S-MODE Lagrangian Float Observations Version 1

Description

This dataset contains in-situ measurements of temperature, salinity, and velocity from the Sub-Mesoscale Ocean Dynamics Experiment (S-MODE) conducted approximately 300 km offshore of San Francisco, during an intensive observation period in the fall of 2022. The data are available in netCDF format with a dimension of time. 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. The target in-situ quantities were measured by Lagrangian floats, which were deployed from research vessels and retrieved 3-5 days later. The floats follow the 3D motion of water parcels at depths within or just below the mixed layer and carried a CTD instrument to measure temperature, salinity, and pressure, in addition to an ADCP instrument to measure velocity.

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=C2612867358-POCLOUD
21 Generic data readers https://github.com/podaac/data-readers
21 2022 S-MODE Open Data Workshop Information https://espo.nasa.gov/s-mode/content/S-MODE_2022_Open_Data_Workshop
33 S-MODE IOP1 Campaign Field Report #1 https://espo.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/documents/S-MODE_IOP-1_Field-Report-1.pdf
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 2022 S-MODE Open Data Workshop Code and Tutorials https://github.com/podaac/2022-SMODE-Open-Data-Workshop
22 Thumbnail https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/Podaac/thumbnails/SMODE_L2_LAGRANGIAN_FLOATS_V1.jpg
21 Browse and download granules over HTTPS using the virtual directories https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/virtual-directory/collections/C2612867358-POCLOUD
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FSMODE-FLOAT
33 S-MODE IOP1 Campaign Field Report #2 https://espo.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/documents/S-MODE_IOP-1_Field-Report-2.pdf

Tags

  • salinity-density
  • oceans
  • ocean-temperature
  • ocean-circulation
  • ocean-pressure
  • earth-science

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