NRL Glider Data Report for the Shelf-Slope Experiment

Abstract

Data report from SLOCUM glider deployments in the Gulf of Mexico Mississippi Bight region, as part of the 2015-2016 Shelf-Slope Experiment: Shelf-Slope Interactions and Carbon Transformation and Transport in the Northern Gulf of Mexico: Platform Proof of Concept for the Ocean Observing System in the Northern Gulf of Mexico, conducted under a NOAA funded grant to the University of Southern Mississippi.The main successful deployment period was from 11 February, 2016 until 16 February, 2016. The glider made a total of 349 survey profiles within the geographical box bounded between 28.95N to 29.25N and 88.6W to 88.25W. The report includes glider locations, CTD data plots,Optical sensor data plots, and a listing of data files used, included for further analysis

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 12, 2017
Accession Number
AD1040985

Entities

People

  • Andrew Quaid
  • Ian Martens
  • Jeffrey W. Book
  • Joel Wesson
  • Sherwin D. Ladner

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Backscattering
  • Chlorophylls
  • Data Acquisition
  • Dead Reckoning
  • Deployment
  • Detectors
  • Military Research
  • Mississippi
  • Ocean Observing Systems
  • Oceans
  • Optical Detectors
  • Optical Properties
  • Salinity
  • Universities
  • Water
  • Water Masses

Readers

  • Coastal Oceanography
  • Oceanography.

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy