AOSN MURI: AOSN Mooring Development and Operations

Abstract

The long-term goal of the AOSN MURI is 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 [1]. The particular elements of the AOSN addressed by this project are the moored docking and telemetry subsystems that allow data to be forwarded from the ocean's interior to investigators on shore. Our goal is to develop these systems so that they are reliable, cost effective, and applicable to a variety of ocean measurement problems. Our objective was to build, test and deploy a pair of moorings in the Labrador Sea capable of supporting the AUV docking system and providing a reliable connection to a surface buoy equipped with 2-way satellite telemetry links. This objective was modified prior to the January 1998 cruise to deploy a single mooring. The second mooring was then designated a spare.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA551516

Entities

People

  • Daniel E. Frye

Organizations

  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Deployment
  • Design Depths
  • Elements
  • Environment
  • Extreme Environments
  • Information Operations
  • Labrador Sea
  • Measurement
  • Mechanical Cables
  • Newfoundland (Province)
  • O Rings
  • Oceans
  • Telemetry

Readers

  • Distributed Systems and Data Platform Development
  • Oceanography.
  • Robotics and Automation.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Satellites