An AUV-Based Investigation of the Role of Nutrient Variability in the Predictive Modeling of Physical Processes in the Littoral Ocean

Abstract

Our long-term goal is to explore and test the potential effectiveness of low-level nutrient concentrations (nitrate, nitrite, and ammonia) as descriptors of geophysical fields and tracers of physical processes in oligotrophic coastal waters, with particular attention to adapting our laboratory sensor of these nutrients for use in an AUV. The resulting nutrient data are to be incorporated into prognostic physical-biogeochemical models in a feedback mode.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2003
Accession Number
ADA619123

Entities

People

  • John Walsh
  • Kent A. Fanning

Organizations

  • University of South Florida

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Chemistry
  • Circuit Boards
  • Data Acquisition
  • Data Analysis
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Electronics
  • Field Programmable Gate Arrays
  • Information Science
  • Oceanography
  • Oceans
  • Predictive Modeling
  • Printed Circuits
  • Simulations
  • Three Dimensional
  • Water

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Agricultural Chemistry/Soil Science
  • Marine Ecotoxicology
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers