UGOS (GODEEP/LC-Floats): Near Real-time Hydrography and Deep Velocity in the Loop Current System using Autonomous Profilers
Amy Bower (WHOI), Steve Jayne (WHOI), Heather Furey (WHOI). Collaborator: Paula Perez-Brunius (CICESE)
A fleet of 20-25 autonomous profilers deployed in the Loop Current System (LCS) active area in the eastern Gulf of Mexico are part of the NAS Understanding Gulf Ocean Systems campaign, and provide publicly-available near-real-time data to weather forecast models to aid in hurricane prediction. These data are also being used in conjunction with c-PIES data to explore the physical mechanism of Loop Current expansion into the Gulf and subsequent Loop Current Ring formation. Read More
Current position of floats deployed to date:
*** ALSO INCLUDES FLOATS NOT PART OF UGOS PROGRAM ***
http://argo.whoi.edu/argo/maps/tails/GulfofMexico.png
WHOI-Argo webpages of the floats deployed to date:
Cruise 1, UGOS1, June 2019, R/V Pelican:
( 9 floats deployed, 8 successful )
7491 7492 7540 7541 7542 7544
7545 7568 7495 - dud
Cruise 2, UGOS1, September-October 2019, R/V Pelican:
( 12 floats deployed, 12 successful )
7495 7499 7513 7518 7556 7557
7559 7560 7561 7577 7584 7586
Cruise 3, UGOS1, September-October 2020, R/V Pelican:
( 4 floats deployed, 4 successful )
7519 7543 7538 7549
Cruise 4, UGOS1, May 2021, R/V Pelican:
( 4 floats deployed, 4 successful )
7618 7622 7623 7624
Cruise 5, UGOS3, October 2022, R/V Pelican:
( 8 floats deployed, 6 successful )
7690 7700 7701 7703-(dud) 7726 7729 7742 7755
Cruise 6, UGOS3, June 2023, R/V Pelican:
( 16 floats deployed, 16 successful )
7771 7772 7776 7779 7796 7801 7802 7877 7861 7873 7878 7879 7880 7882 7883 7884
Funding
This project is generously funded by the National Academy of Sciences.
Publications
West-Mack, D., and H. Furey, 2023. PE23-23 Cruise Report UGOS GODEEP 2023 WHOI Cruise Report, June 2023, 21 pp.
Meunier, T., P. Perez Brunius, and A. Bower, 2022. Reconstructing the three-dimensional structure of loop current rings from satellite altimetry and in situ data using the Gravest Empirical Modes Methods. Remote Sensing, 14(17), 4174. doi.org/10.3390/rs14174174.
Furey, H., D. West-Mack, and P. Robbins, 2022. PE2307 Cruise Report UGOS GODEEP 2022 WHOI Cruise Report, 22 pp.
LC-Floats float missions changed to higher sampling frequency during 2021 hurricane season.
Image from 30 August 2021, Hurricane Ida. http://argo.whoi.edu/solo2/h21_status.html