The Concept of an Unmanned Transatlantic Sailing Buoy (NOAA's ARK),

Abstract

Recently, the marine science community has become interested in a transatlantic data scan by a moving or sailing buoy capable of making good a prescribed course within reasonable tolerances and also capable of acquiring and transmitting significant data on a short time interval. This report examines the problems involved and proposes the design of an unmanned sailing vessel, sensors and transmitters capable of accomplishing these tasks.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA132160

Entities

People

  • T. E. Sweeney

Organizations

  • Princeton University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Pressure
  • Aircrafts
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Canary Islands
  • Data Acquisition
  • Instrumentation
  • Islands
  • Measurement
  • North Atlantic Ocean
  • Oceanography
  • Oceans
  • Pressure Transducers
  • Strain Gages
  • Wind
  • Wind Direction
  • Wind Tunnels
  • Wind Velocity

Readers

  • Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.
  • Oceanography.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy