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    • Tenuse Glider CTD data for the SPURS-1 N. Atlantic field campaign

    Metadata Updated: December 6, 2023

    The SPURS (Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study) project is an 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 and SMOS satellites, provide a detailed characterization of salinity structure over a continuum of spatio-temporal scales. The SPURS-1 campaign involved a series of 5 cruises during 2012 - 2013 seeking to characterize the salinity structure and balance in a high salinity, high evaporation, and low rainfall region of the subtropical North Atlantic. It aims to resolve processes responsible for maintaining the subtropical surface salinity maximum in this region and within a 900 x 800-mile square study area centered at 25N, 38W. The Tenuse (Slocum) glider is an autonomous undulating profiler measuring salinity and temperature. It was deployed from the Thalassa on 21-August and recovered by the Knorr on 4-October-2012. It made a total of about 1400 profiles during that period (1-2 profiles/hour), going from the surface to 200 m. Resulting trajectory profile data from the Tenuse glider include georeferenced CTD observations on salinity, temperature, pressure, and depth.

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    Metadata Created Date May 30, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date December 6, 2023

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    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date May 30, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date December 6, 2023
    Publisher NASA/JPL/PODAAC
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    Identifier C2491772318-POCLOUD
    Data First Published 2015-04-06
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2017-04-28
    Category SPURS, geospatial
    Public Access Level public
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    Citation SPURS PROJECT, Fred Bingham. 2015-05-11. Tenuse Glider CTD data for the SPURS-1 N. Atlantic field campaign. Version 1.0. SPURS Field Campaign Tenuse Glider Products. Department of Physics and Physical Oceanography, University on North Carolina, Wilmington, NC, USA. Archived by National Aeronautics and Space Administration, U.S. Government, SPURS Data Management PI, Fred Bingham. https://doi.org/10.5067/SPUR1-GLID2. http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SPURS. SPURS PROJECT, Fred Bingham, SPURS Data Management PI, Fred Bingham, 2015-05-11, Tenuse Glider CTD data for the SPURS-1 N. Atlantic field campaign, http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SPURS.
    Creator SPURS PROJECT, Fred Bingham
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    Release Place Department of Physics and Physical Oceanography, University on North Carolina, Wilmington, NC, USA
    Series Name Tenuse Glider CTD data for the SPURS-1 N. Atlantic field campaign
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    Temporal 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z/2012-10-04T00:00:00Z

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