitudedegrees_east
mean_latitudeMean latitude of the divedegrees_north
mean_longitudeMean longitude of the divedegrees_east
mean_timeMean time of the divedays since 1950-01-01T00:00:00
rain_rateinstantaneous rain ratemm/hr
salinitySalinity corrected for thermal-inertia effects (PSU)1e-3
start_latitudeStarting latitude of the divedegrees_north
start_longitudeStarting longitude of the divedegrees_east
start_timeStarting time of the divedays since 1950-01-01T00:00:00
temperatureTemperature (in situ) corrected for thermistor first-order lagdegrees_C
timetime of measurementdays since 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z
wind_speedwind speedm/s
Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. Please cite the data as follows, and cite the reference papers when it is appropriate.
Citation Luc Rainville. 2019. SPURS-2 Field Campaign Waveglider Data Products. Ver. 1.0. PO.DAAC, CA, USA. Dataset accessed [YYYY-MM-DD] at https://doi.org/10.5067/SPUR2-GLID1

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Journal Reference Rainville, L., J.I. Gobat, C.M. Lee, and G.B. Shilling. 2017. Multi-month dissipation estimates using microstructure from autonomous underwater gliders. Oceanography 30(2):49 - 50, https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2017.219.

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