Integrative Observational Platforms

Seaglider support resources

Documentation

Firmware differences between Rev B and licensed Rev E to latest UW Rev E operating software
Basestation3 installation and operation
Parameter reference manual
SGX user's guide
Scicon manual
vis usage and API reference
Basestation3 and seaglider.pub best practices
epdos reference manual

Tech notes for sensors and sensor drivers

Webinar slides and videos

IOP Office Hours notes and videos

April 2, 2026 - Flight model, reprocessing data, sg_calib_constants.m, $CALL_WAIT vs $T_RSLEEP (recording)
April 15, 2026 - Flying in strong surface currents, altimeter use, vertical velocity fluctuations, real-time surface current overlays on the map (recording)
April 29, 2026 - Trimming pitch (recording)
June 9, 2026 - volmax from a tank, hardware tracking, sensor integration, plotting and custom plots (recording)

Links

Basestation3 source on github
ad2cp_python source on github
ad2cp_matlab source on github
seaglider.pub
IOP basestation
Seaglider firmware and updating instructions