Abstract:

Slocum Glider RU31 was deployed on the Mississippi-Alabama Shelf January 13th through February 14th of 2016. The system was deployed near Horn Island Mississippi and traveled southward along the Chandeleur Islands. This glider was deployed in between the fall and spring CONCORDE cruises and was in conjunction with the Bonnet Carre Spillway cruise.

Suggested Citation:

Travis Miles, Stephan Howden, Bob Arnone, Kevin Martin, Dave Aragon, John Kerfoot, Oscar Schofield. 2016. RU31 Slocum Glider Deployment 467, Mississippi-Alabama Shelf, January 13-February 14, 2016. Distributed by: GRIIDC, Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. doi:10.7266/N7XD103N

Publications:

Parra, S. M., Greer, A. T., Book, J. W., Deary, A. L., Soto, I. M., Culpepper, C., … Miles, T. N. (2019). Acoustic detection of zooplankton diel vertical migration behaviors on the northern Gulf of Mexico shelf. Limnology and Oceanography. doi:10.1002/lno.11171

Purpose:

This glider was deployed in between the fall and spring CONCORDE cruises and was in conjunction with the Bonnet Carre Spillway cruise. 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 North); longitude (degrees East); time (seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00); pressure (db); depth (m); compass heading (degrees); pitch (degrees); roll (degrees); Temperature (Celsius); Conductivity (S/m); Salinity (PSU); Density (kg m-3); depth averaged velocity (m s-1)

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