Temperature, salinity, and current velocity profiles from EM-APEX Float 10273 in the Gulf of Mexico from 2025-06-13

Simultaneous vertical profiles of temperature, salinity, and velocity vector components from an Electromagnetic Autonomous Profiler Explorer (EM-APEX) float. Data were acquired over a frontal cyclone on the eastern side of the Loop Current.

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Source https://data.griidc.org/data/U3.x977.000:0016
Maintainer Benjamin Jaimes
Data Profile Created February 3, 2026, 18:13 (UTC)
Data Profile Last Updated February 3, 2026, 18:18 (UTC)
Data Parameters and Units Depth [m], temperature [degree C], salinity [PSU], zonal velocity component [m/s], and meridional velocity component [m/s].
Funded By National Academies of Sciences Gulf Research Program
Funding Cycle Understanding Gulf Ocean Systems Grants 3
Methods The Teledyne Webb Research EM-APEX electromagnetic profiling float was deployed in the Yucatan Channel to get temperature and salinity profiles.
Purpose Collect data to better characterize the hydrodynamics of the eastern Loop Current frontal cyclone at the Yucatan Channel in support of the objectives of the NAS-funded Understanding of the Gulf Ocean System (UGOS) project.
Research Group Gulf Consortium for Offshore Risk Reduction Engaging Stakeholders (GulfCORES)
Longitude -85.0
Latitude 24.51