Chemical Plume Mapping with an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle

Abstract

A REMUS (Remote Environmental Measuring UnitS) autonomous undersea vehicle (AUV) is being used for chemical plume mapping as part of the Office of Naval Research (ONR) Chemical Sensing in the Marine Environment (CSME) program Bathymetric current, temperature and fluorometric data are collected while the vehicle performs a ladder type search across and downstream of a dye source. These data are used to validate and refine an analytical plume model, Operational experiences and data collected will be presented from operations at San Clemente Island, California and Duck, North Carolina.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA422183

Entities

People

  • Barbara Fletcher

Organizations

  • Naval Information Warfare Systems Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
  • Collision Avoidance
  • Dead Reckoning
  • Detectors
  • Far Field
  • Military Research
  • Naval Warfare
  • Navigation
  • Near Field
  • Research Facilities
  • Underwater Acoustics
  • Underwater Vehicles
  • Unmanned Vehicles
  • Vehicles

Readers

  • Coastal Oceanography
  • Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.
  • Robotics and Automation.