A Bioluminescence Bathyphotometer for an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle

Abstract

We seek to develop bioluminescence bathyphotometers (BPs) suitable for use on autonomous underwater vehicles, coastal zone moorings and for deployment from small boats operating near shore in order to provide spatial scale data important to understanding plankton population dynamics in the coastal regime.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2002
Accession Number
ADA628876

Entities

People

  • James F. Case

Organizations

  • University of California, Santa Barbara

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aquatic Organisms
  • Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
  • Bioluminescence
  • Coastal Regions
  • Data Analysis
  • Deployment
  • Dynamics
  • Electronic Mail
  • Information Operations
  • Luminescence
  • Marine Biology
  • Military Research
  • Plankton
  • Regions
  • Underwater Vehicles
  • Unmanned Vehicles
  • Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Marine Ecotoxicology
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.