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2019 NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL) TPOS Saildrone Mission

Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Catalog Last Checked: May 29, 2026 at 11:04 PM | Dataset Last Updated: April 15, 2025 at 12:00 AM
This dataset contains near-real time data from the Saildrone core MetOcean sensors for the Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL) Tropical Pacific Observing System (TPOS) 2019 Mission ('Mission 3') to the central equatorial Pacific (0, 140W) for Saildrones SD1066, SD1067, SD1068 and SD1069. These data have not been Quality Control (QC)'d. This was the third of three missions funded by NOAA Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) Climate Program Office (CPO) Ocean Observing and Monitoring Division (OOMD) and NOAA Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO) as a pilot study for the Tropical Pacific Observing System (TPOS)-2020 project. All of the Saildrones were standard Gen 5 drones (but with copper paint), with standard wings, not the large wings used in Mission 2. All had an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) (not included in this dataset) and the core MetOcean package. The core CTDs were an RBR in the flowthrough tunnel in the keel and a pumped SBE37 at the outflow of the flowthrough tunnel. Carbon system data (including its prawler Conductivity, Temperature, Depth (CTD) data) are served through a separate dataset.

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modified 2025-04-15T00:00:00.000+00:00
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spatial -137.561024,-5.544162,-158.868851,47.0
temporal 2019-06-08T00:00:00+00:00/2020-01-07T00:00:00+00:00
title 2019 NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL) TPOS Saildrone Mission

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