Completed! 2024 Hurricane Season Deployments (Missions 59 through 64)

Glider ID Status Region Deployment Profiles Days Last Comm. (UTC)
SG610 Recovered Caribbean Sea 2024-07-11
SG630 Recovered Caribbean Sea 2024-07-13
SG649 Recovered North Atlantic 2024-07-12
SG663 Recovered Caribbean Sea 2024-07-10
SG666 Recovered North Atlantic 2024-07-25
SG669 Recovered North Atlantic 2024-10-01

Glider-derived Ocean Currents

This web page provides access to surface and depth averaged ocean currents determined with underwater gliders.

Maps of Glider-derived Ocean Currents SG669

SG610 SG630 SG649 SG663 SG666 SG669


Surface currents are estimated by the underwater glider as the drift of the vehicle during the time when it is standing at the surface between dives, using GPS time and Location.

Underwater gliders use an accurate hydrodynamic model to determine the path of the vehicle in still water based on its speed and direction. Using this model, depth-averaged currents are determined by comparing the predicted surfacing location of the vehicle with the actual surfacing position according to the GPS. Depth average currents estimates have an accuracy of 0.01 cm/s and are assumed to act over the whole profile uniformly.