WHaLE in Gulf of St. Lawrence, Northwest Atlantic Ocean 2016-07-24

Gliders are small, free-swimming, unmanned vehicles that use changes in buoyancy to move vertically and horizontally through the water column in a saw-tooth pattern. They are deployed for days to several months and gather detailed information about the physical, chemical and biological processes of the world's The Slocum glider was designed and oceans. built by Teledyne Webb Research Corporation, Falmouth, MA, USA.

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Temporal extent2016-07-24 – 2016-10-08
Vertical extent0.0 – 200.784 m
Date (creation)2023-09-20
Statuscompleted
Update frequencyasNeeded
Metadata languageen
LicenseCreative Commons Attribution 4.0
Source metadataISO 19115 XML
Last updated2026-09-04
Created2026-09-04
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