Abstract:

Slocum Glider RU31 was deployed on the Mississippi-Alabama Shelf March 22nd through April 7 of 2016. The system transited southward from Petit Bois Island to the shelf-break where it spent a number of days sampling above a network of moorings. This deployment was coordinated prior to and during the spring cruise.

Suggested Citation:

Travis Miles, Stephan Howden, Bob Arnone, Kevin Martin, David Aragon, John Kerfoot, Oscar Schofield. 2016. RU31 Slocum Glider Deployment 473, Mississippi-Alabama Shelf, March 22-April 7, 2016. Distributed by: GRIIDC, Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. doi:10.7266/N7251GKJ

Purpose:

This glider was deployed ahead of and during the spring CONCORDE cruises to provide a broader temporal and spatial coverage of the shelf properties with the goal of providing real-time guidance for adaptive ship sampling. It was deployed with the goal of discovering and observing physical processes that lead to cross-shelf water mass exchange on the Mississippi-Alabama Shelf, and the impacts of freshwater inputs from the Mississippi River Plume on circulation in the region.

Data Parameters and Units:

Standard glider navigational information such as latitude (degrees N); longitude (degrees E); time (seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z); pressure; compass heading (degrees); pitch (degrees); roll (degrees); Depth (m); Temperature (Celsius); Conductivity (S/m); Salinity (PSU); Density (kg m-3); depth averaged velocity (m s-1)

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