Autonomous Underwater Vehicle

A New Field Season in a New World

Autonomous Gliders in the Antarctic

We’re heading back to Antarctica with our gliders, but this year will be—and already has been—different.

November 01, 2021 - Survey ,

West Coast

NOAA staff packing a truck full of gear to ship to Chile and then on to Antarctica

Barely an inch to spare in the truck with all our gear. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Jen Walsh.

Advanced Survey Technologies for Assessments in the California Current Ecosystem

We support ecosystem-based fisheries management through new or innovative uses of sampling technologies.

West Coast

Glider Piloting with Jen: A Recap of the 2019/20 Field Season

Autonomous Gliders in the Antarctic

This season felt like a long play and was less comedy and more tragedy.

April 08, 2020 - Survey ,

West Coast

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Glider Piloting with Jen: We Have Recovered the Gliders

Autonomous Gliders in the Antarctic

Our season came to an anti-climactic end last week.

March 24, 2020 - Survey ,

West Coast

International

Glider Piloting with Jen: Paying Homage to the Magical O-Ring

Autonomous Gliders in the Antarctic

The cheapest component of the glider is the one that keeps it from flooding and sinking.

March 17, 2020 - Survey ,

West Coast

International

Glider Piloting With Jen: Greetings From Ocean Sciences 2020!

Autonomous Gliders in the Antarctic

More about me and how I’m learning better ways to tell stories about our gliders.

March 09, 2020 - Survey ,

West Coast

International

Glider Piloting with Jen: How Does a Glider Do Science? Volume Two

Autonomous Gliders in the Antarctic

This week’s featured sensor—the Conductivity Temperature Depth sensor—may be the most commonly used sensor in all of oceanography.

February 24, 2020 - Survey ,

West Coast

International

Glider Piloting with Jen: Where Are They Now?

Autonomous Gliders in the Antarctic

A glider update as we wrap up the first third of our deployment.

February 10, 2020 - Survey ,

West Coast

International

Glider Piloting with Jen: How Does a Glider Do Science?

Autonomous Gliders in the Antarctic

How does a glider use sound to “look” at krill? It uses this week’s featured sensor: the Acoustic Zooplankton Fish Profiler.

February 06, 2020 - Survey ,

West Coast

International

Glider Piloting with Jen: Ups and Downs

Autonomous Gliders in the Antarctic

Sometimes something has to go wrong for it to go right.

January 27, 2020 - Survey ,

West Coast

International

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