Datasetru29-20191010T1932
Gliderru29
StatusCompleted
SummaryThe Challenger Glider Mission is a re-creation of the first global scientific ocean survey conducted by the HMS Challenger from
1872-1876. The goals of the mission are to establish a collaborative international network of autonomous underwater glider
ports, to assess global ocean model predictive skill while contributing real-time profile data for assimilation in ocean
forecast models by operational centers worldwide, and to crowd source student-based ocean research and discovery. Glider is
providing temperature, conductivity, salinity, density and current profile observations. The current profiles are logged via
external pd0 files and are not available in this real-time dataset. RU29 is flying a transect across the Anegada Passage and box
pattern throughout the surrounding island regions to monitor heat transport between the Caribbean Sea and the Tropical North
Atlantic. This region includes the US Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands, and Anguilla, areas commonly impacted by tropical
cyclones.This deployment is the continuation of the prior USVI ru29 deployment
WMO ID4802960
AttributionG. Unger Vetlesen Foundation, Iridium, Teledyne Marine, U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS)
Time Coverage Start2019-10-10 19:45:37 UTC
Time Coverage End2019-10-31 09:03:20 UTC
Registered2019-10-13
Deployed2019-10-10
OperatorRutgers University
InstitutionRutgers University
Data Providerrutgers
# Profiles354
Days Deployed21
BBox North18.582
BBox South17.983
BBox East-64.849
BBox West-63.376