N: 25.84 S: 5.06 E: -119.5 W: -157
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The SPURS (Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study) project is a NASA-funded oceanographic process study and associated field program that aim to elucidate key mechanisms responsible for near-surface salinity variations in the oceans. The project is comprised of two field campaigns and a series of cruises in regions of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans exhibiting salinity extremes. SPURS employs a suite of state-of-the-art in-situ sampling technologies that, combined with remotely sensed salinity fields from the Aquarius/SAC-D, SMAP and SMOS satellites, provide a detailed characterization of salinity structure over a continuum of spatio-temporal scales. The SPURS-2 campaign involved two month-long cruises by the R/V Revelle in August 2016 and October 2017 combined with complementary sampling on a more continuous basis over this period by the schooner Lady Amber. Focused around a central mooring located near 10N,125W, the objective of SPURS-2 was to study the dynamics of the rainfall-dominated surface ocean at the western edge of the eastern Pacific fresh pool subject to high seasonal variability and strong zonal flows associated with the North Equatorial Current and Countercurrent. Underway surface profiling systems (USPS) are automated measurement systems coupled to a research vessels water intake and GPS systems. They provide continuous, along-track surface temperature and salinity measurements at depths of 2, 3 and 5 m using through-hull ports in the bow of the ship. Both SPURS-2 cruises had USPS and associated thermosalinograph (TSG) instrumentation, with measurements calibrated against onboard salinometers. There is one USPS netCDF containing the complete series for each of the 2 cruises.
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| Name Sort descending | Description | Units | Data Type | Fill Value | Valid Range | Scale Factor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| air_pressure | Air Pressure | mbar | double | N/A | 1006.18 to 1014.44 | 1 |
| air_temperature | Air Temperature | degrees_C | double | N/A | 22.981333326181 to 30.24 | 1 |
| course_over_ground | Course Over Ground of Underway Salinity Profiling System measurement | degrees | double | N/A | 0 to 360 | 1 |
| cumulative_rain | Cumulative Rain | mm | double | N/A | -0.3 to 49.6 | 1 |
| density_at_2m | Density at 2m of Underway Salinity Profiling System measurement | kg m-3 | double | N/A | 1019.1749920163 to 1022.4722640727 | 1 |
| density_at_3m | Density at 3m of Underway Salinity Profiling System measurement | kg m-3 | double | N/A | 1019.6603228256 to 1022.4828431071 | 1 |
| downwelling_longwave_infrared_radiation | Downwelling Longwave (infrared) Radiation | W / m^2 | double | N/A | 391.46693332833 to 549.3861996784 | 1 |
| downwelling_shortwave_solar_radiation | Downwelling Shortwave (solar) Radiation | W / m^2 | double | N/A | 2.7006666496793 to 1388.3219834937 | 1 |
| latitude | Latitude of Underway Salinity Profiling System measurement | degrees_north | double | N/A | 5.061344 to 18.629399533369 | 1 |
| longitude | Longitude of Underway Salinity Profiling System measurement | degrees_east | double | N/A | -157.11081373334 to -123.37701426667 | 1 |
| pressure_at_2m | Pressure at 2m of Underway Salinity Profiling System measurement | dbar | double | N/A | -0.70098616802351 to 3.4129943694441 | 1 |
| pressure_at_3m | Pressure at 3m of Underway Salinity Profiling System measurement | dbar | double | N/A | -0.29498372593591 to 4.31299703678 | 1 |
| relative_humidity | Relative Humidity | percent | double | N/A | 53.17599998793 to 100.60466664163 | 1 |
| salinity_at_2m | Salinity at 2m of Underway Salinity Profiling System measurement | 1 | double | N/A | 30.721850751721 to 34.815693508322 | 1 |
| salinity_at_3m | Salinity at 3m of Underway Salinity Profiling System measurement | 1 | double | N/A | 31.606681812746 to 34.814989114495 | 1 |
| ship_heave | Ship Heave | m | double | N/A | -1.825332701226 to 1.96 | 1 |
| ship_pitch | Ship Pitch Angle | degree | double | N/A | -3.9286646889844 to 3.9353349140486 | 1 |
| ship_roll | Ship Roll Angle | degree | double | N/A | -6.688000359416 to 5.5893336587747 | 1 |
| speed_over_ground | Speed Over Ground of Underway Salinity Profiling System measurement | kt | double | N/A | 0 to 14.4 | 1 |
| temperature_at_2m | Temperature at 2m of Underway Salinity Profiling System measurement | degrees_C | double | N/A | 26.833400161132 to 31.77239993241 | 1 |
| temperature_at_3m | Temperature at 3m of Underway Salinity Profiling System measurement | degrees_C | double | N/A | 26.826438640883 to 31.367233585544 | 1 |
| time | Time of Underway Salinity Profiling System measurement | days since 1950-01-01T00:00:00 | double | N/A | N/A | 1 |
| uncorrected_salinity_at_5m | Uncorrected Salinity at 5m of Underway Salinity Profiling System measurement | 1 | double | N/A | 31.869466625942 to 34.769866666711 | 1 |
| uncorrected_temperature_at_5m | Uncorrected Temperature at 5m of Underway Salinity Profiling System measurement | degrees_C | double | N/A | 26.943 to 30.37 | 1 |
| wind_direction | True Wind Direction at about 17 m above sea level (direction wind came from) | degree | double | N/A | 0 to 360 | 1 |
| wind_speed | Wind Speed | m / s | double | N/A | 0.2 to 17.640000321865 | 1 |