Statistics

Cumulative deployment statistics for all OSU ocean gliders, 2005–2023

Fleet Overview

7,174 Days at Sea
268 Deployments
1,193 Cross-sections
347,206 Profiles
151,497 km Distance Traveled

All Gliders — Yearly Totals

Combined statistics across the entire fleet. Scroll horizontally to see all years.

Glider Metric 20052006200720082009 20102011201220132014 20152016201720182019 2020202120222023 TOTAL
ALLDays at sea4.9224.2240.3523.7417.6575.7495.1557.3402.4407.8569.6444.7466.0418.9337.1226.1292.6329.0240.87,174
Deployments416212819232822161497171056995268
Cross-sections6798014376102949574646338615824274346201,193
Profiles72629,11231,10142,26521,52632,31931,64833,24230,04014,43218,5996,9728,0449,6604,9144,83613,7019,2854,784347,206
Distance (km)130.05,719.26,200.211,755.97,807.611,810.410,894.616,889.18,609.58,561.810,005.88,112.59,515.07,879.26,290.24,330.35,362.96,639.44,984.0151,497

Slocum Gliders

Individual Slocum glider deployment history. Scroll horizontally to see all years.

Glider Metric 20052006200720082009 20102011201220132014 20152016201720182019 2020202120222023 TOTAL
BOBDays at sea4.9121.6150.7160.7107.545.9106.8126.6107.8105.724.126.927.752.718.21,187.7
Deployments4913108497661125186
Cross-sections6465144241430383130796348378
Profiles72615,88518,47017,87810,5295,90211,57415,40816,2069,9287,5163,5401,8246,5822,262144,230
Distance (km)130.03,133.73,822.73,726.32,034.8970.82,387.12,955.92,514.52,641.7469.3537.7650.3979.6325.127,279.4
JANEDays at sea102.689.6172.371.2158.7109.894.843.5842.5
Deployments78134987460
Cross-sections3329531740312717247
Profiles13,22712,63118,9657,33218,63212,55412,3227,010102,673
Distance (km)2,585.52,377.63,622.61,460.53,519.02,554.52,292.21,039.219,451.0
DOUGDays at sea19.06.120.715.79.710.82.824.130.9139.8
Deployments21511111215
Cross-sections62923411432
Profiles2,0104112,2291,3005604,0162026,6511,74619,125
Distance (km)392.964.5474.6470.31,354.6243.8116.0340.6520.13,977.4
RUSSDays at sea0.415.815.617.249.0
Deployments22116
Cross-sections262515
Profiles322,0601,0801,0904,262
Distance (km)3.7348.9435.92,222.63,011.1
JOHNDays at sea20.615.57.926.87.878.6
Deployments2213412
Cross-sections3326519
Profiles1,0484824543367503,070
Distance (km)570.21,461.4146.3198.1108.92,484.9
JUNEDays at sea29.912.842.7
Deployments314
Cross-sections10313
Profiles2,1385662,704
Distance (km)743.11,241.91,985.0
OSU592Days at sea4.814.113.932.8
Deployments2327
Cross-sections513927
Profiles8723,0042,7066,582
Distance (km)98.2329.8354.6782.6
OSU551Days at sea16.763.716.296.7
Deployments2529
Cross-sections1029948
Profiles2,96410,8273,38217,173
Distance (km)394.51,358.1454.92,207.5

Seagliders

Individual Seaglider deployment history. Scroll horizontally to see all years.

Glider Metric 20052006200720082009 20102011201220132014 20152016201720182019 2020202120222023 TOTAL
SG130Days at sea171.687.9256.2139.9134.9127.9120.2191.8151.0154.8153.97.91,698.1
Deployments31212121122119
Cross-sections401222888121010992150
Profiles3,4121,5902,5641,3261,3121,2441,6341,5761,2141,2961,29612418,588
Distance (km)4,014.11,776.04,947.92,581.12,612.72,525.42,104.73,468.12,743.72,933.52,989.5173.232,870.0
SG157Days at sea125.978.57.8127.6241.4227.0167.7185.8143.11,304.9
Deployments11121112111
Cross-sections141121388611881
Profiles1,3829321121,6181,8481,7301,2641,6241,19411,704
Distance (km)2,137.41,549.2152.82,630.53,953.84,383.52,979.33,811.62,621.224,219.3
SG158Days at sea18.556.9145.919.932.913.675.8363.5
Deployments231111211
Cross-sections5882241342
Profiles2506281,5023424381346383,932
Distance (km)330.71,152.42,747.6398.2673.1258.92,045.47,606.2
SG205Days at sea76.976.9
Deployments11
Cross-sections88
Profiles656656
Distance (km)1,589.31,589.3
SG206Days at sea16.6114.2130.8
Deployments112
Cross-sections10919
Profiles1881,1021,290
Distance (km)380.92,246.62,627.6
SG646Days at sea0.93.9133.0224.1181.6543.5
Deployments112217
Cross-sections1259825
Profiles52841,0282,0021,6494,815
Distance (km)15.362.22,153.53,906.63,270.49,407.9
SG685Days at sea0.2140.0140.2
Deployments112
Cross-sections167
Profiles121,1921,204
Distance (km)5.62,846.72,852.3
SG607Days at sea15.716.813.146.953.0145.4
Deployments121217
Cross-sections412512639
Profiles5542741525064701,956
Distance (km)317.2328.9249.6860.11,037.62,793.4
SG608Days at sea2.941.144.0
Deployments112
Cross-sections21113
Profiles58412470
Distance (km)78.6805.3883.9
SG639Days at sea6.940.85.359.054.9166.9
Deployments111115
Cross-sections2717421
Profiles130434845985401,786
Distance (km)134.8868.6103.81,287.11,133.43,527.8
SG679Days at sea32.032.0
Deployments11
Cross-sections11
Profiles346346
Distance (km)649.3649.3
SG680Days at sea57.957.9
Deployments11
Cross-sections88
Profiles640640
Distance (km)1,291.61,291.6

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