Physical and biogeochemical data from three Seagliders on a combination transect and virtual mooring deployment, NE of Barbados January - February 2020.

• Main Author: Rollo, Callum
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: NERC EDS British Oceanographic Data Centre NOC 2021
• Subjects: oceans; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5285/c596cdd7-c709-461a-e053-6c86abc0c127; https://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/published_data_library/catalogue/10.5285/c596cdd7-c709-461a-e053-6c86abc0c127/

Dataset collected by investigators of the University of East Anglia during January - February 2020 in the tropical North Atlantic. Gliders SG620 and SG637 were deployed from the RV Meteor during cruise M161 as part of the EUREC4A observational campaign. Glider SG579 was deployed by the autonomous surface vehicle Caravela. All gliders were recovered by the Meteor. SG620 and SG637 occupied a bowtie pattern 10 km across centered at 14' 10"N 57' 20" W. The two gliders were deployed with CT sails measuring conductivity and temperature and completed 131 and 155 dives respectively. SG579 was deployed at 13' 21"N 58' 50" W and travelled 200 km to the bowtie over 10 days conducting 75 dives. Once onsite, SG579 conducted a further 220 dives. In addition to a CT sail, SG579 carried a PAR sensor and Wetlabs sensor measuring backscatter, chlorophyll a and CDOM. Data were processed using the UEA Seaglider Toolbox.