IOOS Glider - RMI Eco-gliders - ru40-20260507T1702

This project is conducting seasonal surveys with a pair of gliders deployed in each season with a full complement of available sensors to simultaneously map oceanographic and ecological variables. This glider is equipped with a coupled CTD/pH sensor, a WETLabs FLBBCD ECO puck configured for simultaneous chlorophyll fluorescence and optical backscatter measurements, an Acoustic Zooplankton Fish Profiler (AZFP) multi-frequency echo sounder for active acoustic detection of pelagic organisms (transducers configured for zooplankton using 120, 200, 455 and 769 kHz), and a Vemco VMT fish telemetry receiver to track tagged species moving through the region. This approximately 21- to 30-day deployment out of Manasquan, New Jersey will run a zig-zag transect along the coast of New Jersey, in and around current and planned offshore wind lease areas, with a planned recovery out of Tuckerton, New Jersey. The real-time dataset contains CTD, chlorophyll a, CDOM, optical backscatter, and pH measurements. Acoustically-derived data will be processed post-deployment.cdm_data_type = TrajectoryProfileVARIABLES:azfp_file_offset (sci_azfp_file_offset, nodim)azfp_pause_signal (sci_azfp_pause_signal, bool)azfp_run_state (sci_azfp_run_state, nodim)beta_700nm (Beta 700nm at 117 degrees, m-1 sr-1)chlorophyll_a (kg.m-3)commanded_alt_time (c_alt_time, sec)commanded_ballast_pumped (c_ballast_pumped, cc)commanded_climb_target_depth (c_climb_target_depth, m)commanded_dive_target_depth (c_dive_target_depth, m)commanded_fin (c_fin, rad)commanded_heading (c_heading, rad)commanded_science_send_all (c_science_send_all, bool)commanded_thruster_on (c_thruster_on, %)commanded_weight_drop (c_weight_drop, bool)commanded_wpt_lat (c_wpt_lat, lat)commanded_wpt_lon (c_wpt_lon, lon)commanded_wpt_x_lmc (c_wpt_x_lmc, m)... (148 more variables)