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Xixili, the underwater glider that keeps watch over our waters

Autor/a: Anna Rubio. Coordinator (PhD)
Autor/a: Asier Nieto. Researcher
Autor/a: Guillermo Boyra. Principal researcher (PhD)
14.10.2022

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Figure  1. Members of the glider campaign staff.
Figure 2. Calibration of the glider in the pool, AZTI Pasaia facilities.
Figure 3. Test launch of the glider on 22 July, Pasaia
Figure 4. Mission control and glider piloting from AZTI’s offices

Cutting-edge technology also used in the Juvena campaign

Figure 5. Glider with the two sensor packages or “noses” (the “nose” with the acoustic probe behind it on the right, about to be installed).
Figure 6. Glider track during the first days of the campaign (white dots). Mean current vectors (red arrows) recorded in the first 200 metres of the water column.
Figure 7. First recorded data on temperature (left panel) and acoustic echo intensity (right panels). x-axis: Dates of the campaign, since the start of the campaign on 23 September; y-axis: Depth in metres.

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Anna Rubio

Anna Rubio
Coordinator (PhD)

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