Autonomous Ocean Profiler

Abstract

Six of the original ten Autonomous Lagrangian Circulation Explorers (ALACEs) deployed in Drake Passage in January 1990 were still operational at the end of September 1991. After 20 months and 40 vertical cycles these ALACEs are nearing their design life of 25 months and 50 cycles. Since the Drake passage deployment, ALACE has been extensively improved. The redesigns appear to be successful and of 36 ALACEs deployed during early 1991, only one has suffered infant mortality; two of the 1 0 Drake Passage ALACEs died in their first cycle. Autonomous ocean measurement system, Satellite data links, Ocean profilers.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA247657

Entities

Organizations

  • Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Sensors
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Circuit Boards
  • Conductivity
  • Cost Reductions
  • Data Compression
  • Data Links
  • Data Transmission
  • Decoding
  • Deployment
  • Energy Consumption
  • Environmental Tests
  • Measurement
  • Oceans
  • Operating Systems
  • Prototypes
  • Salinity
  • Software Development

Readers

  • Oceanography.
  • Software Engineering

Technology Areas

  • Space