A Wave Glider for Studies of Biofouling and Ocean Productivity

Abstract

This was an equipment acquisition grant to obtain a Wave Glider autonomous vehicle capable of remote, long-term operation in the surface ocean. The Wave Glider is equipped for biofouling arrays on the subsurface glider/propulsor and surface float, an acoustic Doppler current profiler, an optical camera system, and standard sensors for conductivity, water and air temperature, dissolved oxygen, chlorophyll-a fluorescence, wind speed and direction, barometric pressure, and accelerometer based wave parameters. The procurement of this equipment is complete.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 07, 2017
Accession Number
AD1051563

Entities

People

  • David W. Hicks
  • John A. Breier
  • Richard J. Kline

Organizations

  • University of Texas at San Antonio

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Temperature
  • Autonomous Surface Vehicles
  • Autonomous Vehicles
  • Barometric Pressure
  • Command And Control
  • Fuel Consumption
  • Instrumentation
  • Navigation
  • Ocean Environments
  • Oceans
  • Procurement
  • Solar Panels
  • Standards
  • Underwater Acoustics
  • Vehicles
  • Wave Power

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers
  • Underwater engineering and Marine Technology.

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy