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• Main Authors: Craig M. Lee, Humfrey Melling, Hajo Eicken, Peter Schlosser, Andrey Proshutinsky, Eberhard Fahrbach, Cecilie Mauritzen, James Morison, Igor Polyakov
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Arctic
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.459.3689; http://www.oceanobs09.net/proceedings/cwp/Lee-Craig-OceanObs09.cwp.54.pdf

Autonomous platforms (e.g. floats, ice-based observatories, (IBOs) and gliders) can contribute scalable, flexible elements to the Arctic Observing Network (AON), providing access to remote, ice-covered regions and enabling persistent, sustained sampling and broad spatial coverage of the deep basins, marginal ice zone, shallow boundaries and gateways. Floats, gliders and IBOs excel at providing year-round measurements over extended (years) time periods, while their relatively modest per-platform operating costs permit deployment in quantities that are large enough to provide unprecedented spatial coverage. These platforms can be efficiently operated in large numbers and employ operating modes and logistics that can