Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) for the Study of Coastal and Upper Ocean Processes at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Abstract

We have acquired a custom REMUS Autonomous Underwater Vehicle for use in coastal and shelfbreak environments. During the past two years, we have operated the vehicle in a wide variety of oceanographic settings including the shelfbreak off New Jersey and New England, the Arctic coast near Barrow Alaska, Glove's Reef off Belize, and Vineyard Sound, Massachusetts. The vehicle capabilities have been enhanced to include an Inertial Navigation System, GPS/Iridium communications, and a SeaBird CTD. We have recently completed a study of cooling of a coastal current east of Cape Cod in winter and two manuscripts will result from this work. The vehicle was also used in the AWACS experiments off New Jersey and New England, providing the first deployment of an AUV in the shelfbreak front.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2007
Accession Number
ADA472579

Entities

People

  • Albert J. Plueddemann
  • Glen G. Gawarkiewicz

Organizations

  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Measurement
  • Airborne Warning And Control System
  • Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
  • Communication Systems
  • Control Systems
  • Dead Reckoning
  • Deployment
  • Environment
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • Inertial Navigation
  • Inertial Navigation Systems
  • Navigation
  • New England
  • New Jersey
  • Underwater Vehicles
  • Vehicles
  • Water

Readers

  • Coastal Oceanography
  • Oceanography.
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Satellites
  • Space - Spacecraft Maneuvers