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ON THE COVER
Photos of several types of autonomous and
Lagrangian platforms and sensors (ALPS) currently
being deployed in the world ocean. 1. Propeller-
driven REMUS 100 unmanned underwater vehicle
used in Project Recover (from Terrill et al., 2017, in
this issue). 2. Onboard image from a Liquid Robotics
Wave Glider deployed off the coast of Iceland as part of
an Extreme SeaState Study (photo courtesy of Liquid
Robotics). 3. Wirewalker (photo courtesy of Tyler
Hughen, Scripps Institution of Oceanography; see
Lucas et al., and Omand et al., 2017, both in this issue).
4. Surface Velocity Program (SVP) drifter deployed in
the Gulf Stream (photo courtesy of Luca Centurioni,
Scripps Institution of Oceanography). 5. Air-Launched
Autonomous Micro Observer (ALAMO) being loaded
into the launch tube of a Hurricane Hunter C-130J
(photo courtesy of Maj. Marnee Losurdo, USAFR; see Jayne and Bogue, 2017, in this issue).
6. Seaglider in the waters off the Maldives (photo courtesy of Luc Rainville, University of
Washington). 7. Surface Wave Instrument Float with Tracking (SWIFT) in the Arctic (photo cour-
tesy of Jim Thomson, University of Washington). 8. Drone footage of the Robotic Oceanographic
Surface Sampler (ROSS) near a glacier in Alaska (photo courtesy of David Sutherland, University
of Oregon; see Nash et al., 2017, in this issue). 9. ALAMO float in the water off Miami (photo
courtesy of Robert Todd, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution).
Oceanography
VOL.30, NO.2, JUNE 2017
Special Issue on
Autonomous and Lagrangian Platforms and Sensors
Current and Future Directions in Ocean Sampling
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