sp007-20210818T1548

Metadata Updated: September 26, 2025

The overarching goal of this project is to collect high resolution transects across the Gulf Stream. Though the speed of the Gulf Stream greatly exceeds the speed of a glider, gliders can be flown across the current as they are advected downstream. Missions prior to 2015 were conducted downstream (northeast) of Cape Hatteras, primarily between Cape Cod and Bermuda; missions since 2015 begin in Miami, FL and are planned to end on the New England continental shelf. During a typical 100-day mission between Miami and Cape Cod, a single glider completes 6-10 crossings of the Gulf Stream, returning approximately 800 profiles to the shallower of the sea floor or 1000 m. The current operational goal is to maintain at least one glider in the Gulf Stream at all times. Additional plots of these data are available at http://gliders.whoi.edu.

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Metadata Date	September 19, 2025
Metadata Created Date	August 26, 2024
Metadata Updated Date	September 26, 2025
Reference Date(s)	September 19, 2025 (creation)
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Resource Type	Dataset
Metadata Date	September 19, 2025
Metadata Created Date	August 26, 2024
Metadata Updated Date	September 26, 2025
Reference Date(s)	September 19, 2025 (creation)
Responsible Party	Robert Todd, Brechner Owens (Point of Contact)
Contact Email	rtodd@whoi.edu
Guid	sp007-20210818T1548
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Temporal Extent Begin	2021-08-18T17:03:30Z
Temporal Extent End	2021-12-18T14:14:15Z

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