Gliderpalooza 2013: So much more than gliders
Oscar Schofield
Professor Bio-Optical
Oceanography
Rutgers University
Gliderpalooza Partners & Funders
Group
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Dalhousie
UMaine
WHOI
UMass
Rutgers
UMaryland
Rutgers
UDelaware
VIMS
NC State
Skidaway
T. Webb
Navy
Glider
OTN200 (2)
OTN201
Penobscot (2)
Saul
Blue
RU28
RU22
RU23 (2)
Otis
Stewart
Salacia
Modena
Darwin
Navy1
Deploy
10-Sep
16-Sep
10-Sep
10-Sep
6-Sep
12-Sep
22-Sep
10-Sep
12-Sep
10-Oct
17-Sep
10-Sep
11-Sep
10-Oct
Funding
OTN
OTN
Maine
ONR
MARACOOS/IOOS
NJDEP
MARACOOS/IOOS
MARACOOS/IOOS
Private
VIMS
NASA
Skidaway/SECOORA/IOOS
Self
Navy
Deployments
A true grass-roots effort: 14 gliders, 14 partners, 2.5 months, 17 deployments
Gliderpalooza 2013: Science and Technical Goals
2013
Tropical
Storms
Bottom
Temps
National
Network
Education
1. Provide a unique data set to
modelers
2. Provide standardized dataset
a over ecological scales and
information on fish/mammal
migrations
3. Provide a 3-D snapshot of the
MAB cold pool
4. Provide an extensive
distributed network through the
peak period of fall storms,
demonstrating "surge"
capacity
5. Demonstration of a national
glider network
6. Proof of data flow through
IOOS to NDBC via DMAC
7. Engage undergraduates in
ocean observing efforts.
Goal 2: Ecological Scales & Fish/Mammal Migrations
Niche model: nonlinear extension of
Boltzmann-Arrhenius equation
(mechanistic basis in enzyme kinetics)
Water temp
hindcast from
Ocean model
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Estimate of
habitat
distribution in
NW Atlantic
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Thermal habitat
dynamics &
NEFSC Survey
• Fish habitat
forecast/hindcasts
• Vemco receivers deployed
on 9 of 16 gliders
• Key Species: Right
Whales, tiger sharks,
Atlantic sturgeon, Atlantic
Salmon
• Data will be organized by
OTN in Nov-Dec
Goal 6: Data Flow from IOOS to NDBC to GTS:
Demonstration of National Glider Plan
• Data flow through to
NDBC as defined in the
upcoming National Glider
Network Plan
• Operators to shore station
to DAC to world
• Successful transfer to
GTS through NDBC!
National
Network