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The Campaign
The Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study (SPURS) was a NASA campaign that focused on studying salinity variations at the ocean surface. SPURS consisted of two deployments: SPURS-1 and SPURS-2. SPURS-1 occurred from August 2012 to October 2013 across the subtropical North Atlantic Ocean. SPURS-2 occurred from August 2016 to November 2017 across the tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean. Shipborne measurements of salinity, sea surface temperature, ocean winds, and other ocean properties were collected. Buoys and several autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) were also deployed to collect supplement measurements. SPURS was funded through NASA’s Physical Oceanography Program.
SPURS-1, SPURS-2
2012-08-16 — 2017-11-17
Subtropical North Atlantic Ocean, Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean
year round
N: 43°N
S: 5°N
W: 158°W
E: 14°W
Additional Notes
Repositories
SALINITY
SEA SURFACE SALINITY
SALINITY PROCESSES
UPPER OCEAN PROPERTIES
AQUARIUS/SAC-D
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RV Thalassa
1 Campaign · 3 Instruments
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Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Sea Surface Temperature
Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/density > Salinity
Conductivity, Temperature, and Depth (CTD) sensors are in situ instrument packages that are used to measure water depth, pressure, salinity, temperature, and density in the ocean. CTD sensors can be deployed on various water-based platforms such as autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), buoys, gliders, or research vessels. When deployed on a vessel, CTD sensors are typically attached to a rosette and then lowered to the seafloor to measure water properties. CTD sensors have a typical sampling rate of 30 Hz and can collect precise measurements for a specific water depth depending on the researcher's needs.
Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Pressure > Water Pressure
Earth Science > Oceans > Bathymetry/seafloor Topography > Water Depth
Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/density > Conductivity
Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/density > Density
Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/density > Salinity
Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Water Temperature
Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/density
If instrument model information is not available, can use this instrument entry for temperature, pressues, wind speed, wind direction, humidity
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Moored Buoy
Moored Buoy
Stationary
2 Campaigns · 11 Instruments
The PRofiling crAWLER (PRAWLER) is a wave-powered profiling instrument developed by the NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL). It moves along the mooring wire due to the wave motions from a surface buoy to collect profile measurements of conductivity, temperature, and pressure. PRAWLER collects profiles from the ocean surface up to 500 m of the water column. It can be deployed in water depths up to 6000 m and has a fall rate of 30 centimeters per second.
Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/density > Conductivity
Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/density > Salinity
Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Temperature
Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Pressure
Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Pressure > Water Pressure
Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Water Temperature
If instrument model information is not available, can use this instrument entry for temperature, pressues, wind speed, wind direction, humidity
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R/V Endeavor
2 Campaigns · 12 Instruments
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Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/density > Salinity
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Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Sea Surface Temperature
Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/density > Salinity
The Vertical Microstructure Profiler (VMP) is an in situ full ocean-depth profiling system manufactured by Rockland Scientific. It consists of several sensors that collect profile measurements of turbulence, temperature, conductivity, and other ocean parameters. A VMP is deployed from ships and operates autonomously. It can collect profile measurements up to 6000 m in depth. It has a nominal sampling frequency of 512 Hz.
Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Optics > Turbidity
Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Pressure > Water Pressure
Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Pressure
Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Optics > Fluorescence
Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/density > Conductivity
Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Circulation > Turbulence
Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Chemistry > Oxygen
Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Temperature
Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Water Temperature
Conductivity, Temperature, and Depth (CTD) sensors are in situ instrument packages that are used to measure water depth, pressure, salinity, temperature, and density in the ocean. CTD sensors can be deployed on various water-based platforms such as autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), buoys, gliders, or research vessels. When deployed on a vessel, CTD sensors are typically attached to a rosette and then lowered to the seafloor to measure water properties. CTD sensors have a typical sampling rate of 30 Hz and can collect precise measurements for a specific water depth depending on the researcher's needs.
Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Pressure > Water Pressure
Earth Science > Oceans > Bathymetry/seafloor Topography > Water Depth
Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/density > Conductivity
Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/density > Density
Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/density > Salinity
Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Water Temperature
Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/density
If instrument model information is not available, can use this instrument entry for temperature, pressues, wind speed, wind direction, humidity
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The Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) is an in situ acoustic sensor used to measure ocean currents. ADCP uses the Doppler effect to detect sound waves to provide measurements of the speed and direction of currents throughout the water column. ADCP can easily be mounted on different water platforms such as ships, buoys, and autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs). It also can be deployed on the seafloor to provide profile measurements of ocean currents.
Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Acoustics
Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Circulation > Ocean Currents
Wave Glider
3 Campaigns · 4 Instruments
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Earth Science > Terrestrial Hydrosphere > Surface Water > Surface Water Processes/measurements > Discharge/flow > Flow Velocity
Conductivity, Temperature, and Depth (CTD) sensors are in situ instrument packages that are used to measure water depth, pressure, salinity, temperature, and density in the ocean. CTD sensors can be deployed on various water-based platforms such as autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), buoys, gliders, or research vessels. When deployed on a vessel, CTD sensors are typically attached to a rosette and then lowered to the seafloor to measure water properties. CTD sensors have a typical sampling rate of 30 Hz and can collect precise measurements for a specific water depth depending on the researcher's needs.
Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Pressure > Water Pressure
Earth Science > Oceans > Bathymetry/seafloor Topography > Water Depth
Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/density > Conductivity
Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/density > Density
Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/density > Salinity
Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Water Temperature
Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/density
If instrument model information is not available, can use this instrument entry for temperature, pressues, wind speed, wind direction, humidity
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Moored Buoy
Moored Buoy
Stationary
2 Campaigns · 11 Instruments
Rain gauges are ground-based instruments that provide in situ measurements of liquid precipitation amounts over a set time. There are multiple types of rain gauges that each collect and record data differently such as the tipping bucket rain gauge and weighing precipitation gauge. Rain gauges can be deployed in various locations due to their relatively small size and easy set-up and are typically colocated with other precipitation instruments such as disdrometers to provide more details about precipitation being collected such as precipitation rate and size distribution.
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Precipitation > Liquid Precipitation
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Precipitation > Precipitation Amount
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Precipitation
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Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Radiation
If instrument model or detailed specification information is not available, can use this instrument entry for radiometers of various types (typically microwave-band) that are flown on aircraft.
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Conductivity, Temperature, and Depth (CTD) sensors are in situ instrument packages that are used to measure water depth, pressure, salinity, temperature, and density in the ocean. CTD sensors can be deployed on various water-based platforms such as autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), buoys, gliders, or research vessels. When deployed on a vessel, CTD sensors are typically attached to a rosette and then lowered to the seafloor to measure water properties. CTD sensors have a typical sampling rate of 30 Hz and can collect precise measurements for a specific water depth depending on the researcher's needs.
Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Pressure > Water Pressure
Earth Science > Oceans > Bathymetry/seafloor Topography > Water Depth
Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/density > Conductivity
Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/density > Density
Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/density > Salinity
Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Water Temperature
Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/density
If instrument model information is not available, can use this instrument entry for temperature, pressues, wind speed, wind direction, humidity
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The Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) is an in situ acoustic sensor used to measure ocean currents. ADCP uses the Doppler effect to detect sound waves to provide measurements of the speed and direction of currents throughout the water column. ADCP can easily be mounted on different water platforms such as ships, buoys, and autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs). It also can be deployed on the seafloor to provide profile measurements of ocean currents.
Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Acoustics
Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Circulation > Ocean Currents
R/V Sarmiento de Gamboa
2 Campaigns · 5 Instruments
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Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Sea Surface Temperature
Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/density > Salinity
Conductivity, Temperature, and Depth (CTD) sensors are in situ instrument packages that are used to measure water depth, pressure, salinity, temperature, and density in the ocean. CTD sensors can be deployed on various water-based platforms such as autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), buoys, gliders, or research vessels. When deployed on a vessel, CTD sensors are typically attached to a rosette and then lowered to the seafloor to measure water properties. CTD sensors have a typical sampling rate of 30 Hz and can collect precise measurements for a specific water depth depending on the researcher's needs.
Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Pressure > Water Pressure
Earth Science > Oceans > Bathymetry/seafloor Topography > Water Depth
Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/density > Conductivity
Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/density > Density
Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/density > Salinity
Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Water Temperature
Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/density
If instrument model information is not available, can use this instrument entry for temperature, pressues, wind speed, wind direction, humidity
Earth Science > >
The Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) is an in situ acoustic sensor used to measure ocean currents. ADCP uses the Doppler effect to detect sound waves to provide measurements of the speed and direction of currents throughout the water column. ADCP can easily be mounted on different water platforms such as ships, buoys, and autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs). It also can be deployed on the seafloor to provide profile measurements of ocean currents.
Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Acoustics
Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Circulation > Ocean Currents
Neutrally Buoyant Float
Neutrally Buoyant Float
1 Campaign · 1 Instrument
Conductivity, Temperature, and Depth (CTD) sensors are in situ instrument packages that are used to measure water depth, pressure, salinity, temperature, and density in the ocean. CTD sensors can be deployed on various water-based platforms such as autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), buoys, gliders, or research vessels. When deployed on a vessel, CTD sensors are typically attached to a rosette and then lowered to the seafloor to measure water properties. CTD sensors have a typical sampling rate of 30 Hz and can collect precise measurements for a specific water depth depending on the researcher's needs.
Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Pressure > Water Pressure
Earth Science > Oceans > Bathymetry/seafloor Topography > Water Depth
Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/density > Conductivity
Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/density > Density
Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/density > Salinity
Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Water Temperature
Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/density
Slocum Glider
Slocum Sub-surface Electric Glider
2 Campaigns · 1 Instrument
Conductivity, Temperature, and Depth (CTD) sensors are in situ instrument packages that are used to measure water depth, pressure, salinity, temperature, and density in the ocean. CTD sensors can be deployed on various water-based platforms such as autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), buoys, gliders, or research vessels. When deployed on a vessel, CTD sensors are typically attached to a rosette and then lowered to the seafloor to measure water properties. CTD sensors have a typical sampling rate of 30 Hz and can collect precise measurements for a specific water depth depending on the researcher's needs.
Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Pressure > Water Pressure
Earth Science > Oceans > Bathymetry/seafloor Topography > Water Depth
Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/density > Conductivity
Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/density > Density
Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/density > Salinity
Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Water Temperature
Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/density
i3XO EcoMapper AUV
1 Campaign · 4 Instruments
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Earth Science > Terrestrial Hydrosphere > Water Quality/water Chemistry > Water Characteristics > Turbidity
Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Optics > Turbidity
Conductivity, Temperature, and Depth (CTD) sensors are in situ instrument packages that are used to measure water depth, pressure, salinity, temperature, and density in the ocean. CTD sensors can be deployed on various water-based platforms such as autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), buoys, gliders, or research vessels. When deployed on a vessel, CTD sensors are typically attached to a rosette and then lowered to the seafloor to measure water properties. CTD sensors have a typical sampling rate of 30 Hz and can collect precise measurements for a specific water depth depending on the researcher's needs.
Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Pressure > Water Pressure
Earth Science > Oceans > Bathymetry/seafloor Topography > Water Depth
Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/density > Conductivity
Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/density > Density
Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/density > Salinity
Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Water Temperature
Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/density
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Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Chemistry > Chlorophyll
If instrument name or model is not available but documents show that specific chemical compounds or constituents or their properties were observed, can use instrument entry. Examples include: CO, CO2, NO, NO2, N2O, HNO3, HNO4, OH, H2SO4, CH3CN, O3, H2O, halocarbons, VOCs, nitrates, aerosols (including CCN), aerosol optical properties, etc...
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SeaGlider
3 Campaigns · 5 Instruments
Conductivity, Temperature, and Depth (CTD) sensors are in situ instrument packages that are used to measure water depth, pressure, salinity, temperature, and density in the ocean. CTD sensors can be deployed on various water-based platforms such as autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), buoys, gliders, or research vessels. When deployed on a vessel, CTD sensors are typically attached to a rosette and then lowered to the seafloor to measure water properties. CTD sensors have a typical sampling rate of 30 Hz and can collect precise measurements for a specific water depth depending on the researcher's needs.
Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Pressure > Water Pressure
Earth Science > Oceans > Bathymetry/seafloor Topography > Water Depth
Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/density > Conductivity
Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/density > Density
Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/density > Salinity
Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Water Temperature
Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/density
Drifting Buoy
9 Campaigns · 8 Instruments
Conductivity, Temperature, and Depth (CTD) sensors are in situ instrument packages that are used to measure water depth, pressure, salinity, temperature, and density in the ocean. CTD sensors can be deployed on various water-based platforms such as autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), buoys, gliders, or research vessels. When deployed on a vessel, CTD sensors are typically attached to a rosette and then lowered to the seafloor to measure water properties. CTD sensors have a typical sampling rate of 30 Hz and can collect precise measurements for a specific water depth depending on the researcher's needs.
Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Pressure > Water Pressure
Earth Science > Oceans > Bathymetry/seafloor Topography > Water Depth
Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/density > Conductivity
Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/density > Density
Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/density > Salinity
Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Water Temperature
Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/density
SeaSoar
1 Campaign · 1 Instrument
Conductivity, Temperature, and Depth (CTD) sensors are in situ instrument packages that are used to measure water depth, pressure, salinity, temperature, and density in the ocean. CTD sensors can be deployed on various water-based platforms such as autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), buoys, gliders, or research vessels. When deployed on a vessel, CTD sensors are typically attached to a rosette and then lowered to the seafloor to measure water properties. CTD sensors have a typical sampling rate of 30 Hz and can collect precise measurements for a specific water depth depending on the researcher's needs.
Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Pressure > Water Pressure
Earth Science > Oceans > Bathymetry/seafloor Topography > Water Depth
Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/density > Conductivity
Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/density > Density
Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/density > Salinity
Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Water Temperature
Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/density
ARGO Float
4 Campaigns · 4 Instruments
The Passive Aquatic listener (PAL) is a passive acoustic underwater recorder used to measure precipitation rates and winds over the ocean. It collects underwater ambient-noise time series and converts it to a multi-frequency (1-50 kHz) spectrum of sound pressure levels (SPLs). These SPLs can be used to determine the intensity of ocean ambient sounds, such as raindrops and surface winds, to estimate rain rate and wind speeds. PAL provides data in a 4.5 s time series at a sampling frequency of 100 kHz. PAL can be deployed on moored buoys and floats.
Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Acoustics
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Precipitation
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Precipitation > Precipitation Rate
Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Winds > Surface Winds
Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Winds
This description will be added in a future version.
Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Sea Surface Temperature
Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/density > Salinity
Conductivity, Temperature, and Depth (CTD) sensors are in situ instrument packages that are used to measure water depth, pressure, salinity, temperature, and density in the ocean. CTD sensors can be deployed on various water-based platforms such as autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), buoys, gliders, or research vessels. When deployed on a vessel, CTD sensors are typically attached to a rosette and then lowered to the seafloor to measure water properties. CTD sensors have a typical sampling rate of 30 Hz and can collect precise measurements for a specific water depth depending on the researcher's needs.
Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Pressure > Water Pressure
Earth Science > Oceans > Bathymetry/seafloor Topography > Water Depth
Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/density > Conductivity
Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/density > Density
Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/density > Salinity
Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Water Temperature
Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/density
RV Knorr
1 Campaign · 10 Instruments
Rain gauges are ground-based instruments that provide in situ measurements of liquid precipitation amounts over a set time. There are multiple types of rain gauges that each collect and record data differently such as the tipping bucket rain gauge and weighing precipitation gauge. Rain gauges can be deployed in various locations due to their relatively small size and easy set-up and are typically colocated with other precipitation instruments such as disdrometers to provide more details about precipitation being collected such as precipitation rate and size distribution.
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Precipitation > Liquid Precipitation
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Precipitation > Precipitation Amount
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Precipitation
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Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/density > Salinity
If instrument model or detailed specification information is not available, can use this instrument entry for radiometers of various types (typically microwave-band) that are flown on aircraft.
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Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Sea Surface Temperature
Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/density > Salinity
The Vertical Microstructure Profiler (VMP) is an in situ full ocean-depth profiling system manufactured by Rockland Scientific. It consists of several sensors that collect profile measurements of turbulence, temperature, conductivity, and other ocean parameters. A VMP is deployed from ships and operates autonomously. It can collect profile measurements up to 6000 m in depth. It has a nominal sampling frequency of 512 Hz.
Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Optics > Turbidity
Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Pressure > Water Pressure
Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Pressure
Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Optics > Fluorescence
Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/density > Conductivity
Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Circulation > Turbulence
Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Chemistry > Oxygen
Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Temperature
Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Water Temperature
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Conductivity, Temperature, and Depth (CTD) sensors are in situ instrument packages that are used to measure water depth, pressure, salinity, temperature, and density in the ocean. CTD sensors can be deployed on various water-based platforms such as autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), buoys, gliders, or research vessels. When deployed on a vessel, CTD sensors are typically attached to a rosette and then lowered to the seafloor to measure water properties. CTD sensors have a typical sampling rate of 30 Hz and can collect precise measurements for a specific water depth depending on the researcher's needs.
Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Pressure > Water Pressure
Earth Science > Oceans > Bathymetry/seafloor Topography > Water Depth
Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/density > Conductivity
Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/density > Density
Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/density > Salinity
Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Water Temperature
Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/density
If instrument model information is not available, can use this instrument entry for temperature, pressues, wind speed, wind direction, humidity
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The Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) is an in situ acoustic sensor used to measure ocean currents. ADCP uses the Doppler effect to detect sound waves to provide measurements of the speed and direction of currents throughout the water column. ADCP can easily be mounted on different water platforms such as ships, buoys, and autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs). It also can be deployed on the seafloor to provide profile measurements of ocean currents.
Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Acoustics
Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Circulation > Ocean Currents
Lady Amber
R/V Lady Amber
1 Campaign · 7 Instruments
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Rain gauges are ground-based instruments that provide in situ measurements of liquid precipitation amounts over a set time. There are multiple types of rain gauges that each collect and record data differently such as the tipping bucket rain gauge and weighing precipitation gauge. Rain gauges can be deployed in various locations due to their relatively small size and easy set-up and are typically colocated with other precipitation instruments such as disdrometers to provide more details about precipitation being collected such as precipitation rate and size distribution.
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Precipitation > Liquid Precipitation
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Precipitation > Precipitation Amount
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Precipitation
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Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/density > Salinity
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Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Radiation
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Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Sea Surface Temperature
Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/density > Salinity
Conductivity, Temperature, and Depth (CTD) sensors are in situ instrument packages that are used to measure water depth, pressure, salinity, temperature, and density in the ocean. CTD sensors can be deployed on various water-based platforms such as autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), buoys, gliders, or research vessels. When deployed on a vessel, CTD sensors are typically attached to a rosette and then lowered to the seafloor to measure water properties. CTD sensors have a typical sampling rate of 30 Hz and can collect precise measurements for a specific water depth depending on the researcher's needs.
Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Pressure > Water Pressure
Earth Science > Oceans > Bathymetry/seafloor Topography > Water Depth
Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/density > Conductivity
Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/density > Density
Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/density > Salinity
Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Water Temperature
Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/density
If instrument model information is not available, can use this instrument entry for temperature, pressues, wind speed, wind direction, humidity
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Campaign Balloons
69 Campaigns · 21 Instruments
Radiosondes are a balloon-borne instrument package used to collect profile measurements of pressure, temperature, humidity, and winds. These sensors are connected to a radio transmitter that sends the measurements to a ground receiver typically operating in the 400-406 MHz range. They typically provide measurements at 1-6 seconds, depending on the type and manufacturer of the radiosonde. Radiosondes are used for weather forecasting, ground truth satellite data, atmospheric research, and input for weather prediction models.
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Water Vapor > Water Vapor Profiles
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Winds > Wind Profiles
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Temperature
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Water Vapor
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Pressure
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Temperature > Upper Air Temperature > Vertical Profiles
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Pressure > Atmospheric Pressure Measurements
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Temperature > Upper Air Temperature
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Winds
Saildrone
2 Campaigns · 5 Instruments
A pyrometer is a remote-sensing infrared thermometer that measures the temperature of distant objects. It determines the temperature of an object by detecting its thermal radiation. It can be deployed on aircraft, ground, or water-based platforms for surface and sea surface temperature observations. For atmospheric studies, the pyrometer typically operates in the 9.6 to 11.5 µm spectral range and has a temperature range of -25 to 200 degrees Celsius. Pyrometers have a typical response time of 5 ms to 600 s.
Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Sea Surface Temperature
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Temperature > Surface Temperature > Skin Temperature
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Temperature > Surface Temperature
Earth Science > Spectral/engineering > Infrared Wavelengths > Brightness Temperature
Conductivity, Temperature, and Depth (CTD) sensors are in situ instrument packages that are used to measure water depth, pressure, salinity, temperature, and density in the ocean. CTD sensors can be deployed on various water-based platforms such as autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), buoys, gliders, or research vessels. When deployed on a vessel, CTD sensors are typically attached to a rosette and then lowered to the seafloor to measure water properties. CTD sensors have a typical sampling rate of 30 Hz and can collect precise measurements for a specific water depth depending on the researcher's needs.
Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Pressure > Water Pressure
Earth Science > Oceans > Bathymetry/seafloor Topography > Water Depth
Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/density > Conductivity
Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/density > Density
Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/density > Salinity
Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Water Temperature
Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/density
If instrument model information is not available, can use this instrument entry for temperature, pressues, wind speed, wind direction, humidity
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The Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) is an in situ acoustic sensor used to measure ocean currents. ADCP uses the Doppler effect to detect sound waves to provide measurements of the speed and direction of currents throughout the water column. ADCP can easily be mounted on different water platforms such as ships, buoys, and autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs). It also can be deployed on the seafloor to provide profile measurements of ocean currents.
Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Acoustics
Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Circulation > Ocean Currents
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Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Chemistry > Chlorophyll
R/V Roger Revelle
2 Campaigns · 16 Instruments
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Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Sea Surface Temperature
Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/density > Salinity
If instrument model information is not available, can use this instrument entry for temperature, pressues, wind speed, wind direction, humidity
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Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/density > Salinity
X-band radars are ground-based radars that operate in the 8-12 GHz frequency range. They provide measurements of radar reflectivity, Doppler velocity, and other radar parameters to characterize precipitation and clouds. Due to operating on a smaller wavelength, the X-band radars are more sensitive and can detect smaller particles, making them useful for studying light precipitation and cloud development.
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Precipitation
Earth Science > Spectral/engineering > Radar > Doppler Velocity
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Clouds
Earth Science > Spectral/engineering > Radar > Radar Backscatter
Earth Science > Spectral/engineering > Radar > Radar Reflectivity
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A pyrometer is a remote-sensing infrared thermometer that measures the temperature of distant objects. It determines the temperature of an object by detecting its thermal radiation. It can be deployed on aircraft, ground, or water-based platforms for surface and sea surface temperature observations. For atmospheric studies, the pyrometer typically operates in the 9.6 to 11.5 µm spectral range and has a temperature range of -25 to 200 degrees Celsius. Pyrometers have a typical response time of 5 ms to 600 s.
Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Sea Surface Temperature
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Temperature > Surface Temperature > Skin Temperature
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Temperature > Surface Temperature
Earth Science > Spectral/engineering > Infrared Wavelengths > Brightness Temperature
Rain gauges are ground-based instruments that provide in situ measurements of liquid precipitation amounts over a set time. There are multiple types of rain gauges that each collect and record data differently such as the tipping bucket rain gauge and weighing precipitation gauge. Rain gauges can be deployed in various locations due to their relatively small size and easy set-up and are typically colocated with other precipitation instruments such as disdrometers to provide more details about precipitation being collected such as precipitation rate and size distribution.
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Precipitation > Liquid Precipitation
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Precipitation > Precipitation Amount
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Precipitation
The SEA-going POLarimetric (SEA-POL) Doppler radar is a C-band radar developed by Colorado State University. It is deployed on ships to collect radar measurements to characterize precipitation. SEA-POL typically operates at a 5.65 GHz frequency and has a beam width of 1 degree. It can provide dual-polarization measurements over a range excess of 200 km with a range resolution of either 54, 100, 180, or 300 m. Even though SEA-POL is typically used for ship-based measurements, it can be used for land-based operations.
Earth Science > Spectral/engineering > Radar > Spectrum Width
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Precipitation > Liquid Precipitation > Rain
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Precipitation
Earth Science > Spectral/engineering > Radar > Doppler Velocity
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Precipitation > Precipitation Rate
Earth Science > Spectral/engineering > Radar > Radar Reflectivity
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Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Water Temperature
Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Temperature
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Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Sea Surface Temperature
Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/density > Salinity
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Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Sea Surface Temperature > Sea Surface Skin Temperature
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Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Waves
Conductivity, Temperature, and Depth (CTD) sensors are in situ instrument packages that are used to measure water depth, pressure, salinity, temperature, and density in the ocean. CTD sensors can be deployed on various water-based platforms such as autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), buoys, gliders, or research vessels. When deployed on a vessel, CTD sensors are typically attached to a rosette and then lowered to the seafloor to measure water properties. CTD sensors have a typical sampling rate of 30 Hz and can collect precise measurements for a specific water depth depending on the researcher's needs.
Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Pressure > Water Pressure
Earth Science > Oceans > Bathymetry/seafloor Topography > Water Depth
Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/density > Conductivity
Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/density > Density
Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/density > Salinity
Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Water Temperature
Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/density
The Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) is an in situ acoustic sensor used to measure ocean currents. ADCP uses the Doppler effect to detect sound waves to provide measurements of the speed and direction of currents throughout the water column. ADCP can easily be mounted on different water platforms such as ships, buoys, and autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs). It also can be deployed on the seafloor to provide profile measurements of ocean currents.
Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Acoustics
Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Circulation > Ocean Currents
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NASA Physical Oceanography Program
Eric Lindstrom
Ray Schmitt, Kyla Drushka
Fred Bingham
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