Wavegliders for Arctic Surface Observations and Navigation Support (DURIP)

The long-term goal of this project is the development of a Wave Glider-based autonomous surface platform for use in supporting Arctic Ocean research, in particular the ONR Marginal Ice Zone (MIZ) Departmental Research Initiative (DRI). The use of ships in the Arctic Ocean, even during the summer, is...

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Main Author: Freitag, Lee
Other Authors: WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION MA DEPT OF APPLIED OCEAN PHYSICS AND ENGINEERING
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2014
Subjects:
Physical and Dynamic Oceanography
Snow
Ice and Permafrost
*GLIDERS
*OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA
ARCTIC OCEAN
MARGINAL ICE ZONES
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
MONITORING
NAVIGATION
WAVES
WEATHER
*WAVE GLIDERS
ACOUSTIC NAVIGATION SOURCES
Arctic
Arctic Ocean
Ice
Marine Mammal Monitoring
permafrost
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA617539
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA617539
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Summary:The long-term goal of this project is the development of a Wave Glider-based autonomous surface platform for use in supporting Arctic Ocean research, in particular the ONR Marginal Ice Zone (MIZ) Departmental Research Initiative (DRI). The use of ships in the Arctic Ocean, even during the summer, is expensive and there are very few to choose from, so the employment of unmanned systems is potentially very attractive. The Wave Glider, commercialized by Liquid Robotics Inc. (LRI) after it was developed for marine mammal monitoring, is a general-purpose platform that can be outfitted with different sensors. The long-term science that this work supports includes measuring surface processes such as weather and waves, and also (in the future) monitoring surface temperature and other parameters in the upper few meters of the ocean.

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