The National Science Foundation awarded a $104,895 Project Grant to the University of Washington under the Geosciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.050) to support collaborative research investigating variability in air-sea carbon dioxide exchange in the Gulf Stream region. Through this award, the Principal Investigators will deploy one autonomous underwater glider and overlap its measurements of subsurface ocean properties in the upper 1,000 meters with data collected by three Saildrones measuring surface oceanic and atmospheric variables through an independent project. The glider and Saildrone observations combined will allow the researchers to characterize ocean variability on spatial scales of tens of kilometers and test the effectiveness of using integrated glider-Saildrone platforms for holistically measuring conditions in this region, providing insight into the Gulf Stream's role in the global carbon cycle that is not possible through short-term ship-based sampling alone. The award period is from April 15, 2022 through March 31, 2023.
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