A Bioluminescence Bathyphotometer for an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle

Abstract

Biological oceanographers have been limited to describing oceanic events based on data sets that are spatially or temporally restricted, or both. With the aid of new autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), such as the REMUS (Remote Environmental Monitoring UnitS), one can now sample marine environments more rigorously, more frequently, and with less restriction from inclement weather than has been previously possible until the advent of this new technology. Our long-term goal is to exploit this new technology to improve understanding of the dynamics of fine-scale bioluminescent plankton distribution.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1999
Accession Number
ADA629651

Entities

People

  • James F. Case

Organizations

  • University of California, Santa Barbara

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
  • Bioluminescence
  • California
  • Data Sets
  • Detectors
  • Environmental Monitoring
  • Flight
  • Flow Rate
  • Fluorescence
  • High Resolution
  • Luminescence
  • North America
  • Optical Phenomena
  • Plankton
  • Underwater Vehicles
  • Vehicles
  • Water Flow

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

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