Physical data collected from Seaglider SG030 during Washington Coast 8 November 2006 in the North Pacific Ocean, Coastal Waters of Washington/Oregon deployed from 2006-11-09 to 2006-12-17 (NCEI Accession 0156188)

Seaglider is a buoyancy driven autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) developed by scientists and engineers at the University of Washington's School of Oceanography and Applied Physics Laboratory. Seagliders are designed to glide from the ocean surface to a programmed depth and back while measuring temperature, salinity, depth-averaged current, and other quantities along a sawtooth trajectory through the water. Seaglider has entered wide use in scientific deployments. They are designed for missions in range of several thousand kilometers and durations of many months. Seagliders are commanded remotely and report their measurements in near real time via wireless telemetry.

Seaglider是一款由华盛顿大学海洋学院与应用物理实验室的科研与工程团队研发的浮力驱动式自主水下航行器（Autonomous Underwater Vehicle，AUV）。该型滑翔机可在海面与预设深度之间往复滑翔，沿锯齿状航迹穿行于水下的同时，同步测量海水温度、盐度、深度平均海流及其他相关水文参数。Seaglider已在科学考察部署中得到广泛应用，其可支持数千公里航程与长达数月的持续科考任务。该型滑翔机可通过远程操控，并依托无线遥测技术实现近实时的测量数据回传。