Mapping in situ Apparent Optical Properties using Coastal Slocum Webb Gliders

Abstract

LONG-TERM GOALS: Develop and demonstrate in a collaborative Mid-Atlantic Bight test-bed a coupled observation and data assimilative modeling capability that contributes to our understanding of continental shelf processes, provides societal benefits, and is relocatable worldwide in both collaborative and noncollaborative environments. Our approach will leverage the complementary capabilities of academic, industry and government groups through NOPP-style partnerships to develop new satellite remote sensing algorithms, new HF radar hardware and processing software, and new autonomous underwater vehicles and sensors for subsurface adaptive sampling. We will use the new technologies to sustain a continuous long-term presence on the New Jersey Shelf with enhanced coverage during an ongoing series of scientific process studies that includes advanced data assimilation in coupled atmosphere/ocean physical, biological, biogeochemical, and sediment transport models.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2006
Accession Number
ADA612619

Entities

People

  • Oscar Schofield
  • Scott Glenn

Organizations

  • Rutgers University–New Brunswick

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Assimilation
  • Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
  • Backscattering
  • Computer Communications
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Continental Shelves
  • Data Analysis
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • High Resolution
  • New Jersey
  • Observation
  • Observatories
  • Optical Properties
  • Remote Sensing
  • Underwater Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers
  • Oceanography.

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy
  • Space