This mission was completed on Wednesday, August 22nd with a successful recovery off the coast of Sambro, near Halifax. The glider covered roughly 3150 km over the course of two months at sea, and was able to detect multiple distinct animals in the St. Lawrence as well as near Sable Island. We thank our industrial and academic partners for their help with this successful pilot mission and look forward to continuing research.
Live track of the Wave Glider
The Wave Glider is equipped with an Airmar PB 200 weather station mounted on the surface float as well as a Sea-Bird conductivity/temperature/depth (CTD) unit attached to the underside of the float. Each sensor’s data stream is sent back to shore every 10 minutes.
The data from the environmental sensors are useful for several reasons. Detection range for acoustic sensors is dependent on ambient noise. Turbulence in the water column created by higher wind speeds will decrease the detection range of the Wave Glider’s on board acoustic receiver. Measurements of the physical environment are useful to oceanographers modeling currents in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Live data can also be useful to local fisherman curious to conditions offshore.
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