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 for these nutrients for use in an AUV. The 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, 2002
Accession Number
ADA627082

Entities

People

  • John Walsh
  • Kent A. Fanning

Organizations

  • University of South Florida

Tags

Communities of Interest

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

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Far Field
  • Feedback
  • Information Operations
  • Nitrogen Compounds
  • Numerical Analysis
  • Oceanography
  • Phytoplankton
  • Predictive Modeling
  • Radiative Transfer
  • Sampling
  • Simulations
  • Surveys
  • Universities
  • Water
  • Water Masses

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Aquatic Ecology
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers