AOSN MURI: Development of a Network of Virtual Moorings

Abstract

To create and demonstrate a reactive survey system, capable of long-term unattended deployments in harsh environments. We refer to such a system as an Autonomous Ocean Sampling Network (AOSN). This project is to develop a cost effective means to observe the ocean continuously over many months with vehicle ranges of several thousand km. The technical objective of this project is to develop a small network of comparatively inexpensive autonomous vehicles that can collect temperature and salinity profiles continuously from the upper 2 kmof the ocean while either maintaining their geographic positions or surveying along a desired track. This network is to report measurements in near real-time and be controllable from shore. Vehicles are designed to profile vertically over 2000 km. The horizontal range is to be 10,000 km and with mission duration of several months.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA551513

Entities

People

  • Charles C. Eriksen

Organizations

  • University of Washington

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Autonomous Vehicles
  • Electronics
  • Environment
  • Field Tests
  • Glide Slope
  • Information Operations
  • Low Drag
  • Measurement
  • Navigation
  • Networks
  • Oceans
  • Power Electronics
  • Pressure Hulls
  • Puget Sound
  • Submarine Hulls
  • Vehicles
  • Websites

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Coastal Oceanography
  • Distributed Systems and Data Platform Development
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy