SPURS: Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study
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SPURS II Data
Notes
All data presented here should be considered provisional, as further further
updates may be made. Please note the version date as well as the citation for
any data you download.
A full description of the OceanSITES NetCDF specification used for UOP datasets
is available on the OceanSITES web site.
Variable "standard names" are taken from the
Climate and Forecast NetCDF specification.
Meteorology and Surface Fluxes
SPURS II meteorological data was collected by ASIMet loggers; duplicate sensors were deployed to ensure continuity of data, and the best data record was selected from each sensor pair. The ASIMET system provides measurements of wind velocity and direction, relative humidity, air and sea surface temperature, incoming shortwave radiation, longwave radiation, barometric pressure, and precipitation. More detailed information about this instrument package is available at /UOPinstruments/UOPinstruments.html.
Preliminary surface fluxes are calculated using the COARE Bulk Flux algorithm.
| Type | Metadata | 1-Minute data | Hourly averaged | 1-Minute data | Hourly averaged |
| Meteorology | CDL | NetCDF | NetCDF | ASCII | ASCII |
| Surface Fluxes | CDL | NetCDF | NetCDF | ASCII | ASCII |
Temperature and Salinity Data
Subsurface temperatures 31 depths from 1.3m to 703m were recorded using Seabird Electronics, Inc. SBE37s and SBE39s, and Richard Brancker Research, Ltd. XR-420s. Of these data records, 27 instruments from 1.3m to 703m also contain salinity.
| Type | Metadata | 5-Minute data | 5-Minute data |
| Temperature and Salinity | CDL | NetCDF | ASCII |
| Temperature | CDL | NetCDF | ASCII |