b8339872-7419-4054-a531-a072ed90e9e1 urn:uuid eng UTF-8 nonGeographicDataset nonGeographicDataset 2025-06-23T12:23:32 creation ISO 19115 2016 IMOS - Ocean Gliders - Real-time glider deployments b8339872-7419-4054-a531-a072ed90e9e1 The Ocean Gliders Facility (formerly known as the Australian National Facility for Ocean Gliders (ANFOG)), deploys a fleet of eight gliders around Australia. The data represented by this record, are presented in real-time. The underwater ocean glider represents a technological revolution for oceanography. Autonomous ocean gliders can be built relatively cheaply, are controlled remotely and are reusable allowing them to make repeated subsurface ocean observations at a fraction of the cost of conventional methods. The data retrieved from the glider fleet will contribute to the study of the major boundary current systems surrounding Australia and their links to coastal ecosystems. The glider fleet consists of two types; Slocum gliders and Seagliders. Slocum gliders (named for Joshua Slocum, the first solo global circumnavigator), manufactured by Webb Research Corp are optimised for shallow coastal waters (<200m) where high manoeuvrability is needed. The facility has Slocum gliders for deployment on the continental shelf. Seagliders, built at the University of Washington, are designed to operate more efficiently in the open ocean up to 1000m water depth. The facility uses their Seagliders to monitor the boundary currents and continental shelves, which is valuable for gathering long-term environmental records of physical, chemical and biological data not widely measured to date. Whilst the Slocum gliders, due to their low cost and operational flexibility, will be of great use in intensive coastal monitoring, both types of gliders weigh only 52kg, enabling them to be launched from small boats. They have a suite of sensors able to record temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, turbidity, dissolved organic matter and chlorophyll against position and depth. Sustained ocean observations will allow researchers to document the natural variability of the ocean, and better understand the effect of climate change on coastal ecosystems. The IMOS gliders will focus particularly on the major boundary currents that run down the Australian coast, the Leeuwin in the west and the East Australian Current (EAC). The study of these currents is critical for understanding the north-south transport of freshwater, heat and biogeochemical properties. The currents exert a large influence on coastal ecosystems, shipping lanes and fisheries. CTD (Conductivity-Temperature-Depth Profilers) Countries | Australia Fluorometers Global / Oceans | Indian Ocean Global / Oceans | Pacific Ocean Global / Oceans | Southern Ocean IMOS Node | Bluewater and Climate IMOS Node | NSW-IMOS | New South Wales Integrated Marine Observing System IMOS Node | SA-IMOS | Southern Australian Integrated Marine Observing System IMOS Node | WAIMOS | Western Australia Integrated Marine Observing System Marine Features (Australia) | East Australian Current Marine Features (Australia) | Great Australian Bight, SA/WA Marine Features (Australia) | Leeuwin Current Oceans | Bathymetry | Water Depth Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Chlorophyll Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Organic Matter Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Oxygen Oceans | Ocean Circulation | Ocean Currents Oceans | Ocean Optics | Fluorescence Oceans | Ocean Optics | Turbidity Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Water Temperature Oceans | Salinity/density | Conductivity Oceans | Salinity/density | Salinity Physical Oceanography Regional Seas | Coral Sea Regional Seas | Tasman Sea States, Territories (Australia) | New South Wales States, Territories (Australia) | Queensland States, Territories (Australia) | South Australia States, Territories (Australia) | Tasmania States, Territories (Australia) | Western Australia imos:anfog_rt_trajectory_map documentDigital Real-time Glider deployments WMS Ocean Gliders page on IMOS website documentDigital HTML NetCDF files via THREDDS catalog documentDigital HTML View and download data though the AODN Portal documentDigital HTML anfog_rt_trajectory_data documentDigital This OGC WFS service returns filtered geographic information. The returned data is available in multiple formats including CSV. WFS OGC WFS help documentation documentDigital HTML anfog_rt_trajectory_map#url documentDigital The ncUrlList is a WFS service that returns a list of URLs matching a query. HTML ncUrlList help documentation documentDigital HTML Link to the Ocean Gliders data management document - former version documentDigital PDF Website of the Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) documentDigital HTML Unnamed resource documentDigital License Graphic PNG Unnamed resource documentDigital HTML