Talisker (Seaglider 156) Mission 001::Rockall Trough 12 October 2009 to 09 March 2010. A winter survey of the Ellett Line

• Main Authors: Sherwin, Toby, Dumont, Estelle
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Scottish Association for Marine Science 2010
• Subjects: Rockall Trough; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://pure.uhi.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/talisker-seaglider-156-mission-001(8a6de36e-a228-473f-848c-acf79d1b0dc6).html; https://pureadmin.uhi.ac.uk/ws/files/17594116/272_Sherwin_T_Talisker_Mission_001_2010.pdf

Talisker (SAMS Seaglider 156) was deployed west of Tiree on 12 October 2009, to undertake SAMS exploratory mission to monitor the Ellett Line in the North Atlantic using a glider rather than a ship. She was equipped with a Seabird CTD and Oxygen sensor as well as a Wetlabs fluorometer with red and blue backscatter sensors. Before recovery on 9 March 2010 she had made 789 dives, completed four crossings of the Rockall Trough and covered over 3000 km. Although the end of the mission was forced by a failure of the roll motor, by then all objectives had been completed and the glider was about to return home. The mission has thus been judged a success, and marks the start of remote monitoring of the North Atlantic by SAMS. A complete summary of the mission data can be found at http://dalriada.sams.ac.uk/glider/