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