Glider Observations in the Kuroshio and South China Sea

The overarching goal of these Spray underwater glider missions was to observe internal waves in the Kuroshio and South China Sea near the Luzon Strait.

APR 2007 - AUG 2011

Temperature, Salinity, Doppler Velocity, Acoustic Backscatter, Depth-Averaged Velocity

  • Region: Western North Pacific
  • PIs: Daniel L. Rudnick and T. M. Shaun Johnston
  • Funded by: Office of Naval Research

Project Dataset Files

Cleaned, post-processed and vertically binned to meet user needs

Access Options

Data are available in CF compliant NetCDF files and are also available via our ERDDAP server which offers additional file types, data subsetting, visualization options and more.


Internal Waves

APR 2007 - AUG 2011

Project Dataset Processing

  • Averaged to 10-m vertical bins
  • Bins improve ease of use
  • Bins allow for easy integration of ADCP acoustic backscatter and velocity data
  • Filtered using QC flags
  • Only high-quality data are represented in each bin

How to Cite

When using this dataset, please cite the data as:

Rudnick, D. L., & Johnston, T. M. S. (2020). Glider observations in the Kuroshio and South China Sea [Data set]. Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Instrument Development Group. doi: 10.21238/S8SPRAY0101

Publications

Johnston, T. M., Rudnick, D. L., Alford, M. H., Pickering, A., & Simmons, H. L. (2013). Internal tidal energy fluxes in the South China Sea from density and velocity measurements by gliders. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 118(8), 3939-3949. Chicago; doi: 10.1002/jgrc.20311
Rudnick, D. L., Johnston, T. M., & Sherman, J. T. (2013). High‐frequency internal waves near the Luzon Strait observed by underwater gliders. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 118(2), 774-784; doi: 10.1002/jgrc.20083
Rudnick, D. L., S. Jan, L. Centurioni, C. Lee, R.-C. Lien, J. Wang, D.-K. Lee, R.-T. Tseng, Y. Y. Kim, and C.-S. Chern, 2011: Seasonal and mesoscale variability of the Kuroshio near its origin. Oceanography, 24, 52-63; doi: 10.5670/oceanog.2011.94