The Moving Vessel Profiler (MVP) - A Rapid Environmental Assessment Tool for the Collection of Water Column Profiles and Sediment Classification

Abstract

The Moving Vessel Profiler (MVP) has been developed as an automated data collection tool that can be used from vessels while underway. It has been effectively used to collect mid-water oceanographic information to support science and hydrographic survey operations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 06, 2006
Accession Number
AD1005165

Entities

People

  • Arnold Furlong
  • Dan Cunningham
  • Harold Christian
  • John Osler
  • Sean. Pecknold

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bathymetry
  • Canada
  • Data Sets
  • Detectors
  • Digital Data
  • Environmental Assessment
  • Geological Surveys
  • Grain Size
  • High Resolution
  • Hydrostatic Pressure
  • Losses
  • Measurement
  • Nova Scotia
  • Seabed
  • Shear Strength
  • Sonar
  • Transmission Loss

Fields of Study

  • Chemistry
  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Distributed Systems and Data Platform Development
  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Oceanography.