Wind measurements and platform characteristics during the 2021-2022 Saildrone 1079 mission (Eastern Tropical Atlantic area)

Dataset

DOI

In the framework of the EuroSea project (Task 7.3), a demonstration mission in the Tropical Atlantic has been conducted to enhance and optimize the network design of the Tropical Atlantic Observing System (TAOS) following an integrative multi-platform approach. One Gen6 Saildrone Explorer USV equipped with a CTD, wind, and carbon measurements systems sailed to the Cape Verde region where it acquired data between September 2021 and February 2023. Objectives for this mission include developing an integrated multi-platform approach to improving carbon monitoring, data quality, and regional upscaling from moored instrumentation, biogeochemical Argo floats, autonomous surface observation, and remote sensing products.

Each NetCDF file includes:ROLL (platform_roll_angle)PITCH (platform_pitch_angle)HDG (platform_yaw_angle)SOG (Speed over ground)COG (Course over ground)WIND_SPEEDUWND (Eastward wind speed)VWND (Northward wind speed)WWND (Downward wind speed)WIND_SENSOR_U (Raw wind sensor speed U)WIND_SENSOR_V (Raw wind sensor speed V)WIND_SENSOR_W (Raw wind sensor speed W)WIND_MEASUREMENT_HEIGHTlatitudelongitudetimetrajectory

Identifier
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.961230
Related Identifier	References https://doi.org/10.3289/eurosea_d7.1
Metadata Access	https://ws.pangaea.de/oai/provider?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=datacite4&identifier=oai:pangaea.de:doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.961230

Provenance
Creator	Fiedler, Björn ; Wimart-Rousseau, Cathy ; Cancouet, Romain; Claustre, Hervé; Coppola, Laurent ; Cotrim da Cunha, Letícia ; Fourrier, Marine; Hernandez, Fabrice; Paulsen, Melf
Publisher	PANGAEA
Publication Year	2023
Funding Reference	Horizon 2020 https://doi.org/10.13039/501100007601 Crossref Funder ID 862626 https://doi.org/10.3030/862626 EuroSea - Improving and Integrating European Ocean Observing and Forecasting Systems for Sustainable use of the Oceans
Rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
OpenAccess	true

Representation
Resource Type	Dataset
Format	text/tab-separated-values
Size	139 data points
Discipline	Earth System Research
Spatial Coverage	(-26.380W, 0.036S, -9.850E, 17.641N)
Temporal Coverage Begin	2021-09-18T00:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End	2022-02-03T00:00:00Z