Imaging · collection · 2019
SPURS-2 Towed surface salinity profile (SSP) data for the E. Tropical Pacific R/V Revelle cruises
Listed in NASA Earthdata CMR and NASA Data Portal — shown once because both records carry DOI 10.5067/spur2-ssp00
The SPURS (Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study) project is a NASA-funded 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 is comprised of 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, SMAP and SMOS satellites, provide a detailed characterization of salinity structure over a continuum of spatio-temporal scales.
The SPURS-2 campaign involved two month-long cruises by the R/V Revelle in August 2016 and October 2017 combined with complementary sampling on a more continuous basis over this period by the schooner Lady Amber. Focused around a central mooring located near 10N,125W, the objective of SPURS-2 was to study the dynamics of the rainfall-dominated surface ocean at the western edge of the eastern Pacific fresh pool subject to high seasonal variability and strong zonal flows associated with the North Equatorial Current and Countercurrent.
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The towed Surface Salinity Profiler (SSP) platform is a converted paddleboard with a keel and surfboard outrigger that is tethered to the ship and skims the sea surface beyond the ships wake. Below the paddleboard are salinity and temperature sensors at depths of 10, 30, 50 and 100cm, and microstructure sensors that measure turbulence. The SSP was deployed 19 times throughout the first SPURS-2 cruise, totaling over 200 hours of measurements, and a further 15 times during the 2017 cruise.
SSP deployment is most informative when there is a rain event leading to near-surface ocean stratification. The SSP then measures how the ocean changes over the periods before, during, and after rain, and how rainwater mixes into the ocean during recovery. All SSP data files are in netCDF format with standards compliant metadata.
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
- Data Use and Citation Guidelines podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/CitingPODAAC ↗
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Project Website for SPURS spurs.jpl.nasa.gov ↗
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/spurs2/docs/DataDocumen… ↗
Data Submission Report, Instrument Calibration Report, etc
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Cruise Reports archive.podaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/podaac-ops-cumulus-docs/insitu/open/L2/spurs2/docs/CruiseRepor… ↗
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Original Metadata cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C2491772351-POCLOUD.iso19115 ↗
download · from data nasa gov
- HTTPS endpoint for data browse and download cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/virtual-directory/collections/C2491772351-POCLOUD ↗
download · from NASA CMR
- search.earthdata.nasa.gov /search/granules?p=C2491772351-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
- JPEG podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/Podaac/thumbnails/SPURS2_SSP.jpg ↗
download · preview image · from data nasa gov, NASA CMR
Where it is published
- NASA Data Portal dataset page data.nasa.gov/dataset/spurs-2-towed-surface-salinity-profile-ssp-data-for-th… ↗
landing page · from data nasa gov
- DOI doi.org/10.5067/spur2-ssp00 ↗
DOI / persistent id · from NASA CMR
Catalogue records · 3
- CMR UMM-JSON cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C2491772351-POCLOUD.umm_json ↗
metadata API · from NASA CMR
- CKAN API data.nasa.gov/api/3/action/package_show?id=98a6243a-c292-4162-954d-8b54904fd… ↗
metadata API · from data nasa gov
- CMR record cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C2491772351-POCLOUD.html ↗
catalogue entry · from NASA CMR
Topics
- Stated by source
- Conductivity · Conductivity, Temperature, Depth · Salinity · SEAGLIDER · Turbulence · Water Temperature
- From keywords
- Astronomy & Astrophysics · Earth & Environmental Science · Ocean & Atmospheric Science · Physics
Provenance · 2 source records, 20 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| NASA Earthdata CMR | C2491772351-POCLOUD | 10 d ago | JSON v1 |
| NASA Data Portal | 98a6243a-c292-4162-954d-8b54904fdaa1 | 7 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| access_level | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| 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-circulation/turbulence | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/oceans/ocean-temperature/water-temperature | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/oceans/salinity-density/conductivity | 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:seaglider | 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 |