Seaglider: a long-range autonomous underwater vehicle foroceanographic research
Eriksen, C.C.; Osse, T.J.; Light, R.D.; Wen, T.; Lehman, T.W.; Sabin, P.L.; Ballard, J.W.; Chiodi, A.M.
Oceanic Engineering, IEEE Journal of
Volume 26, Issue 4, Oct 2001 Page(s):424 - 436
Digital Object Identifier   10.1109/48.972073
Summary:Seagliders are small, reusable autonomous underwater vehicles 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. Their low hydrodynamic drag and wide pitch control range allow glide slopes in the range 0.2 to 3. They are designed for missions in a 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. The development and operation of Seagliders and the results of field trials in Puget Sound are reported

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