Project Info
Team Members
- Ehsan Abdi, Akvaplan-niva (eab@akvaplan.niva.no)
- Héloïse Frouin-Mouy, University of Miami, NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (heloise.frouin-mouy@miami.edu)
- Kasey Castello, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Univeresity of California San Diego (kcastello@ucsd.edu)
- Anne Simonis, Estuary and Ocean Science Center, San Francisco State University (asimonis@sfsu.edu)
Background
The Glider Rodeo field-tested PAM-glider platforms under the same conditions to give data-driven guidance on what each system can do in different operational environments and for different research questions. Each glider was flown through a sequence of mission modes:
| Phase | Mode | Start (UTC) | Stop (UTC) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shakedown | 2026-01-28 22:00 | 2026-01-30 06:00 |
| 2 | fast | 2026-01-30 06:00 | 2026-02-01 18:00 |
| 3 | slow | 2026-02-01 18:00 | 2026-02-04 18:00 |
| 4 | intermediate | 2026-02-04 18:00 | 2026-02-06 18:00 |
| 5 | drift (20 min at 800 m) | 2026-02-06 18:00 | 2026-02-08 18:00 |
| 6 | mini-rodeo: slow | 2026-02-08 18:00 | 2026-02-09 06:00 |
| 6 | mini-rodeo: intermediate | 2026-02-09 06:00 | 2026-02-09 18:00 |
| 6 | mini-rodeo: fast | 2026-02-09 18:00 | 2026-02-10 06:00 |
| 7 | recovery | 2026-02-10 06:00 |
Source: Glider Rodeo fieldwork plan.
Goals
Answer, for every glider and mission mode:
- Piloting: how do pilots achieve each mission mode (pitch, buoyancy, dive depth, yos per surfacing)?
- Navigation: how well does each glider hold the trackline, and how is that affected by currents?
- Endurance: how does mission mode affect battery use and data storage?
- Noise: how much self-noise (pumping, motors, flow) does each glider make?
Datasets
- Glider Rodeo deployment data (engineering, science, GPS): on the Glider Rodeo JupyterHub in
shared-public/GliderRodeo/, one folder per deployment. - Soundscape metrics (60 s averaged spectra per glider):
shared-public/GliderRodeo/Noise/. - Glider specifications:
shared-public/GliderRodeo/PAM_Glider_Specs.csv.
The source data are preliminary.
References
- NOAA Fisheries PAM-Glider Rodeo: https://nmfs-pam-glider.github.io/GliderRodeo/
Links
- Hackathon shared repository: https://github.com/NMFS-PAM-Glider/hackathon-shared-repo