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    • 2017 Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL) TPOS Saildrone Mission

    Metadata Updated: June 1, 2025

    This dataset contains the real time data from the Saildrone core sensors for the Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL) TPOS 2017 Mission (Mission 1) to the eastern tropical Pacific (10N, 125W and 0, 125W). These data have not been Quality Control (QC). This was the first of three missions funded by NOAA Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR)/CPO/GOMO and NOAA/OMAO as a pilot study for the Tropical Pacific Observing System (TPOS)-2020 project. The PMEL TPOS 2017 Mission (aka Mission 1) had two Gen-4 Saildrones, each with a full atmospheric and ocean core sensor suite, an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP), and an ASVCO2 carbon flux and pH system. The two drones were deployed out of Alameda, CA on September 1, 2017, for a mission in the equatorial Pacific. After sailing near the CCE1 mooring off coastal California, the drones proceeded to the area near 10N, 125W. They remained in the area from October 18 - November 13, 2017, to participate in the Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study (SPURS)-2 field study, which included side-by-side data acquisition with a Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) buoy, and the R/V REVELLE. When SPURS-2 ended, the drones sailed south on either side of 125W, stopping for comparisons against Tropical Atmosphere/Ocean (TAO) moorings at 8N, 5N, and 2N. After crossing the equator, the drones returned to California. SD-1006 was recovered from San Francisco Bay on May 18, 2018.

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    Metadata Date 2025-05-15T21:20:46Z
    Metadata Created Date February 1, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date June 1, 2025
    Reference Date(s) July 16, 2024 (publication), January 23, 2025 (revision)
    Frequency Of Update asNeeded

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    Harvested from NOAA/NESDIS/ncei/accessions

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    Resource Type Series
    Metadata Date 2025-05-15T21:20:46Z
    Metadata Created Date February 1, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date June 1, 2025
    Reference Date(s) July 16, 2024 (publication), January 23, 2025 (revision)
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    Guid gov.noaa.nodc:PMEL-TPOS_Saildrone_2017
    Access Constraints Cite as: Zhang, Dongxiao; Cronin, Meghan F.; Meinig, Christian; Farrar, J. Thomas; Jenkins, Richard; Peacock, David; Keene, Jennifer; Sutton, Adrienne J.; Yang, Qiong; NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory; NOAA Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research; NOAA Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (2024). 2017 Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL) TPOS Saildrone Mission. [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/PMEL-TPOS_Saildrone_2017. Accessed [date]., Use liability: NOAA and NCEI cannot provide any warranty as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of furnished data. Users assume responsibility to determine the usability of these data. The user is responsible for the results of any application of this data for other than its intended purpose.
    Bbox East Long -120.71991
    Bbox North Lat 37.816624
    Bbox South Lat -3.806415
    Bbox West Long -143.199872
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    Harvest Source Title NOAA/NESDIS/ncei/accessions
    Licence accessLevel: Public
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    Temporal Extent Begin 2017-09-01
    Temporal Extent End 2018-05-15

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