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Title: Low resolution real-time physical trajectory profile data from glider sp066 deployed by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) in the East Coast - US/Canada from 2022-10-12 to 2022-12-01 (NCEI Accession 0276698)
Abstract: 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.

The National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) received the data in this dataset from the Integrated Ocean Observing System's National Glider Data Assembly Center (IOOS NGDAC). The IOOS NGDAC received the data in one or more netCDF files comprising an entire glider deployment. The data are measurements of physical oceanographic properties such as temperature, salinity, conductivity, and density. The IOOS NGDAC checked the files for compliance to their netCDF file convention, aggregated the files into a single netCDF file, and then submitted the file to NCEI for long-term preservation. Data files may be either low resolution real-time or full resolution. Full resolution files are designated as "delayed" in the netCDF file name.
Date received: 20230213
Start date: 20221012
End date: 20221201
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West boundary: -72.6815
East boundary: -70.2738
North boundary: 40.38
South boundary: 38.2313
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Submitting institution: US DOC; NOAA; NOS; Integrated Ocean Observing System Program
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Number of observations: 375
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Metadata version: 2
Keydate: 2023-02-14 09:13:49+00
Editdate: 2025-09-18 00:47:05+00