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GLIDERS
WBT Mini integration is in progress on the G2 and G3, with can go to 1,000 m water depth and pro? le and couple that with the ? rst mission targeted in June 2023, also as part of the Polar the UVP6 to give more precision to the biomass we deliver.”
Front mission, with discussions ongoing around work on the All while still having existing payloads, such as CTD and oxy-
SeaExplorer. The UVP6 has already been used on the SeaEx- gen sensors, he says.
plorer. “For moderate cost we can have this all in one platform that
Initial data looks really promising, says Ponçon. “We can can be autonomous and be at sea multiple months to 1,000 m have an echogram with very good acoustic measurements,” he water depth and bring some really great data,” says Poncon. says. “We can see phytoplankton blooms and on the glider we In addition, the platform could gather data from scienti? c
A closeup of the Common Dolphin visually corroborated during the trials.
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