Advances in ocean science from underwater gliders
Advances in ocean science from underwater gliders
Editor(s): Charitha Pattiaratchi (University of Western Australia, Australia), Annunziata Pirro (National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics, Italy), Filipa Carvalho (National Oceanography Centre, United Kingdom), Ilker Fer (University of Bergen, Norway), Luc Rainville (University of Washington, United States), and OS editors

Ocean gliders are autonomous underwater vehicles, primarily propelled by changes in their buoyancy, with the ability to be piloted remotely. Over the past 25 years gliders have progressed from experimental vehicles through scientific instruments to operational tools. Observations from gliders are now enhancing our understanding of physical, biogeochemical, and biological oceanographic processes. They represent a mature technology and complement traditional ocean sampling capabilities, especially for sustained real-time oceanographic measurements. They are now used as standard research tools in sustainable ocean observations and process studies, collecting measurements of physical, chemical, and bio-optical ocean variables. Underwater gliders have unique capacities to connect open-ocean and coastal processes and to sample the ocean at regional scales during multi-month missions. Gliders have been routinely deployed to monitor the ocean, for example monitoring continental shelves, boundary currents, and polar regions including in under-ice operations. More recently gliders have contributed to environmental hazard detection such as in the detection of marine heat waves and hurricane prediction.

This special issue has been stimulated by the International Underwater Glider Conference (IUGC) that was held in Gothenburg in June 2024, but submissions are open to everyone regardless of participation in the conference. The issue includes papers advancing knowledge on the ocean's physical, biogeochemical, and ecosystem properties and processes by using underwater gliders and/or by their combined use with other observing platforms or numerical models.

Review process: all papers of this special issue underwent the regular interactive peer-review process of Ocean Science handled by members of the editorial board as well as guest editors designated by the OS co-editors-in-chief.

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19 Dec 2024
Critical uncoupling between biogeochemical stocks and rates in Ross Sea springtime production-export dynamics
Meredith G. Meyer, Esther Portela, Walker O. Smith Jr., and Karen J. Heywood
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-3830,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-3830, 2024
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29 Nov 2024
Ventilation of the Bay of Bengal oxygen minimum zone by the Southwest Monsoon Current
Peter M. F. Sheehan, Benjamin G. M. Webber, Alejandra Sanchez-Franks, and Bastien Y. Queste
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-3681,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-3681, 2024
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05 Nov 2024
Overlapping turbulent boundary layers in an energetic coastal sea
Arnaud F. Valcarcel, Craig L. Stevens, Joanne M. O'Callaghan, and Sutara H. Suanda
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-3311,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-3311, 2024
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04 Nov 2024
Mechanisms of the Overturning Circulation in the Northern Red Sea, more than Convective Mixing
Lina Eyouni, Zoi Kokkini, Nikolaos D. Zarokanellos, and Burton H. Jones
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-3319,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-3319, 2024
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02 Oct 2024
Structure of mesoscale eddies in the vicinity of Perth Submarine Canyon
Sharani Kodithuwakku, Charitha Pattiaratchi, Simone Cosoli, and Yasha Hetzel
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-2901,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-2901, 2024
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