Physical data collected from Seaglider SG002 during Washington Coast, January 2004 in the North Pacific Ocean, Coastal Waters of Washington/Oregon deployed from 2004-01-20 to 2004-06-24 (NCEI Accession 0155959)

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.

海滑翔机（Seaglider）是由华盛顿大学海洋学院与应用物理实验室的科研人员与工程师联合研发的一款浮力驱动式自主水下航行器（autonomous underwater vehicle）。该设备的设计目标是在海面与预设深度之间往复滑翔，同时沿锯齿状水下轨迹同步采集水温、盐度、深度平均海流及其他相关海洋参数。目前，海滑翔机已在海洋科学观测部署中得到广泛应用，其单任务航程可达数千公里，续航时长可达数月之久。海滑翔机可通过远程操控，并借助无线遥测技术实现观测数据的近乎实时回传。