Be Boundless, Oceanography

UW marketing spotlights Oceanography

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Published on 5 Nov 2014

A trip to the ocean is a privilege, and one that doesn’t come around very often. But thanks to School of Oceanography professor Charles Eriksen, his team and their colleagues in the UW’s Applied Physics Laboratory, we can learn more about how the ocean works through seagliders. These buoyancy-driven devices operate for a full year for the same cost as a day of ship time — no wetsuit required.

Deepglider - Exploring Earth's Final Frontier

With the ability to explore the deepest reaches of the ocean, the UW's deepglider is poised to unlock the secrets of climate change in the briny deep.

Measuring the Ocean’s Biological Pump

Upper-ocean oxygen results from the North Pacific at Ocean Station Papa (OSP) from well-calibrated Aanderaa oxygen sensors deployed for two years on an Argo float, and a little more than one year on a sea glider.

Deepgliders

Charlie Eriksen and his team visited BIOS to conduct an extensive field test of Deepglider in the deep waters off Bermuda

Seaglider Licensed to Kongsberg

Kongsberg Underwater Technology of Lynwood, Wash., has acquired the commercial license to produce, market and further develop the technology behind the Seaglider.