The U.S. Navy maintains a large fleet of ocean gliders
Summary
The U.S. Navy maintains a large fleet of ocean gliders for environmental measurement. Ocean gliders are slow-moving, long-endurance, underwater vehicles that gather data as they travel through the ocean’s interior using high-efficiency buoyancy engines.
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oceanography
modeling
forecast
glider
sea borne
daniel parry
u s naval research laboratory
smart sea gliders improve ocean observation and ocean prediction
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Date
17/05/2017
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Defense Visual Information Distribution Service
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