Disk-type Underwater Glider For Virtual Mooring And Field Experiment

In recent years, it has become evident that ocean data in time and space is required to make predictions of environmental changes on earth. As a method of acquiring data, we propose a virtual mooring system using an underwater vehicle, and have developed a vehicle which will glide back and forth between the sea surface and the seabed collecting ocean data. This paper presents the developed vehicle and its field experiment.