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  • Gliders offer access to mesoscale and submesoscales, vital for understanding oceanographic processes.

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  • To review research topics related to underwater gliders, categorized by temporal and spatial scales.
  • To summarize the achievements of gliders in ocean observation.
  • To assess the future potential of gliders in the field.

Main Methods:

  • Review of scientific literature on underwater glider applications.
  • Grouping research by time and length scales, from large-scale currents to fine-scale turbulence.
  • Analysis of glider capabilities for observing phenomena like fronts, eddies, and internal waves.

Main Results:

  • Gliders are effective for studying large-scale features like boundary currents and climate variability impacts.
  • They enable investigation of mesoscale and submesoscale phenomena (e.g., fronts, eddies) at kilometer scales.
  • Gliders are applied to biogeochemical process studies and measurements of internal waves and turbulent dissipation.

Conclusions:

  • Underwater gliders have demonstrated significant achievements in diverse ocean observation applications.
  • Their versatility across scales makes them invaluable tools for modern oceanography.
  • Gliders are poised to play an increasingly important role in future ocean monitoring and research.