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The SeaGlider is an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) operated by the Applied Physics Laboratory and the School of Oceanography at the University of Washington. It provides measurements similar to those collected by research vessels or moored water platforms, either at a fixed location or along a transect, with a maximum depth of 1,000 m and a range of 4,600 km.
The SeaGlider's body design and ability to move effortlessly through the water make it an ideal platform for chemical, physical, and biological oceanographic applications. Projects including the Sub-Mesoscale Ocean Dynamics Experiment (S-MODE) and the Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study (SPURS) have deployed the SeaGlider.
Type
Uncrewed Vehicle
Data Center
PO.DAAC
Launch
Various
Objective
Collect ocean data
Animation of ocean temperature and salinity as measured by a SeaGlider during a deployment from October 2019 to January 2020 off the coast of Guam. This is one of the three SeaGliders from the Adaptive Sampling of Rain and Ocean Salinity from Autonomous SeaGliders (Guam 2019-2020) dataset. For the Adaptive Sampling of Rain and Ocean Salinity project, gliders sampled in an adaptive formation to capture the patchiness of the rain and the corresponding oceanic response in real time. Data samples are gridded by profile and on regular depth bins from 0 to 1000 m. Between successive profiles, the time interval was about 3 hours, and the distance about 1.5 km apart. Credit: PO.DAAC
Instruments Aboard SeaGlider
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