S-MODE Level 3 Shipboard uCTD and EcoCTD Measurements Version 1

This dataset contains shipboard Underway conductivity, temperature, and depth (UCDT) measurements taken during the Sub-Mesoscale Ocean Dynamics Experiment (S-MODE) pilot campaign conducted approximately 300 km offshore of San Francisco over two weeks in October 2021. S-MODE aims to understand how ocean dynamics acting on short spatial scales influence the vertical exchange of physical and biological variables in the ocean. The Underway CTD system contains a standard UCDT probe measuring conductivity, temperature, and pressure, as well as an augmented EcoCDT probe that concurrently measures both hydrographic and bio-optical data including conductivity, temperature, pressure, dissolved oxygen concentration, chlorophyll-fluorescence, and particulate backscatter at two different wavelengths. Level 3 data are available in netCDF format with dimensions of profile number and depth.

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Maintainer Earthdata Forum
Last Updated April 6, 2026, 21:35 (UTC)
Created April 1, 2025, 18:35 (UTC)
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modified 2026-03-30T22:16:02Z
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temporal 2021-08-01/2021-11-30
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