MARINE OBSERVATION SOURCE · S017
IOOS National Glider DAC
Discover marine observations available through IOOS National Glider DAC, including parameters, platforms, spatial and temporal coverage, metadata, and access methods.
- Operator
- U.S. IOOS / NOAA
- Role
- Glider deployment archive + NRT distribution
- Platforms
- Underwater gliders
- Observed variables
- Temperature; salinity/conductivity; pressure; oxygen; chlorophyll; backscatter; currents and mission-specific sensors
- Spatial coverage
- Primarily U.S.-operated deployments; may include international collaborative missions
- Period
- Deployment-dependent; 2000s-present
- Depth coverage
- Surface to mission max depth, often hundreds to ~1000 m
- QC and data mode
- Provider QC + DAC validation; RT/DM datasets
- Access method
- Use ERDDAP catalog/search; retrieve dataset metadata from /info/{dataset}; query data with tabledap constraints
- Indexed download targets
- 6
Canonical parameters
- Eastward ocean current
eastward_sea_water_velocity - Northward ocean current
northward_sea_water_velocity - Practical salinity
practical_salinity - Observation depth
sample_depth - Sea-water pressure
sea_water_pressure - Sea-water temperature
sea_water_temperature
Discovery and access
A good template for how your own app can expose trajectory/profile observations.