IOOS Glider - Gliders in the Gulf Stream - Gulf Stream - sp209-20251105T1645

Spray glider data from mission 2511020901(sp209-20251105T1645), part of the Gliders in the Gulf Stream project. This is the near-real-time version of this dataset, higher quality data is available a few months after a mission is completed and is the recommended data if it is available. 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.cdm_data_type = TrajectoryProfileVARIABLES:chlorophyll_a (Chlorophyll-a concentration, mg.m-3)chlorophyll_a_qc (Chlorophyll-a concentration Quality Flag)conductivity (Sea Water Electrical Conductivity, S.m-1)conductivity_qc (Conductivity Flag Primary)density (Sea Water Density, kg.m-3)density_qc (Sea Water Density Quality Flag)depth (m)depth_qc (Depth Quality Flag)doxy (Dissolved Oxygen, micromol.kg-1)doxy_qc (Dissolved Oxygen Quality Flag)gps_end_lat (Latitude from GPS at Surface, Dive End, degrees_north)gps_end_lat_uncorrected (Uncorrected GPS Latitude at Dive End, degrees_north)gps_end_lon (GPS Longitude at Dive End, degrees_east)gps_end_lon_uncorrected (Uncorrected GPS Longitude at Dive End, degrees_east)... (77 more variables)