Gulf of Mexico
The overarching goal of Spray underwater glider operations in the Gulf of Mexico was to improve dynamical knowledge of oceanographic conditions in the Loop Current and associated eddies.
A specific objective was to provide data to data assimilating models to establish the predictability of currents in the region.
Time Span
JUN 2010 - OCT 2014
Observations
Temperature, Salinity, Depth-Averaged Velocity
- Region: Gulf of Mexico
- PI: Daniel L. Rudnick
- Funded by: BP, National Science Foundation
Project Dataset Files
Cleaned, post-processed and vertically binned to meet user needs
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. (2017). Spray underwater glider campaign in Gulf of Mexico [Data set]. Instrument Development Group, Scripps Institution of Oceanography. doi: 10.21238/S8SPRAY0420
Publications
Gopalakrishnan, G., I. Hoteit, B. D. Cornuelle, and D. L. Rudnick, 2019: Comparison of 4DVAR and EnKF State Estimates and Forecasts in the Gulf of Mexico. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society;
doi: 10.1002/qj.3493
Todd, R. E., Owens, W. B., & Rudnick, D. L. (2016). Potential vorticity structure in the North Atlantic western boundary current from underwater glider observations. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 46(1), 327-348;
doi: 10.1175/JPO-D-15-0112.1
Rudnick, D. L., Gopalakrishnan, G., & Cornuelle, B. D. (2015). Cyclonic eddies in the Gulf of Mexico: observations by underwater gliders and simulations by numerical model. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 45(1), 313-326;
doi: 10.1175/JPO-D-14-0138.1
Gopalakrishnan, G., Cornuelle, B. D., Hoteit, I., Rudnick, D. L., & Owens, W. B. (2013). State estimates and forecasts of the loop current in the Gulf of Mexico using the MITgcm and its adjoint. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 118(7), 3292-3314;
doi: 10.1002/jgrc.20239