The PO.DAAC is pleased to announce the availability of the SPURS-1 field
campaign data. The SPURS (Salinity
Processes in the Upper Ocean
Regional Study) project is a series of
science process studies and associated oceanographic field campaigns that, in
conjunction with the Aquarius/SAC-D
and SMOS
satellite missions, aim to elucidate key mechanisms responsible for
near-surface salinity variations in the oceans. The SPURS-1 campaign involved
a series of 5 cruises during 2012 - 2013 seeking to characterize the salinity
structure and balance in a high salinity, high evaporation, and low rainfall
region of the subtropical North Atlantic. A suite of oceanographic
sampling platforms and instruments were deployed within a 900 x 800-mile
square study area centered at 25N, 38W. Resulting SPURS-1 in-situ
datasets, distributed in netCDF format with standards-compliant metadata,
include: SPURS central mooring, PICO mooring, ADCP, CTD, underway-CTD,
thermosalinograph, meteorology, seasoar, Ecomapper, Tenuse glider, seaglider,
waveglider, drifter, ARGO and neutrally buoyant float data.
SPURS-1 datasets are described and discoverable via the PO.DAAC
data portal. Access to these data is via PO.DAAC’s
public FTP
site, OPeNDAP,
and PO.DAAC Web Services. A
comprehensive SPURS-1 technical documentation
package is available from the FTP site together with archived SPURS
website content and project artefacts. Data reader
software is also provided. Further information on SPURS is
available from the project website
and also via the SPURS field
campaign page on the PO.DAAC portal.
Should you have any questions, please contact us at: podaac@podaac.jpl.nasa.gov