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
5 https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov%2FCitingPODAAC
5 http://smode.whoi.edu%2F
5 http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov%2Fs-mode
5 https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov%2Fvirtual-directory%2Fcollections%2FC2574191901-POCLOUD
5 https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov%2Fsearch%2Fgranules%3Fp%3DC2574191901-POCLOUD
5 https://github.com%2Fpodaac%2Fdata-readers
5 https://espo.nasa.gov%2Fs-mode%2Fcontent%2FS-MODE_2022_Open_Data_Workshop
5 https://espo.nasa.gov%2Fs-mode%2Fcontent%2FS-MODE_2022_ODW_Recording_and_Presentations
5 https://github.com%2Fpodaac%2F2022-SMODE-Open-Data-Workshop
5 https://espo.nasa.gov%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fdocuments%2FS-MODE_Pilot-Campaign_Field-Report.pdf
5 https://archive.podaac.earthdata.nasa.gov%2Fpodaac-ops-cumulus-docs%2Fs-mode%2Fdocs%2FSMODE_PILOT_Bio-optical_Cals_V3.pdf
5 https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/CitingPODAAC
5 http://smode.whoi.edu/
5 http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/s-mode
5 https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/virtual-directory/collections/C2574191901-POCLOUD
5 https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/granules?p=C2574191901-POCLOUD
5 https://github.com/podaac/data-readers
5 https://espo.nasa.gov/s-mode/content/S-MODE_2022_Open_Data_Workshop
5 https://espo.nasa.gov/s-mode/content/S-MODE_2022_ODW_Recording_and_Presentations
5 https://github.com/podaac/2022-SMODE-Open-Data-Workshop
33 S-MODE_Pilot-Campaign_Field-Report.pdf https://espo.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/documents/S-MODE_Pilot-Campaign_Field-Report.pdf
33 SMODE_PILOT_Bio-optical_Cals_V3.pdf https://archive.podaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/podaac-ops-cumulus-docs/s-mode/docs/SMODE_PILOT_Bio-optical_Cals_V3.pdf
0 The metadata's original source. https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C2574191901-POCLOUD.iso19115

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  • earth-science-salinity-density-oceans-conductivity
  • earth-science-ocean-optics-oceans-chlorophyll
  • earth-science-atmospheric-radiation-atmosphere-radiative-flux
  • earth-science-atmospheric-pressure-atmosphere-surface-pressure
  • earth-science-ocean-chemistry-oceans-organic-matter
  • earth-science-atmospheric-pressure-atmosphere-atmospheric-pressure-measurements
  • earth-science-ocean-temperature-oceans-sea-surface-temperature
  • earth-science-ocean-chemistry-oceans-organic-matter-colored-dissolved-organic-matter
  • earth-science-ocean-waves-oceans-wave-height
  • earth-science-ocean-waves-oceans-wave-period
  • earth-science-atmospheric-temperature-atmosphere
  • earth-science-ocean-chemistry-oceans-oxygen
  • earth-science-ocean-circulation-oceans-ocean-currents
  • earth-science-salinity-density-oceans-salinity
  • earth-science-atmospheric-water-vapor-atmosphere-water-vapor-indicators-humidity-relative-humid
  • earth-science-ocean-winds-atmosphere

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