New York Bight Drifter Study
A drifter was released this past Tuesday as part of the Ocean Methods and Data Analysis course just west of Sandy Hook. The drifter was constructed by St. Hubert Catholic…
Fall 2019 Mid-Atlantic Bight Glider Fleet Update
Rutgers University, the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and Stony Brook University deployed 6 gliders to monitor the Mid-Atlantic Bight’s fall transition from highly stratified to well-mixed ocean conditions. Deployments began…
RUCOOL Celebrates the 500th Glider Deployment
This week, RUCOOL deployed the RU30 glider in support of work by Dr. Grace Saba to study ocean pH in the New York Bight. On board the R/V Rutgers for…
Rutgers RIOS Student Deploys an Ocean Glider in the US Virgin Islands
This glider was deployed on the 2nd international mission from the US Virgin Islands and is transiting to the British Virgin Islands in order to study heat flow through the…
RU26 In Support of NASA SWOT CALVAL Program
Sea Water Ocean Topography (SWOT) is a radar interferometry mission making SSH measurements over a swath 120 km wide. There is a nadir gap of 20 km where the error…
Improving Hurricane Intensity Forecasts Using Ocean Gliders
The need for the improvement of the hurricane intensity forecasts has been recognized by groups within the National Weather Service (NWS) and US Navy. Hurricane forecasting models require accurate ocean…
NJ Universities Launching Sea Robots to Learn About Hurricanes
Underwater robot gliders are measuring air and sea interaction during hurricanes in the mid-Atlantic region. The little yellow submarines are part of a collaborative effort between Rutgers and Monmouth universities.…