Sampling and Survey with AUVs in Adverse Weather Conditions

Abstract

The general objective is to investigate the basic and applied problems associated with the efficacious reconnaissance of littoral waters in support of mine warfare and oceanographic tasks. Specifically with this proposal, we wish to quantify the shallow-water performance of the sensor systems and platforms in relation to harsh environmental conditions and high sea states. In particular for platforms we wish to address the performance issues with respect to navigation, communication, control and conditional mission planning during which the underwater acoustic propagation properties are severely affected by the bubble formation and mixing properties induced by storm fronts. We wish to address design and implementation problems associated with our current docking design and performance in stormy conditions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1999
Accession Number
ADA630273

Entities

People

  • P. E. An
  • S.M. Smith
  • Stanley E. Dunn

Organizations

  • Florida Atlantic University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
  • Engineering
  • Estimators
  • Fuzzy Logic
  • Inertial Navigation
  • Measurement
  • Mixing
  • Navigation
  • Oceans
  • Sampling
  • Seabed
  • Shallow Water
  • Space Based
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Underwater Vehicles
  • Vehicles

Readers

  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers
  • Strategic Security Studies