New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA)

Through funding provided by NYSERDA, this project initiates an ocean monitoring program using autonomous underwater gliders that will establish necessary baseline oceanographic and ecological datasets to inform the responsible development of offshore wind within the lease areas in the New York Bight. Our project team is a partnership between Rutgers University, Stony Brook University and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI).  Together we will deploy 8 glider missions over 2 years to capture the seasonal variability with simultaneous oceanographic and ecological sampling. The sensor suite on each glider will characterize the ecosystem’s physical structure (Temperature, Salinity, Density; CTD) tagged fish presence (Vemco receiver), and marine mammal presence (passive acoustics; DMON).