Deployment of Ocean Explorer and Autosub in Scottish Waters for Langmuir Cells and Internal Wave Study
Abstract
The long-term goals of this proposal are to seek a better understanding about modeling and predicting littoral ocean processes and to further enhance the autonomous underwater vehicle sampling technology through a collaborative effort with the AUV team at Southampton Oceanography Center, UK. The scientific objectives are to both study Langmuir circulation in coastal environment using FAU's AUV, the Ocean Explorer (OEX), and SOC's Autosub, and to study internal wave mechanism using in-situ flow and density measurement sensors on the OEX and side-scan sonar on Autosub. Results from these studies will not only form an experimental database, enabling dynamic ocean models to be characterized, validated and simulated, but also validate the FAU turbulence measurement platform by making corroborative measurement with an independent system provided by the SOC. The technical objectives with the SOC involve co-operating on the development of (1) an intelligent distributed control system (IDCS) concept which addresses inter-operability and portability aspects at the component level between the OEX and Autosub, (2) multiple sensor data fusion algorithms which supports high-precision long-duration survey missions, and (3) mission script, data management and visualization.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 30, 1998
- Accession Number
- ADA541807
Entities
People
- Manhar Dhanak
- P. E. An
Organizations
- Florida Atlantic University