DURIP: Side Scan Sonar and Inertial Navigation System for AUV-Based Ocean Bottom/Sub-Bottom Mapping for Object Search/Identification

Abstract

The objectives of the work supported under this DURIP were to acquire and integrate a set of acoustic imaging and navigation systems into the Bluefin 21 AUV operated by the Marine Physical Laboratory, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (MPL/SIO). The purpose was to be able to conduct autonomous repeat mapping surveys of the ocean bottom and sub-bottom to search for changes in properties with time with decimeter level repeatability.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2009
Accession Number
ADA501314

Entities

People

  • C. D. Chadwell
  • Gerald Lynden D'Spain

Organizations

  • Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
  • Autonomous Vehicles
  • Frequency Bands
  • High Resolution
  • Inertial Navigation
  • Inertial Navigation Systems
  • Marine Biology
  • Navigation
  • Oceanography
  • Oceans
  • Seabed
  • Side Looking Sonar
  • Syntactic Foams
  • Underwater Gliders
  • Underwater Vehicles
  • Unmanned Underwater Vehicles
  • Vehicles

Readers

  • Acoustical Oceanography.