Physical data collected from Seaglider SG011 during Gulf of Alaska in the Gulf of Alaska deployed from 2004-03-17 to 2004-08-21 (NCEI Accession 0162287)

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团队与工程师共同研发的浮力驱动式自主水下航行器（Autonomous Underwater Vehicle，AUV）。该型航行器可在海面与预设深度之间往复滑翔，沿锯齿状航迹在水下同步采集温度、盐度、深度平均海流及其他相关水文参数。目前，海滑翔机已在科学科考部署中得到广泛应用，其可执行数千公里航程、持续时长可达数月的科考任务。该型航行器支持远程操控，并可通过无线遥测技术实现近乎实时的数据回传。