SPURS-2 Waveglider data for the E. Tropical Pacific field campaign
(SPURS2_WAVEGLIDER)| Version | 1.0 |
| Processing Level | 2 |
| Start/Stop Date | 2016-Aug-24 to 2017-Nov-10 |
| Short Name | SPURS2_WAVEGLIDER |
| Description | The 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. A Waveglider is an autonomous platform propelled by the conversion of ocean wave energy into forward thrust and employing solar panels to power instrumentation. For SPURS-2, sensors included a CTD at the near-surface and another at 6 m depth, providing continuous salinity and temperature observations plus air temperature and wind measurements. Three wavegliders (ASL22, 32, 42) were deployed from the Revelle in August 2016 and again in November 2017 before final retrieval at the conclusion on the second cruise. Waveglider trajectories followed a 20x20km square loop around the moorings and a butterfly pattern around the neutrally-buoyant float. NetCDF waveglider data files here (one per platform) contain hour averaged, georeferenced trajectory data for those parameters and depths. |
| DOI | 10.5067/SPUR2-GLID3 |
| Measurement | OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > TEMPERATURE PROFILES OCEANS > OCEAN WINDS > SURFACE WINDS OCEANS > OCEAN CIRCULATION > CURRENT VELOCITY OCEANS > OCEAN PRESSURE > WATER PRESSURE OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > CONDUCTIVITY OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE |
| 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: Ben Hodges Release Place: ASL, Physical Oceanography Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543 USA Release Date: 2019-Aug-15 Resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SPURS |
| Format | netCDF-4 |
| Keyword(s) | Waveglider, CTD, trajectory, 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: 13.8 degrees South Bounding Coordinate: 6.1 degrees West Bounding Coordinate: -126.4 degrees East Bounding Coordinate: -108.8 degrees Time Span: 2016-Aug-24 to 2017-Nov-10 Granule Time Span: 2016-Aug-24 to 2017-Nov-10 Projection Ellipsoid: WGS 84 |
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| Citation | Ben Hodges. 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-GLID3
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| Journal Reference | Hodges, B. and D. Fratantoni. 2014. AUV Observations of the Diurnal Surface Layer in the North Atlantic Salinity Maximum. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 44, 1595 - 1604. https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-13-0140.1 . |
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