Scamp: A Submarine-Mounted Geophysical Survey System For Use Under The Arctic Ice

• Main Authors: Dale N. Chayes, Bernard J. Coakley, Robert M. Anderson, George DiBella, Lamont-doherty Earth, Margo Edwards, James G. Kosalos, Stephen J. Szender, Hughes Naval, Marine Systems
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Arctic; Canada; Palisades; The Palisades
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.33.1602; http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/SCICEX/SCAMP/Papers/Oceans97SCAMP.PDF

US Navy nuclear submarines are being used for unclassified scientific missions in the Arctic under the terms of a memorandum of agreement between the Navy, the Office of Naval Research, the National Science Foundation (NSF), the U.S. Geological Survey and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Thus far, the tools for geophysical survey have been limited to a BGM-3 gravity meter and a narrow beam echo sounder. With support from the NSF, the Palisades Geophysical Institute, the Geological Survey of Canada and Columbia University, we have completed the design of and are in the process of building and testing the Seafloor Characterization and Mapping Pod (SCAMP) which consists of a Sidescan Swath Bathymetric Sonar (SSBS), a High Resolution Subbottom Profiler (HRSP), Bell Aerospace BGM-3 gravity meter and a physically compact Data Acquisition and Quality Control System (DAQCS.) Shallow towed SSBS designs are readily adapted for the unique requirements of submarine operations .