S-MODE Saildrone Level 1 Observations

Description

This dataset contains a suite of Saildrone in-situ measurements (including but not limited to temperature, salinity, currents, biochemistry, and meteorology) taken during the Sub-Mesoscale Ocean Dynamics Experiment (S-MODE) conducted approximately 300 km offshore of San Francisco during a pilot campaign spanning two weeks in October 2021, and two intensive operating periods (IOPs) in Fall 2022 and Spring 2023. 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 are available in their raw 1 Hz sampling frequency as well as 5 minute averages, the latter available with navigation data. Other measurements are available as raw files (1Hz or 20 Hz where applicable), as well as 1 minute averages. L1 data are available as a zip file.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
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
21 Data Use and Citation Policy https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/CitingPODAAC
21 S-MODE GitHub Organization https://github.com/NASA-SMODE
21 Browse granule search results in Earthdata Search https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/granules?p=C2574191901-POCLOUD
21 Generic data readers https://github.com/podaac/data-readers
21 2022 S-MODE Open Data Workshop Code and Tutorials https://github.com/podaac/2022-SMODE-Open-Data-Workshop
33 S-MODE Pilot Campaign Field Report https://espo.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/documents/S-MODE_Pilot-Campaign_Field-Report.pdf
21 2022 S-MODE Open Data Workshop Information https://espo.nasa.gov/s-mode/content/S-MODE_2022_Open_Data_Workshop
22 Thumbnail https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/Podaac/thumbnails/SMODE_L0_SAILDRONES_V1.jpg
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/C2574191901-POCLOUD

Tags

  • atmospheric-radiation
  • salinity-density
  • atmospheric-water-vapor
  • oceans
  • atmosphere
  • atmospheric-temperature
  • ocean-waves
  • ocean-temperature
  • ocean-optics
  • ocean-chemistry
  • atmospheric-pressure
  • ocean-winds
  • ocean-circulation
  • earth-science

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