Glider Rodeo Hackathon

The Glider Rodeo Hackweek is a 5-day virtual collaboration where we will explore data collected from a suite of underwater gliders equipped with Passive Acoustic and CTD sensors. We will host various learning opportunities and participant-led project teams will explore areas of interest, including (but not limited to!) data exploration, analysis, and tool development.

0.1 Objective

Our NOAA Fisheries objective is to develop open-source analysis and visualization tools that evaluate glider performance during the Glider Rodeo, providing the community with a framework for future studies. We also welcome project that use these data to explore other participant objectives.

0.2 Goals

Our goals are to share this dataset with the wider community and encourage use of this data to meet a broad range of needs, foster hands-on community learning, build community and strengthen professional networks. In addition to these broad goals, we at NOAA Fisheries have our own set of initial research goals:

  • Assess different piloting approaches to identify impacts on critical components (navigation, endurance, noise) and identify a set or recommendations or ‘best practices’.

  • Assess variation in navigation capabilities for each glider in different conditions and during different mission modes.

  • Assess impact of mission modes on battery endurance and PAM data storage.

  • Assess impact of self noise (and variation in self noise under different conditions) and the impact of this noise on study objectives

  • Assess variation in acoustic detection of target species for different platforms in different conditions.

0.3 Participation

  • Do you want to build community within the glider or PAM community?

  • Do you have analyses or tools that you would like to apply to this dataset?

  • Do you want to transfer analyses or tools developed here to your data?

  • Are you a student in science, engineering, or software development looking for new experiences?

  • Do you have project ideas you’d like to propose (or lead?)?

0.3.1 Expectations:

  • No experience is necessary, although we hope all project team participants will participate all week (you can work with your team if you have other commitments!).

  • See the tentative schedule for planning purposes.

  • All communications will use the Slack platform (can use browser or app).

  • Please review our Code of Conduct, and lets make sure everyone feels welcome!

0.3.2 How to Participate:

Please fill out this participant form, and we’ll invite you to join our conversation on our Slack Workspace!


Learn more about the NOAA Fisheries PAM-Glider Program and the Glider Rodeo