Chemical Plume Mapping with the Remus Autonomous Underwater Vehicle

Abstract

A REMUS (Remote Environmental Measuring UnitS) unmanned undersea vehicle (UUV) 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,

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA494774

Entities

People

  • Barbara Fletcher

Organizations

  • Naval Information Warfare Systems Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

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

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Acoustical Oceanography.
  • Coastal Oceanography

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy