PacIOOS Ocean Gliders: SeaGlider 139: Mission 3


As a part of PacIOOS, ocean gliders provide very detailed information about the physical and chemical condition of the waters around the Hawaiian Islands. Additionally, these data get used in computer models to make predictions about currents. Ocean gliders are small, free-swimming, unmanned vehicles that can cruise the ocean for several months gathering information about the temperature, salinity, and other water properties between the surface and 1000 m depth. A pressure sensor on the glider is able to record the depth throughout the dive. Because gliders are unmanned, they communicate with scientists on land when they are at the surface using an antenna on the end of the glider. The SeaGlider autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) was designed at the University of Washington (UW) Applied Physics Laboratory (APL). These data are taken from Mission 3 of SeaGlider 139.

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Distributor University of Hawaii at Manoa
Point of Contact Glenn S. Carter
University of Hawaii at Manoa
gscarter@hawaii.edu
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Originator Glenn S. Carter
University of Hawaii at Manoa
gscarter@hawaii.edu
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Publisher Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS)
info@pacioos.org
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Dataset Point of Contact Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS)
info@pacioos.org
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Associated Documentation Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS)
Date(s) creation: 2009-02-04
issued: 2009-02-04
revision: 2023-02-07
creation: 2009-02-04
issued: 2009-02-04
revision: 2023-02-07
creation: 2009-02-04
issued: 2009-02-04
revision: 2023-02-07
Purpose PacIOOS provides timely, reliable, and accurate ocean information to support a safe, clean, productive ocean and resilient coastal zone in the U.S. Pacific Islands region.
Use Limitations The data may be used and redistributed for free but is not intended for legal use, since it may contain inaccuracies. Neither the data Contributor, University of Hawaii, PacIOOS, NOAA, State of Hawaii nor the United States Government, nor any of their employees or contractors, makes any warranty, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, or assumes any legal liability for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness, of this information.
Time Period 2009-02-04T00:29:50Z to 2009-02-17T00:51:10Z
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates N: 21.35122° S: 21.03478° E: -157.9478° W: -158.9147°
Theme keywords GCMD Science Keywords
  • Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Water Temperature
  • Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/Density > Conductivity
  • Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/Density > Density
  • Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/Density > Salinity
  • Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Pressure > Water Pressure

GCMD Platform Keywords
  • In Situ Ocean-based Platforms > > Seaglider
  • In Situ Ocean-based Platforms > > AUVs > Autonomous Underwater Vehicles

GCMD Instrument Keywords
  • In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Pressure/Height Meters > > > Pressure Sensors
  • In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Profilers/Sounders > > > CTD
  • In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Temperature/Humidity Sensors > > > Temperature Sensors
  • In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Conductivity Sensors

CF Standard Name Table v39
  • altitude
  • latitude
  • longitude
  • sea_water_density
  • sea_water_electrical_conductivity
  • sea_water_pressure
  • sea_water_salinity
  • sea_water_temperature
  • time

Data Center keywords GCMD Data Center Keywords
  • PacIOOS > Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System

Place keywords GCMD Location Keywords
  • Ocean > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands > Oahu
  • Continent > North America > United States Of America > Hawaii

Project keywords GCMD Project Keywords
  • PacIOOS > Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System

Use Constraints The data may be used and redistributed for free but is not intended for legal use, since it may contain inaccuracies. Neither the data Contributor, University of Hawaii, PacIOOS, NOAA, State of Hawaii nor the United States Government, nor any of their employees or contractors, makes any warranty, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, or assumes any legal liability for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness, of this information.
Lineage Statement 2009-01-04T00:00:00Z Glider arrived back from UW. 2009-02-04T00:00:00Z Deployed off Barber's Point by "Force". 2009-02-17T00:00:00Z Recovered off Kahe Point by R/V Kilo Moana during HOT-209: problem with GPS "engine", deployed 13 days. 2009-03-16T00:00:00Z Replaced GPS and coin cell battery. 2022-11-17T23:30:00Z Dataset identifier modified from "sg139_3" to "sg_139_003" to better match PacIOOS naming conventions. 2023-02-07T18:35:00Z Renamed "depth" variable to "altitude" per the ERDDAP convention for negative ocean depths (positive=up). Added "dive_number" variable.
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platform In Situ Ocean-based Platforms > > AUVs > Autonomous Underwater Vehicles, In Situ Ocean-based Platforms > > Seaglider
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creator_url https://www.soest.hawaii.edu/oceanography/faculty/carter.htm
infoUrl http://hahana.soest.hawaii.edu/seagliders/
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standard_name_vocabulary CF Standard Name Table v39