{
    "glider": "ru30",
    "global_attributes": {
        "acknowledgment": "This deployment is supported by the Rutgers Department of Marine & Coastal Sciences",
        "cdm_data_type": "Trajectory",
        "comment": "Deployed by Elliot Brown, Anthony Mendoza, Conor Nixon, and Capt. Chip Haldeman aboard the R/V Arabella out of Rutgers University Marine Field Station, Tuckerton, NJ.",
        "contributor_name": "Alexander Lopez,Kayla Sullivan,Jessica DeFeo,Elliot Brown,Patrick Spezzano,Anthony Mendoza,Conor Nixon,Brian Buckingham,John Kerfoot,Laura Nazzaro,Lori Garzio",
        "contributor_role": "Principal Investigator,Graduate Student and Pilot,Graduate Student and Pilot,Graduate Student and Pilot,Graduate Student and Pilot,Graduate Student and Pilot,Graduate Student and Pilot,Graduate Student and Pilot,Data Management,Data Management,Data Management",
        "deployment": "ru30-20260409T1433",
        "gts_ingest": "True",
        "institution": "Rutgers University",
        "program": "Master of Operational Oceanography (MOO)",
        "project": "MOO Endurance Line",
        "references": "https://rucool.marine.rutgers.edu,https://rucool.marine.rutgers.edu/academics/master-of-operational-oceanography/",
        "sea_name": "Mid-Atlantic Bight",
        "summary": "The Rutgers University Master of Operational Oceanography (MOO) is a compact 12-month Master of Science degree program that provides applied training. This glider deployment is being piloted and managed by the 2025-2026 class and will survey the Rutgers E-line, a cross-shelf transect extending from Atlantic City, NJ.",
        "wmo_id": "4801946",
        "wmo_platform_code": "4801946"
    },
    "platform": {
        "comment": "",
        "depth_rating": "100m",
        "description": "A long-range autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) based on buoyancy. It is used for remote water column sampling. It uses hydraulic buoyancy change to alter the vehicle density in relation to the surrounding water thereby causing the vehicle to either float or sink. Given an appropriate dive or climb angle, the wings and body lift and convert some of this vertical motion into a forward saw tooth horizontal motion. Periodically, the glider surfaces and calls via Iridium Satellite Phone (anywhere in world) or Free Wave RF Modem (line of sight) in to Dockserver (auto attendant computer) to relay navigational fix, data and receive further instructions for command and control. The glider is capable of storm sampling and can be flown in a coordinated fleet. It is 1.5 m in length, has a hull diameter of 22 cm and mass of 54 kgs. It has an exchangeable payload (capacity up to 6 L) which is capable of housing a variety of environmental sensors such as nitrate and oxygen. It uses lithium or alkaline batteries. It has a deployment range of 600-6000 km, a deployment length of 15 days to 12 months and an operating depth range of 4-1000m. Navigation is via GPS waypoints, a pressure and altimeter sensor. Maximum speed is .35 m/s. It transmits via RF modem, Iridium (RUDICS), ARGOS or acoustic modem.",
        "id": "ru30",
        "instruments": "instrument_rbrctd,instrument_flbbcdslc",
        "long_name": "ru30 Slocum G2",
        "maker": "Teledyne Webb Research",
        "maker_vocabulary": "http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L35/current/MAN0020/,http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/B75/current/ORG01077/",
        "model": "Teledyne Webb Research Slocum G2 glider",
        "model_vocabulary": "http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/B76/current/B7600013/",
        "os_version": "8.5",
        "owner": "Rutgers University",
        "serial_number": "407",
        "type": "sub-surface gliders",
        "type_vocabulary": "http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L06/current/27/",
        "wmo_id": "4801946",
        "wmo_platform_code": "4801946"
    },
    "trajectory_name": "ru30-20260409T1433"
}