S-MODE L2 Temperature and Salinity from Saildrones Version 1

Description

This dataset contains Saildrone in-situ measurements taken during the Sub-Mesoscale Ocean Dynamics Experiment (S-MODE) conducted approximately 300 km offshore of San Francisco during a pilot campaign over two weeks in October 2021, and an intensive operating period (IOP) in Fall 2022. S-MODE aims to understand how ocean dynamics acting on short spatial scales influence the vertical exchange of physical and biological variables in the ocean. Saildrones are wind-and-solar-powered unmanned surface vehicles rigged with atmospheric and oceanic sensors that measure upper ocean horizontal velocities, near-surface temperature and salinity, Chlorophyll-a fluorescence, dissolved oxygen concentration, 5-m winds, air temperature, and surface radiation. Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) data samples originally measured at 1 Hz frequency are averaged into 5 minute bins, along with navigation data. Non-ADCP data from IOP1 contain additional bio-optical measurements. All data are available in netCDF format.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 2022 S-MODE Open Data Workshop Code and Tutorials https://github.com/podaac/2022-SMODE-Open-Data-Workshop
21 Browse granule search results in Earthdata Search https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/granules?p=C2766903177-POCLOUD
21 Generic data readers https://github.com/podaac/data-readers
21 Project Website for S-MODE hosted by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI) http://smode.whoi.edu/
21 Project Landing Page for S-MODE on the PO.DAAC Website http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/s-mode
22 Thumbnail https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/Podaac/thumbnails/SMODE_LX_SAILDRONES_V1.jpg
21 Data Use and Citation Policy https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/CitingPODAAC
21 S-MODE GitHub Organization https://github.com/NASA-SMODE
21 2022 S-MODE Open Data Workshop Presentations and Recordings https://espo.nasa.gov/s-mode/content/S-MODE_2022_ODW_Recording_and_Presentations
21 Browse and download granules over HTTPS using the virtual directories https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/virtual-directory/collections/C2766903177-POCLOUD
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FSMODE-SDRON
21 2022 S-MODE Open Data Workshop Information https://espo.nasa.gov/s-mode/content/S-MODE_2022_Open_Data_Workshop
33 SMODE Bio-optical Data (V2) Report for IOP-1 https://archive.podaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/podaac-ops-cumulus-docs/s-mode/docs/S-MODE_IOP1_2022_BIO_OPTICS_DATA_REPORT.pdf
33 S-MODE Pilot Campaign Field Report https://espo.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/documents/S-MODE_Pilot-Campaign_Field-Report.pdf

Tags

  • salinity-density
  • oceans
  • atmosphere
  • atmospheric-temperature
  • ocean-temperature
  • ocean-optics
  • ocean-chemistry
  • atmospheric-pressure
  • earth-science

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