Saildrone Baja field campaign surface and ADCP measurements

(SAILDRONE_BAJA_SURFACE)
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Version1.0
Processing Level2
Start/Stop Date2018-Apr-11 to 2018-Jun-11
Short NameSAILDRONE_BAJA_SURFACE
DescriptionSaildrone is a wind and solar powered unmanned surface vehicle (USV) capable of long distance deployments lasting up to 12 months and providing high quality, near real-time, multivariate surface ocean and atmospheric observations while transiting at typical speeds of 3-5 knots. The drone is autonomous in that it may be guided remotely from land while being completely wind driven. The saildrone Baja campaign was a 60-day cruise from San Francisco Bay, down along the US/Mexico coast to Guadalupe Island and back again over the period 11 April 2018 to 11 June 2018. Repeat surveys were taken around NDBC moored buoys, and during the final week of the cruise a targeted front was sampled. Scientific objectives included studies of upwelling and frontal region dynamics, air-sea interactions, and diurnal warming effects, while its validation objectives included establishing the utility of data from the saildrone platform for assessment of satellite data accuracy and model assimilation. During the Baja campaign, the single deployed saildrone was equipped with a suite of instruments that included a CTD, IR pyrometer, fluorometer, dissolved oxygen sensor, anemometer, barometer, and Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP). Additionally, four temperature data loggers were positioned vertically along hull to provide further information on thermal variability near the ocean surface. This Saildrone Baja dataset is comprised of one data file with the saildrone platform telemetry and near-surface observational data (air temperature, sea surface skin and bulk temperatures, salinity, oxygen and chlorophyll-a concentrations, barometric pressure, wind speed and direction) for the entire cruise at 1 minute temporal resolution. A second file contains the ADCP current vector data that is depth-resolved to 100m at 2m intervals and binned temporally at 5 minute resolution. All data files are in netCDF format and CF/ACDD compliant consistent with the NOAA/NCEI specification.
DOI10.5067/SDRON-SURF0
MeasurementOCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > CONDUCTIVITY
OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > OXYGEN
OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > CHLOROPHYLL
OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE
ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS
ATMOSPHERE > OCEAN WINDS > SURFACE WINDS
OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY
Platform/Sensor
Saildrone
Platform
Name: Saildrone Unmanned Surface Vehicle (Saildrone)
Orbit Period: 0.0 minutes
Inclination Angle: 0.0 degrees
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PYROMETERS
SENSOR
Name: Heitronics Wing IR Pyrometer (PYROMETERS)
Swath Width: 0.001 kilometers
Description: Spacecraft angular distance from orbital plane relative to the Equator.

Saildrone
Platform
Name: Saildrone Unmanned Surface Vehicle (Saildrone)
Orbit Period: 0.0 minutes
Inclination Angle: 0.0 degrees
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ADCP
SENSOR
Name: Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP)
Swath Width: 0.001 kilometers
Description: Spacecraft angular distance from orbital plane relative to the Equator.

Saildrone
Platform
Name: Saildrone Unmanned Surface Vehicle (Saildrone)
Orbit Period: 0.0 minutes
Inclination Angle: 0.0 degrees
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CTD
SENSOR
Name: Conductivity, Temperature, Depth (CTD)
Swath Width: 0.001 kilometers
Description: Spacecraft angular distance from orbital plane relative to the Equator.

Saildrone
Platform
Name: Saildrone Unmanned Surface Vehicle (Saildrone)
Orbit Period: 0.0 minutes
Inclination Angle: 0.0 degrees
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FLUOROMETERS
SENSOR
Name: Fluorometer (FLUOROMETERS)
Swath Width: 0.001 kilometers
Description: Spacecraft angular distance from orbital plane relative to the Equator.

Saildrone
Platform
Name: Saildrone Unmanned Surface Vehicle (Saildrone)
Orbit Period: 0.0 minutes
Inclination Angle: 0.0 degrees
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ANEMOMETERS
SENSOR
Name: Aanderaa Dissolved Oxygen (710) Sensor 4831 (ANEMOMETERS)
Swath Width: 0.001 kilometers
Description: Spacecraft angular distance from orbital plane relative to the Equator.

Saildrone
Platform
Name: Saildrone Unmanned Surface Vehicle (Saildrone)
Orbit Period: 0.0 minutes
Inclination Angle: 0.0 degrees
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BAROMETERS
SENSOR
Name: Vaisala Barometer PTB210 (BAROMETERS)
Swath Width: 0.001 kilometers
Description: Spacecraft angular distance from orbital plane relative to the Equator.

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ProjectSaildrone Baja Field Campaign (Saildrone Baja)
Data ProviderPublisher: Saildrone Inc
Creator: Saildrone
Release Place: Saildrone Inc. 1050 W Tower Ave, Alameda, CA 94501
Release Date: 2018-Dec-19
Resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/saildrone

FormatnetCDF-4
Keyword(s)CTD, ADCP, fluorometer, anemometer, surface, trajectory, saildrone, chlorophyll-a, oxygen concentration, wind speed, wind direction, Salinity, Conductivity, Temperature, Baja, California, eastern Pacific, insitu
Questions related to this dataset? Contact podaac@podaac.jpl.nasa.gov
Coverage
North Bounding Coordinate: 37.82 degrees
South Bounding Coordinate: 28.01 degrees
West Bounding Coordinate: -125.55 degrees
East Bounding Coordinate: -115.52 degrees
Time Span: 2018-Apr-11 to 2018-Jun-11
Granule Time Span: 2018-Apr-11 to 2018-Jun-11
 
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Citation Saildrone. 2018. Saildrone Baja Field Campaign Products. Ver. 1.0. PO.DAAC, CA, USA. Dataset accessed [YYYY-MM-DD] at https://doi.org/10.5067/SDRON-SURF0

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Journal Reference Mordy, CW et al. 2017. Oceanography 30(2): 113-115

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