ROSS: The Remotely-Operated Surface Sampler - A MediumEndurance, Precision-Navigated Platform Optimized for Uncontaminated Measurement of Upper-Ocean Velocity, Density and Turbulence

Abstract

The Remotely Operated Surface Sampler (ROSS) is an open-ocean autonomous vehicle designed to carryout precision-navigated missions to sample upper-ocean physics. In its current configuration, ROSS cruises at 4 knots, is equipped with 300kHz and 2MHz ADCPs, and tows a 20-m lon thermistor/CTD chain. Its purpose is to complement traditional ship-board sampling by providing a comprehensive and uncontaminated 3D perspective of near-surface temperature, salinity and velocity at high vertical and horizontal resolution.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2015
Accession Number
AD1014402

Entities

People

  • Jonathan D. Nash

Organizations

  • Oregon State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Sensors
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Cooled
  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • Autonomous Vehicles
  • Control Systems
  • Convection
  • Electronics
  • Engineering
  • Heat Flux
  • Instability
  • Platforms
  • Precision
  • Radio Communications
  • Radio Links
  • Sampling
  • Ships
  • Surface Temperature
  • Thermistors

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers
  • Oceanography.

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy
  • Autonomy - UAVs