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December 19, 2020: Glider

The Teledyne Webb Research Slocum glider with integrated Simrad EK80 Wide Band Transceiver (WBT) Mini echosounder capable of measuring the in situ backscatter response of sound scattering layers. The glider was one of two technologies tested during a 2019 mission to survey deepwater habitats and allow the study of animals in the water column without the need to interfere or capture the animals.

Image courtesy of John Horne, University of Washington. Download larger version (jpg, 3.5 MB).

The Teledyne Webb Research Slocum glider with integrated Simrad EK80 Wide Band Transceiver (WBT) Mini echosounder capable of measuring the in situ backscatter response of sound scattering layers. The glider was one of two technologies tested during a 2019 mission to survey deepwater habitats and allow the study of animals in the water column without the need to interfere or capture the animals.

From: From Aggregations to Individuals: Exploring Migrating Deep-sea Scattering Layers Through Multiscale-multimode Technologies in the Gulf of Mexico.