A revised ocean glider concept to realize Stommel's vision and supplement Argo floats

Bruvik, Erik M.; Fer, Ilker; Våge, Kjetil; Haugan, Peter M.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/os-16-291-2020

Articles | Volume 16, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/os-16-291-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/os-16-291-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 2

Research article

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06 Mar 2020

Research article |

| 06 Mar 2020

A revised ocean glider concept to realize Stommel's vision and supplement Argo floats

Erik M. Bruvik, Ilker Fer, Kjetil Våge, and Peter M. Haugan

Data sets

Product User Manual For the Global Ocean Physical Reanalysis product CMEMS http://cmems-resources.cls.fr/documents/PUM/CMEMS-GLO-PUM-001-030.pdf

Short summary

A concept of small and slow ocean gliders or profiling floats with wings is explored. These robots or drones measure the ocean temperature and currents. Even if the speed is very slow, only 13 cm s¹, it is possible to navigate the (simulated) ocean using a navigation method called Eulerian roaming. The slow speed and size conserve a lot of energy and enable scientific missions of years at sea.