Gliders in Newfoundland – Glider News from the Sea

News Article on our Glider Work

The gazette released a new article on our glider work in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the Labrador Sea, featuring the work we are doing as part of the TReX and HOTSeALS project. The article link is here: https://gazette.mun.ca/research/the-right-tools/#

VITALS CO2 Glider Study Published

Paper including 2016 and 2018 glider deployments using the Aanderaa CO2 Optode published in Ocean Science https://os.copernicus.org/articles/17/1/2021/os-17-1-2021.html

Recovery of Scapa and Ziggy

Last week, we were able to retrieve gliders for our TERIFIC (link) friends at NOC after collecting data for 5 months in the Labrador Sea. After figuring out a safety plan to minimize health concerns due to COVID-19 we got out our field work gear and went to Trinity Bay, NL. We had to goContinue reading “Recovery of Scapa and Ziggy”

Sailbuoy Wave Deployed

We deployed another Sailbuoy to collect more wind data in the Labrador Sea. This Sailbuoy (SB Wave) will spend the next 3 weeks going North until the end of March when it (hopefully) should arrive for the tail of the deep convection season. During our deployment today we had a fantastic backdrop for the SailbuoyContinue reading “Sailbuoy Wave Deployed”