IOOS Glider - Caribbean through-flow water mass transformation processes - uvi_02- 20260803T1331

This research investigates how water masses are transformed as they flow through the Caribbean Sea, a region responsible for a quarter of the northern hemisphere\'s northward ocean heat transport and a vital component of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC). The UVI glider will transit to 18 N 69 W, south of the Dominican Republic, and sample temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, and current velocity profiles from the surface to 900m depth southward along 69 W to just north of Curacao (12 24 N) – and return along the same path. The journey is expected to take a little over 3 months. This is the second mission of this project.cdm_data_type = TrajectoryProfileVARIABLES:ad2cp_bottom_track_signal (sci_ad2cp_bottom_track_signal, bool)ad2cp_file_state (sci_ad2cp_file_state, enum)ad2cp_run_state (sci_ad2cp_run_state, enum)ad2cp_surface_state (sci_ad2cp_surface_state, enum)commanded_alt_time (c_alt_time, sec)commanded_climb_target_depth (c_climb_target_depth, m)commanded_de_oil_vol (c_de_oil_vol, cc)commanded_dive_target_depth (c_dive_target_depth, m)commanded_fin (c_fin, rad)commanded_heading (c_heading, rad)commanded_science_send_all (c_science_send_all, bool)commanded_thruster_on (c_thruster_on, %)commanded_weight_drop (c_weight_drop, bool)commanded_wpt_lat (c_wpt_lat, lat)commanded_wpt_lon (c_wpt_lon, lon)commanded_wpt_x_lmc (c_wpt_x_lmc, m)commanded_wpt_y_lmc (c_wpt_y_lmc, m)conductivity (Sea Water Electrical Conductivity, S.m-1)crs (http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/4326)density (Sea Water Density, kg.m-3)depth (m)... (141 more variables)