RU 29 Leg Four: Perth Sri Lanka

Project Description

RU29 is on it's first leg of the circumnavigation of the Indian Ocean. The plan is to take the glider and fly from Perth Australia to Sri Lanka. Equipped with a CTD RU29's mission is validation of the global scale ocean forecast models.

Project Links & KMZs

Add >> Network Link:
Name: OSCAR
Link: https://marine.rutgers.edu/~haldeman/OSCAR/OSCAR_currents.kml
&nbps; For active glider science scatter:
Add >> Network Link:
Name: Science scatter
Link: https://marine.rutgers.edu/~haldeman/glider_plot/Active_glider_science_scatter.kml
Select "Show contents as options (radio button selection) to avoid all active gliders plotting in Google Earth at once.

Speed (VMG, SOG, Vehicle Speed) Download Plot

Segment Speed Download Plot

Flight Path & Heading Download Plot

Heading Performance Download Plot

Pump Performance Download Plot

Vertical Velocity Download Plot

Pump Slippage - climbs (top) & dives (bottom) Download Plot

Vertical Velocity - Fouling Download Plot

Days remaining (880 Ah total) Download Plot

*Estimate based on data from 29 SA-Ascension Leg

Amp-hours remaining (880 Ah total) Download Plot

*Estimate based on data from 29 SA-Ascension Leg

Days remaining (1026 Ah total) Download Plot

*Estimate based on TWR data

Amp-hours remaining (1026 Ah total) Download Plot

*Estimate based on TWR Data

Surface Winds Download Plot

Wave Heights Download Plot