Measurement of sea-ice draft using upward-looking ADCP on an autonomous underwater vehicle

• Published in: Annals of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Banks, Christopher J., Brandon, Mark A., Garthwaite, Paul H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: Amundsen Sea; Thurston; Thurston Island; Annals of Glaciology; Antarc*; Antarctica; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/308159/

During March 2003, Autosub, an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) operated by the UK National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, was deployed under sea ice north of Thurston Island, Amundsen Sea, Antarctica (at ∼71° S, 100° W). The vehicle was fitted with an upward-looking 300 kHz acoustic Doppler c...