Getting Gliders Ready

Credit: John Lund © WHOI.

Credit: John Lund © WHOI.

Once the mooring build is complete, the mobilization team can focus on the mobile assets.  Three gliders are planned for deployment at the Irminger Array and satellite and acoustic communications must be tested prior to mobilizing on the research vessel.  The vehicles are placed outside and in proximity to the subsurface moorings to verify sending and receiving of data.  Acoustic communications are used by the gliders to collect data from the Irminger subsurface moorings.  The gliders then use satellite communications each time they surface to transmit their position and status, telemeter science data, and receive commands from their pilots back onshore.