SPURS-2 Central mooring CTD, surface flux and meterorological data for the E. Tropical Pacific field campaign

(SPURS2_MOORING_CENTRAL)
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Version1.0
Processing Level2
Start/Stop Date2016-Aug-16 to 2017-Nov-16
Short NameSPURS2_MOORING_CENTRAL
DescriptionThe SPURS (Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study) project is 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 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, 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 SPURS central mooring consisted of a surface meteorological package, surface oceanographic instruments, and subsurface, non-real time oceanographic instruments including CTD, ADCP sensors and point current meters providing continuous series of temperature, salinity and current profile data. Meteorological observations included wind speed, air temperature, precipitation, and radiative flux. The mooring was deployed in 4769 m depth of water on 24 August 2016, at N10:03.0481, W125:01.939, and was recovered on November 11, 2017. WHOI mooring netCDF data files include surface and subsurface time series of sea temperature, skin temperature, salinity, conductivity, wind velocity, air temperature, relative humidity, precipitation rate, barometric pressure, shortwave and longwave radiation, short/longwave flux, heat Flux, wind Speed and direction.
DOI10.5067/SPUR2-MOOR1
MeasurementOCEANS > OCEAN CIRCULATION > FRESH WATER FLUX
OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > TEMPERATURE PROFILES
OCEANS > OCEAN WINDS > SURFACE WINDS
OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY
OCEANS > HUMIDITY INDICES > HUMIDITY
OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE
OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > CONDUCTIVITY
OCEANS > OCEAN HEAT BUDGET > HEAT FLUX
OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE
OCEANS > OCEAN PRESSURE > WATER PRESSURE
Platform/Sensor
Mooring
Platform
Name: SPURS1 WHOI Central Mooring (Mooring)
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.

Mooring
Platform
Name: SPURS1 WHOI Central Mooring (Mooring)
Orbit Period: 0.0 minutes
Inclination Angle: 0.0 degrees
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MMS
SENSOR
Name: Meteorological Measurement System (MMS)
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: Farrar, J.T.
Release Place: Department of Physics and Physical Oceanography, University on North Carolina, Wilmington, NC, USA
Release Date: 2020-May-14
Resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SPURS

FormatnetCDF-4
Keyword(s)WHOI, Mooring, CTD, time series, Salinity, Conductivity, Temperature, Depth, Pressure, Skin Temperature, Wind Velocity, Air Temperature, Relative Humidity, Precipitation rate, Barometric Pressure, Shortwave radiation, Longwave wave radiation, Shortwave Flux, Longwave Flux, Heat Flux, Wind Speed, Wind Direction, 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: 10.05 degrees
South Bounding Coordinate: 10.05 degrees
West Bounding Coordinate: -125.03 degrees
East Bounding Coordinate: -125.03 degrees
Time Span: 2016-Aug-16 to 2017-Nov-16
Granule Time Span: 2016-Aug-16 to 2017-Nov-06
 
Projection
Ellipsoid: WGS 84
 
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Citation Farrar, J.T.. 2020. SPURS Field Campaign SPURS Central Mooring Products. Ver. 1.0. PO.DAAC, CA, USA. Dataset accessed [YYYY-MM-DD] at https://doi.org/10.5067/SPUR2-MOOR1

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Journal Reference Farrar, J.T. and A.J. Plueddemann (2019). On the factors driving upper-ocean salinity variability at the western edge of the Eastern Pacific Fresh Pool. Oceanography 32(2)30-39. https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2019.209

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