IMOS - Ocean Gliders - Real-time glider deployments

The Ocean Gliders Facility (formerly known as the Australian National Facility for Ocean Gliders (ANFOG)), deploys a fleet of eight gliders around Australia. The data represented by this record, are presented in real-time. The underwater ocean glider represents a technological revolution for oceanography. Autonomous ocean gliders can be built relatively cheaply, are controlled remotely and are reusable allowing them to make repeated subsurface ocean observations at a fraction of the cost of conventional methods. The data retrieved from the glider fleet will contribute to the study of the major boundary current systems surrounding Australia and their links to coastal ecosystems. The glider fleet consists of two types; Slocum gliders and Seagliders. Slocum gliders (named for Joshua Slocum, the first solo global circumnavigator), manufactured by Webb Research Corp are optimised for shallow coastal waters (海洋滑翔机设施（前身为澳大利亚国家海洋滑翔机设施（ANFOG））在澳大利亚周边部署了由八台滑翔机构成的机队。本记录所呈现的数据均为实时数据。水下海洋滑翔机是海洋学领域的一项技术革命。自主式海洋滑翔机建造成本相对低廉，可远程操控且可重复使用，能够以仅为传统方法一小部分的成本，开展多次水下海洋观测。从该滑翔机队获取的数据，将助力澳大利亚周边主要边界流系统及其与沿海生态系统关联的研究。该滑翔机队包含两种机型：Slocum滑翔机（Slocum gliders）与Seaglider滑翔机（Seagliders）。Slocum滑翔机（以首位单人环球航海者约书亚·斯洛克姆（Joshua Slocum）命名）由韦伯研究公司（Webb Research Corp）制造，专为浅海近岸水域优化设计（