2016
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-marine-122414-033913
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Ocean Research Enabled by Underwater Gliders

Abstract: Underwater gliders are autonomous underwater vehicles that profile vertically by changing their buoyancy and use wings to move horizontally. Gliders are useful for sustained observation at relatively fine horizontal scales, especially to connect the coastal and open ocean. In this review, research topics are grouped by time and length scales. Large-scale topics addressed include the eastern and western boundary currents and the regional effects of climate variability. The accessibility of horizontal length sca… Show more

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“…Since the early 2000s, autonomous and Lagrangian platforms and sensors (ALPS) have contributed significantly to the way the ocean is observed in the lower latitudes and coastal regions (Riser et al, 2016;Rudnick, 2016). At high latitudes, the Arctic Ocean has become increasingly more observable, with new data sets from satellite altimetry (e.g., Laxon et al, 2013), gravimetry (Watkins et al, 2015), in situ Ice-Tethered Profilers (ITP, measuring subsurface hydrography; Krishfield et al, 2008;Timmermans et al, 2008;Toole et al, 2011), and a variety of sensors on autonomous platforms (Lee et al, 2010, andThomson, 2017, in this issue).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Since the early 2000s, autonomous and Lagrangian platforms and sensors (ALPS) have contributed significantly to the way the ocean is observed in the lower latitudes and coastal regions (Riser et al, 2016;Rudnick, 2016). At high latitudes, the Arctic Ocean has become increasingly more observable, with new data sets from satellite altimetry (e.g., Laxon et al, 2013), gravimetry (Watkins et al, 2015), in situ Ice-Tethered Profilers (ITP, measuring subsurface hydrography; Krishfield et al, 2008;Timmermans et al, 2008;Toole et al, 2011), and a variety of sensors on autonomous platforms (Lee et al, 2010, andThomson, 2017, in this issue).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Autonomous underwater gliders have been demonstrated to be an important tool for process-oriented applications Todd et al, 2013;Liblik et al, 2016;Rudnick, 2016). In the AlborEx experiment, two gliders (1 deep Slocum, 1 shallow Slocum) were deployed to sample the intense front.…”
Section: Glidersmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The observations presented here were collected using Spray gliders (Sherman et al 2001;Rudnick et al 2016). Like other autonomous underwater gliders (Davis et al 2003;Rudnick et al 2004), Spray is a buoyancy-driven vehicle that uses changes in volume to rise and fall through the water column.…”
Section: A Spray Glidermentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Autonomous underwater gliders (Davis et al 2003;Rudnick et al 2004) have become important platforms for collecting oceanographic measurements (Rudnick 2016). Gliders move vertically through the water by changing their buoyancy, allowing them to climb or dive at typical vertical speeds of O(0.1) m s 21 .…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%