Ocean gliders are versatile tools for making ocean observations. This paper summarizes the experience, of nearly two decades, of glider observing activity in Atlantic Canada. It reviews key considerations for operating gliders based on the experience and the lessons learned. This paper has three main goals: 1. To provide new and emerging glider users with guidance and considerations for developing a glider program. 2. Review the literature on sensor development for gliders and the use of gliders. 3. To highlight different mission scenarios that include enough practical considerations to support operating gliders. The use of gliders is rapidly expanding, but the documentation and consolidation of best practices for their operational use in Atlantic Canada remains underdeveloped. This summary provides a guide that should be helpful both to new and experienced glider operators and potential users, to observe the oceanography of this region and addresses regional challenges. We believe documenting our experience will be also helpful to the global glider community. We summarize the most critical considerations of utilizing gliders. We review the issues specific to the platform use and concerns about how to optimize the use of key sensors to contribute to an oceanographic observing program.

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在加拿大大西洋地区操作水下滑翔机的最佳实践

海洋滑翔机是进行海洋观测的多功能工具。本文总结了近二十年来加拿大大西洋地区滑翔机观测活动的经验。它根据经验和教训回顾了操作滑翔机的主要考虑因素。本文有三个主要目标： 1. 为新出现的滑翔机用户提供开发滑翔机程序的指导和注意事项。2. 回顾有关滑翔机传感器开发和滑翔机使用的文献。3. 强调不同的任务场景，包括足够的实际考虑来支持运行滑翔机。滑翔机的使用正在迅速扩大，但在加拿大大西洋地区对其操作使用的最佳实践的记录和整合仍然不发达。本摘要提供了一个指南，应该对新手和有经验的滑翔机操作员和潜在用户都有帮助，以观察该地区的海洋学并应对地区性挑战。我们相信记录我们的经验也将有助于全球滑翔机社区。我们总结了使用滑翔机最关键的考虑因素。我们回顾了特定于平台使用的问题以及关于如何优化关键传感器的使用以促进海洋学观测计划的问题。