Imaging · collection · 2015
Drifter data for the SPURS-1 N. Atlantic field campaign
Listed in NASA Earthdata CMR and NASA Data Portal — shown once because both records carry DOI 10.5067/spur1-drift
The SPURS (Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study) project is an oceanographic process study and associated field program that aim to elucidate key mechanisms responsible for near-surface salinity variations in the oceans.
Description
The project involves two field campaigns and a series of cruises in regions of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans exhibiting salinity extremes. SPURS employs a suite of state-of-the-art in-situ sampling technologies that, combined with remotely sensed salinity fields from the Aquarius/SAC-D and SMOS satellites, provide a detailed characterization of salinity structure over a continuum of spatio-temporal scales.
The SPURS-1 campaign involved a series of 5 cruises during 2012 - 2013 seeking to characterize the salinity structure and balance in a high salinity, high evaporation, and low rainfall region of the subtropical North Atlantic. It aims to resolve processes responsible for maintaining the subtropical surface salinity maximum in this region and within a 900 x 800-mile square study area centered at 25N, 38W. Approximately 83 drifters were deployed during the SPURS-1 campaign.
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A drifter is a passive Lagrangian sensor platform consisting of a surface buoy and tethered subsurface drogue. Drifter buoys contain GPS/ARGOS and satellite data transmitters, with sensors measuring temperature and other properties. For SPURS-1, these were standard Surface Velocity Program (SVP) drifters with salinity sensors added (SVP/S).
Data for both US and European drifter deployments during SPURS-1 are available here. For each series, drifter data have been aggregrated within single netCDF data filea with their corresponding drifter-IDs and associaciated near-surface salinity, temperaure georeferenced (GPS and ARGOS) trajectory series data.
Links
Get the data
- Resource opendap.earthdata.nasa.gov ↗
This dataset can be accessed with the Open-source Project for a Network Data Access Protocol (OPeNDAP) API framework. This service enables variable and dimensional subsetting. The URL redirects to a p
metadata API · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Generic data readers github.com/podaac/data-readers ↗
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Field Campaign and Instrument Overview podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/spurs ↗
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- PDF archive.podaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/podaac-ops-cumulus-docs/insitu/open/L2/spurs1/docs/SpursWebsit… ↗
Meeting Materials, Cruise Blogs, and other archive artifacts
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Project Website for SPURS spurs.jpl.nasa.gov ↗
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Cruise Reports archive.podaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/podaac-ops-cumulus-docs/insitu/open/L2/spurs1/docs/CruiseRepor… ↗
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Data Use and Citation Guidelines podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/CitingPODAAC ↗
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- PDF archive.podaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/podaac-ops-cumulus-docs/insitu/open/L2/spurs1/docs/DataDocumen… ↗
Data Submission Report, Instrument Calibration Report, etc
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- JPEG podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/Podaac/thumbnails/SPURS1_DRIFTER.jpg ↗
download · preview image · from data nasa gov, NASA CMR
- Original Metadata cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C2491772174-POCLOUD.iso19115 ↗
download · from data nasa gov
- HTTPS endpoint for data browse and download cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/virtual-directory/collections/C2491772174-POCLOUD ↗
download · from NASA CMR
- search.earthdata.nasa.gov /search/granules?p=C2491772174-POCLOUD ↗
Browse granule search results in Earthdata Search
download · from NASA CMR
- github.com /podaac/data-subscriber ↗
This dataset can be downloaded using the podaac-data-subscriber (the recommended tool for bulk downloading PO.DAAC data). It is a Python package for downloading one or many files using the command lin
download · from NASA CMR
Where it is published
- NASA Data Portal dataset page data.nasa.gov/dataset/drifter-data-for-the-spurs-1-n-atlantic-field-campaign… ↗
landing page · from data nasa gov
- DOI doi.org/10.5067/spur1-drift ↗
DOI / persistent id · from NASA CMR
Catalogue records · 3
- CMR UMM-JSON cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C2491772174-POCLOUD.umm_json ↗
metadata API · from NASA CMR
- CKAN API data.nasa.gov/api/3/action/package_show?id=b8b144b1-b9f2-4b5e-8b9a-4c3a81ca1… ↗
metadata API · from data nasa gov
- CMR record cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C2491772174-POCLOUD.html ↗
catalogue entry · from NASA CMR
Topics
- Stated by source
- Argo-Float · Conductivity, Temperature, Depth · Ocean Temperature Profiles · Salinity
- From keywords
- Astronomy & Astrophysics · Earth & Environmental Science · Ocean & Atmospheric Science · Physics
- Inferred from text
- Physical geography and environmental geoscience 69%
Provenance · 2 source records, 19 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| NASA Earthdata CMR | C2491772174-POCLOUD | 10 d ago | JSON v1 |
| NASA Data Portal | b8b144b1-b9f2-4b5e-8b9a-4c3a81ca122f | 7 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| access_level | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:3709 | enrichment · NASA CMR | taxonomy-embedding@1.0.0 | title+keywords+description (69%) |
| concepts[field].local:field:astronomy | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:ocean-atmospheric | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:physics | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[instrument].gcmd_instrument:ctd | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/oceans/ocean-temperature/ocean-temperature-profiles | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/oceans/salinity-density/salinity | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:argo-float | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| created_date | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/Abstract |
| license_text | source · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| publication_date | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| spatial | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/SpatialExtent |
| temporal | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/TemporalExtents |
| title | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/EntryTitle |
| updated_date | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| version_label | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 |