Ocean observing with underwater glider in South China seas

Underwater vehicles are mobile platforms with excellent maneuverability, which are preferred for ocean observation. Especially, the underwater glider with endurance of mouths and years, is suitable for ocean regional coverage sample and vertical profile sample. In this paper, we first describe the development of monitoring center with multi gliders for ocean observation in the South China Sea; and secondly, we give ocean feature tracking simulation and vertical profile optimal sample simulation; and lastly, we discuss the monitoring center utilization and glider experiments during 2014.