Physical data collected from Seaglider SG005 during Washington Coast, 10 September 2007 in the North Pacific Ocean, Coastal Waters of Washington/Oregon deployed from 2007-09-10 to 2008-01-17 (NCEI Accession 0155995)

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.

海翼号（Seaglider）是一款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研发的浮力驱动式自主水下航行器（Autonomous Underwater Vehicle，AUV）。该型水下滑翔机的设计思路为沿锯齿状航迹在水中往返航行，即从海面滑行至预设深度后返回，并在航行全程同步采集水温、盐度、深度平均流速及其他相关海洋参数。海翼号已在科学科考部署中得到广泛应用，其设计航程可达数千公里，续航时长可达数月之久。该型滑翔机支持远程操控，并可通过无线遥测技术实现测量数据的近实时回传。