Physical trajectory profile data from glider ru22 deployed by Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey in the Coastal Waters of California from 2014-08-04 to 2014-08-22 (NCEI Accession 0138014)

The project is a comprehensive observational and analytical program to examine the dynamics and source waters of the relaxation flows in a coastal upwelling system on the central California coast. Autonomous vehicles, high-frequency radars, moorings, and drifters, will be used to acquire pressure, density, and velocity data relevant to the relaxation flows. The data will be used to determine spatial scales of the flows, cross-shore density structure, cross-shore and alongshore velocity fields, pressure gradients, and the region of contact with the sea floor. Aspects of the research include: 1) to evaluate the roles of barotropic and baroclinic pressure gradient forcing, 2) to identify regions where ageostrophic flows dominate the cross-shore and alongshore momentum balances, 3) to determine source waters for the relaxation flows, and 4) to examine the inner shelf circulation response to wind relaxations over an extensive coastal region (the northern part of the Southern California Bight) by analyzing extensive regional data sets collected over many years.

The National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) received the data in this archival package 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.

Tags: CTD Metadata, Depth, Depth-averaged Eastward Sea Water Velocity, Depth-averaged Latitude, Depth-averaged Longitude, Depth-averaged Northward Sea Water Velocity, Depth-averaged Time, Number of Observations for this Profile, Platform Metadata, Precise Latitude, Precise Longitude, Precise Time, Profile ID, Profile Latitude, Profile Longitude, Profile Time, Sea Water Density, Sea Water Electrical Conductivity, Sea Water Practical Salinity, Sea Water Pressure, Sea Water Temperature, Slocum, Spray, The trajectory to which this profile is associated., Trajectory Name, WMO ID, auvs--autonomous-underwater-vehicles, depth, earth-science--oceans--ocean-circulation--ocean-currents, earth-science--oceans--ocean-pressure--water-pressure, earth-science--oceans--ocean-temperature--water-temperature, earth-science--oceans--salinitydensity--conductivity, earth-science--oceans--salinitydensity--density, earth-science--oceans--salinitydensity--salinity, eastward_sea_water_velocity, glider, in-situ-ocean-based-platforms--seaglider, latitude, longitude, nodc.noaa.gov, northward_sea_water_velocity, ocean--pacific-ocean--north-pacific-ocean, oceanography, oceans--ocean-pressure--water-pressure, oceans--ocean-temperature--water-temperature, oceans--salinitydensity--conductivity, oceans--salinitydensity--density, oceans--salinitydensity--salinity, sea_water_density, sea_water_electrical_conductivity, sea_water_pressure, sea_water_salinity, sea_water_temperature, time, trajectory, underwater glider, water, wmo
Organization: Ocean Data Partners