Autonomous Buoyed Environmental Sensor System (ABES)
Abstract
The intent of this research effort was to demonstrate that a low-cost system of sensors could affordably yield dense spatial sampling for shallow (depth is less than 200 m) applications. The system would not replace existing high-resolution oceanographic instrumentation, but fill the niche for a low-cost, lower-resolution system that would provide the end user with the ability to achieve higher spatial sampling. Under joint sponsorship of ONR-321SS and ONR-322PO, the ABES project developed and field-tested a low-cost oceanographic sensor system that gathers seafloor current, conductivity, pressure, temperature and tide data on a vertical array for a period of days to weeks before releasing a buoy which broadcasts the data via RF telemetry to a receiver. The objective of this two-year project was to provide a prototype system demonstrating approximately 13 temperature and conductivity sensors spanning 100 m in a vertical array and field test this system in during a underwater acoustic experiment.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 30, 1998
- Accession Number
- ADA569984
Entities
People
- J. M. Stevenson
Organizations
- Naval Information Warfare Systems Command