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UK ocean glider workshop

24 April 2013

Below are links to presentations from the UK ocean glider workshop, hosted by BODC on 18 April 2013.

The aim of the workshop was to showcase UK glider activities and developments, as well as encouraging greater collaboration within the glider community.

1. An introduction from the Marine Automonous and Robotic Systems (MARS) Chief Scientist. An overview of forthcoming Defra funded glider activities. (4.83 MB)
   Russel Wynn, National Oceanography Centre (NOC), Southampton.
2. Seaglider deployments in the Antarctic: Ross, Weddell and Amundsen Seas. (5.96 MB)
   Karen Heywood, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia (UEA).
3. An update on the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) glider activities. (1.43 MB) (5.70 MB)
   Estelle Durmont and Mark Inall, Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS).
4. Recent glider research in the Indian Ocean. (6.67 MB)
   Ben Webber, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia (UEA).
5. The Ocean Microstructure Glider (OMG), turbulence glider, and Fluxes Across Sloping Topography of the North East Atlantic (FASTNEt). (2.52 MB)
   Matthew Palmer, National Oceanography Centre (NOC), Liverpool.
6. Net community production based on Seaglider oxygen measurements in an upwelling region. (732 KB)
   Chris Walker-Brown, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia (UEA).
7. An update on Ocean Surface Mixing, Ocean Sub-mesoscale Interaction Study (OSMOSIS) glider activities. (3.72 MB)
   Gillian Damerell, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia (UEA).
8. Analysis of the operations of 58 gliders during the last 2 years. (807 KB)
   Mario Brito, National Oceanography Centre (NOC), Southampton.
9. An overview of the Gliders, New Tools for Observing the Ocean (GENTOO) field programme in the Weddell Sea. (16.47 MB)
   Andy Thompson, California Institute of Technology (Caltech).
10. Using autonomous underwater Seagliders for upper ocean biogeochemistry monitoring over an annual cycle in temperate latitudes of the North Atlantic Ocean. (719 KB)
    Anna Rumyantseva, National Oceanography Centre (NOC), Southampton.
11. Vertical nutrient fluxes and its effect on primary production on the shelf break. (3.07 MB)
    Victoria Hemsley, National Oceanography Centre (NOC), Southampton.
12. Sensor developments at the National Oceanography Centre (NOC). (928 KB) (573 KB)
    David White and Ed Waugh, National Oceanography Centre (NOC), Southampton.
13. Noise levels on an acoustic system deployed on a Seaglider in 2012. (169 KB) (10.47 MB)
    Douglas Gillespie, Sea Mammal Research Unit (SMRU).
14. Glider data management. (1.17 MB)
    Mark Hebden, British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC).
15. Seaglider data processing - the issues of multi parameter serial data sampling and thermal lag. (1.0 MB)
    Sunke Schmidtko, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia (UEA).
16. Next generation wave gliders. (6.78 MB)
    Francois Leroy, Liquid Robotics Inc.
17. A month trialling of a Liquid Robotics waveglider in the North Sea. (1.51 MB)
    Tom Hull, Centre for Environment Fisheries & Aquaculture Science (CEFAS).
18. SeaExplorer glider. (2.31 MB)
    Patrice Pla, ACSA-ALCEN, France.

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