Abstract
Talisker (SAMS Seaglider 156) was deployed west of Tiree on 12 October 2009, to undertake SAMS exploratory mission to monitor the Ellett Line in the North Atlantic using a glider rather than a ship. She was equipped with a Seabird CTD and Oxygen sensor as well as a Wetlabs fluorometer with red and blue backscatter sensors. Before recovery on 9 March 2010 she had made 789 dives, completed four crossings of the Rockall Trough and covered over 3000 km. Although the end of the mission was forced by a failure of the roll motor, by then all objectives had been completed and the glider was about to return home. The mission has thus been judged a success, and marks the start of remote monitoring of the North Atlantic by SAMS.
A complete summary of the mission data can be found at http://dalriada.sams.ac.uk/glider/
A complete summary of the mission data can be found at http://dalriada.sams.ac.uk/glider/
Original language | English |
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Publisher | Scottish Association for Marine Science |
Number of pages | 38 |
Publication status | Published - 2010 |
Publication series
Name | SAMS Internal reports |
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No. | 272 |