Global Southern Ocean Mobile Assets include two types of gliders that sample the area around the triangular mooring array. An array of 3 Open Ocean Gliders (GLnnn) survey within/between moorings, while two Global Profiling Gliders (PGnnn) survey the upper water column above the Southern Ocean Apex Profiler Mooring.

Gliders are buoyancy-driven mobile assets that travel along saw-toothed transects, penetrating the sea surface and diving down to a maximum depth of 1,000 meters. They change their buoyancy by drawing in water through their nose making their front end heavy causing them to sink through the water. To float back up to the surface, they push the water out. Their wings provide lift allowing the gliders to move forward as they change depth. Due to their efficient design, with no need for propellers or an engine, gliders can be deployed for several months at a time.

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Instruments

This site includes following instruments. To learn more about an instrument type, select its name on the left. To see the relevant data streams for a particular instrument, select the instrument code in the first column which will take you to the OOI Data Portal.

Instrument Depth Node Instrument
Class-Series
Make & Model
GS05MOAS-PGnnn-03-FLORTM000 0 to 200 meters Global Profiling Glider nnn 3-Wavelength Fluorometer (FLORTM) WET Labs - ECO Puck FLBBCD-SLK
GS05MOAS-PGnnn-04-FLORTO000 0 to 200 meters Global Profiling Glider nnn 3-Wavelength Fluorometer (FLORTO) WET Labs - ECO BB3
GS05MOAS-PGnnn-01-CTDGVM000 0 to 200 meters Global Profiling Glider nnn CTD (CTDGVM) Sea-Bird - SBE Glider Payload CTD (GP-CTD)
GS05MOAS-PGnnn-02-DOSTAM000 0 to 200 meters Global Profiling Glider nnn Dissolved Oxygen (DOSTAM) Aanderaa - Optode 4831
GS05MOAS-PGnnn-00-ENG000000 0 to 200 meters Global Profiling Glider nnn Mobile Asset Controller (ENG000) Teledyne Webb - G2 Slocum Gliders
GS05MOAS-PGnnn-05-NUTNRM000 0 to 200 meters Global Profiling Glider nnn Nitrate (NUTNRM) Satlantic - SUNA V2
GS05MOAS-PGnnn-06-PARADM000 0 to 200 meters Global Profiling Glider nnn Photosynthetically Active Radiation (PARADM) Biospherical Instruments - QSP-2155
GS05MOAS-GLnnn-01-FLORDM000 0 to 1,000 meters Open Ocean Glider nnn 2-Wavelength Fluorometer (FLORDM) WET Labs - ECO Puck FLBB-SLC
GS05MOAS-GLnnn-04-CTDGVM000 0 to 1,000 meters Open Ocean Glider nnn CTD (CTDGVM) Sea-Bird - SBE Glider Payload CTD (GP-CTD)
GS05MOAS-GLnnn-02-DOSTAM000 0 to 1,000 meters Open Ocean Glider nnn Dissolved Oxygen (DOSTAM) Aanderaa - Optode 4831
GS05MOAS-GLnnn-00-ENG000000 0 to 1,000 meters Open Ocean Glider nnn Mobile Asset Controller (ENG000) Teledyne Webb - G2 Slocum Gliders