IMOS - Australian National Facility for Ocean Gliders (ANFOG) - Real-time glider deployments

The Australian National Facility for Ocean Gliders (ANFOG), with IMOS/NCRIS funding, 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 ANFOG 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 (

依托IMOS/NCRIS资助的澳大利亚海洋滑翔机国家设施（Australian National Facility for Ocean Gliders, ANFOG），在澳大利亚周边海域部署了一支由8台滑翔机构成的机队。本记录所呈现的数据为实时观测数据。水下海洋滑翔机是海洋学领域的一场技术革命。自主式海洋滑翔机造价相对低廉、可远程操控且可重复使用，能够以仅为传统观测手段数分之一的成本，开展多次水下海洋观测。从该滑翔机舰队获取的数据，将助力研究澳大利亚周边主要边界流系统及其与沿岸生态系统的关联。ANFOG滑翔机舰队包含两种型号：斯洛克姆滑翔机（Slocum glider）与海洋滑翔机（Seaglider）。其中由Webb Research Corp制造的斯洛克姆滑翔机（以首位单人环球航行者约书亚·斯洛克姆命名），专为浅海近岸水域优化设计（