ARRIVAL - January 12, 2003

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(a) Rutgers Glider Group arrives at MOTE Marine Lab Sunday evening. Two Gliders, tools, water gear, etc. were packed in the COOL mobile, and traveled from Rutgers University New Brunswick, New Jersey to MOTE Marine Laboratory Sarasota, Florida.
(b) One of the Gliders is placed on the workbench to test all parts before field deployment for the next day.
 

DAY 1 - January 13, 2003
Boats: R/V Eugenie Clark
Captain: Paul Rosche
Crew:
MOTE - Gary Kirkpatrick (Manager/Senior Scientist), Chris Higham (Staff Biologist), Barbara Berg (Staff Biologist) , Mike Mauntler (Educational Projects Coordinator) , Auggie Kotleuski, Jim Hillier
Rutgers - Liz Creed (Research Scientist), John Kerfoot (Research Scientist), Emmeline Romana (Project Coordinator)

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(a) R/V Eugenie Clark sails away from MOTE Marine Laboratory's boat dock, and off to EcoHAB 1 site.
(b) Glider RU01 sits on R/V Eugenie waiting to be deployed.
(c) RU01 is sent out into water first with tethered buoy for crash test deployments.
(d) Glider takes a swim down once tethered buoy is taken off.
(e) Glider in the middle of heading towards the ground for a bottom crash test. Good side view of CTD on RU01.

Movie Files: Wings Placed on Glider| Glider Bring Placed in Water (Part 1) | Glider Placed in Water (Part 2)
Glider Data Collected: Temperature, Conductivity, Fluorescence, Backscatter 440, Backscatter 670, Course Transect
Sea Bird CTD Data Collected:   Temperature, Conductivity, Salinity, Density
Satellite Data Collected: (AVHRR) Sea Surface Temperature, (FY1d) Pseudo Temp (ch4), (FY1d) Pseudochlorophyll 

DAY 2 - January 14, 2003
Boat: R/V Eugenie Clark
  Captain: Paul Rosche
  Crew:
  MOTE - Gary Kirkpatrick (Manager; Senior Scientist) , Barbara Berg (Staff Biologist), Auggie Kotleuski, Jim Hillier
  Rutgers - Liz Creed (Research Scientist) , John Kerfoot (Research Scientist) , Emmeline Romana (Project Coordinator)
Boat: R/V Parker
  Crew: MOTE - Brad Pederson (Senior Scientist), Chris Higham (Staff Biologist), Mike Mauntler (Educational Projects Coordinator)
 

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(a) The R/V Eugenie Clark crew & captain all look at Dr. Gary Kirkpatrick and John Kerfoot setting Glider RU01 into position for deployment.
(b) Liz Creed (RU) and Emmeline Romana (RU) hold the base stand steady so Barbara Berg (MOTE) can take Glider's nose ring off before it's placed into water.
(c) The scientists lay Glider RU01 down from R/V Eugenie for second day deployment, and later do the same for Glider RU02's deployment.
(d) As Chris Higham and Mike Mauntler prepare themselves for another day dive, a pelican sitting on the water looks at Glider sail pass it.
(e) Chris Higham holds onto both Gliders, so Mike Mauntler can prepare the underwater digital video camera.
(f)  Both the Gliders tails  up to obtain first mission signals.
(g) After a few missions, we see how far apart each of the Gliders are from one another.
(h) Glider RU01 takes a trip down again into the water.
(i) Glider RU02 decides to catch up with Glider RU01.
(j)  Bottom crash test is performed on Glider RU02 (rear view crash).
(k) Side view of RU02 bottom crash test.
(l) Glider RU01 and Glider RU02 swimming side by side each other under water.

Movie Files: Glider sailing down towards bottom | Glider performing bottom crash test and other Glider passing by
Glider Data Collected:   Temperature, Conductivity, Fluorescence, Backscatter 440, Backscatter 670
Sea Bird CTD Data Collected:   Temperature, Conductivity, Salinity, Density
Satellite Data Collected: (AVHRR) Sea Surface Temperature, (FY1d) Pseudo Temp (ch4), (FY1d) Pseudochlorophyll 

DAY 3 - January 15, 2003
Boat: R/V Eugenie Clark
  Captain: Matt McLoud
  Crew:
  MOTE - Gary Kirkpatrick (Manager; Senior Scientist) , Chris Higham (Staff Biologist), Auggie Kotleuski, Jim Hillier
  Rutgers - Liz Creed (Research Scientist) , John Kerfoot (Research Scientist)
Boat: R/V Parker
  Crew: Brad Pederson (Senior Scientist), Barbara Berg (Staff Biologist), News Reporters
 

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(a) Liz Creed (RU) places the wings on Glider, while Dr. Gary Kirkpatrick (MOTE) and Jim Hillier (MOTE) assist her.
(b) Dr. Gary Kirkpatrick checks the wiring and wings of the Minibat before Jim Hillier sets it into the water.
(c) Status check is all okay, so Jim Hillier sets the Minibat out into the water for data collection.
(d) Minibat swims behind R/V Eugenie Clark, as the boat sails out further for better water data collection.
(e) Now that the Minibat is in the water, Dr. Kirkpatrick and Liz Creed look at the data being collected.
(f)  A computer screenshot of the Minibat control panel, which is on manual control.
(g) A computer screenshot of the second computer, where the data collected by the Minibat is displayed (i.e., temp., sal., den., DC3)

Movie Files: None for this day
Glider Data Collected:
   (RU01)  Temperature, Conductivity, Fluorescence, Backscatter 440, Backscatter 670, Course Transect
              [with Glider Track overlay]: Temperature, Conductivity, Fluorescence, Backscatter 440, Backscatter 670
   (RU02)  Temperature, Conductivity, Fluorescence, Backscatter 440, Backscatter 670, Course Transect
              [with Glider Track overlay]: Temperature, Conductivity, Fluorescence, Backscatter 440, Backscatter 670
Sea Bird CTD Data Collected:   Temperature, Conductivity, Salinity, Density
Satellite Data Collected: (AVHRR) Sea Surface Temperature, (FY1d) Pseudo Temp (ch4), (FY1d) Pseudochlorophyll 

DAY 4 - January 16, 2003
Boat: R/V Eugenie Clark
  Captain: Paul Rosche
  Crew:
  MOTE - Gary Kirkpatrick (Manager; Senior Scientist), Brad Pederson (Senior Scientist), Auggie Kotleuski, Jim Hillier
  Rutgers - Liz Creed (Research Scientist) , John Kerfoot (Research Scientist), Emmeline Romana (Project Coordinator)
 

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(e)	(f)	(g)	(h)
(i)	(j)	(k)	(l)
(m)	(n)	(o)	(p)

(a) R/V Eugenie Clark sitting at the dock before leaving for the Gulf for the last field deployment of the gliders, CTDs, and minibat.
(b) Jim Hillier (MOTE), Dr. Gary Kirkpatrick (MOTE), and Emmeline Romana (RU) with first glider before deployment.
(c) Inside cabin viewing the MOTE control center for the Minibat, and CTD
(d) Dr. Gary Kirkpatrick checks to see what data the Brev Buster is collecting while both the Minibat and two Gliders are out in the water.
(e) A close-up of the Brev Buster instrument.
(f) Snapshot of the Rutgers control center for Glider RU02, SeaBird CTD, and Glider RU01.
(g) John Kerfoot (RU) and Liz Creed (RU) look at the data collected by Glider RU01.
(h) Snapshot of the Rutgers control center with data files displayed from instruments.
(i) Brad Pederson (MOTE), Jim Hillier (MOTE), and Dr. Gary Kirkpatrick (MOTE) prepare the Minibat for a second day deployment.
(j) SeaBird CTD lays on its side while Rutgers scientists prepare computer system in cabin for data collection.
(k) Glider RU01 comes up for signal.
(l)  Glider RU01 receives mission, and returns back down.
(m) Glider RU02 comes up for signal.
(n) Glider RU02 receives its mission, and returns back down.
(o) Cool data collected from Glider RU02.
(p) Back at the MOTE Marine Lab, we're shown the development of the new Brev Buster which will be constructed into a later developed Glider. 

Movie Files: Glider RU01 comes up for new mission, Glider sails under R/V Eugenie Clark, Minibat is brought back onboard
Glider Data Collected: 
  (RU01) Temperature, Conductivity, Fluorescence, Backscatter 440, Backscatter 670
             [with Glider Track overlay]: Temperature, Conductivity, Fluorescence, Backscatter 440, Backscatter 670
  (RU02) Temperature, Conductivity, Fluorescence, Backscatter 440, Backscatter 670
            [with Glider Track overlay]: Temperature, Conductivity, Fluorescence, Backscatter 440, Backscatter 670
Sea Bird CTD Data Collected:   Temperature, Conductivity, Salinity, Density
Satellite Data Collected: (AVHRR) Sea Surface Temperature, (FY1d) Pseudo Temp (ch4), (FY1d) Pseudochlorophyll 

END OF OPERATION GULFCAST -  January 17, 2003

The Rutgers Glider group would like to give many thanks to Dr. Gary Kirkpatrick and the entire research group at MOTE Marine Laboratory for their teamwork, assistance, and boat time. A great 'thank you' to Captain Paul Roche and Captain Matt McLoud for taking us out to EcoHAB, allowing us to perform our daily glider deployments.