“…A significant outcome of this work is GCOOS progress toward development of mission glider viewing tools to display glider data in near real-time. 28 Water property distributions and currents are important because these influence many issues such as hazardous material tracking and search and rescue operations, as well as HAB monitoring. In addition to elucidating HAB dynamics, the joint missions are testing the boundaries of the gliders' capabilities, important details that will be of value as the regional glider fleet, a critical element of the fully developed observing system in the Gulf, is developed.…”