Technical note: Turbulence measurements from a light autonomous underwater vehicle

A turbulence instrument was installed on a light autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) and deployed in the Barents Sea in February 2021. We present the data quality and discuss limitations when measuring turbulence from the AUV. AUV vibrations contaminate the turbulence measurements, yet the measureme...

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Published in:Ocean Science
Main Authors: Kolås, Eivind Hugaas, Mo-Bjørkelund, Tore, Fer, Ilker
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: EGU 2022
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3053946
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-18-389-2022
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Summary:A turbulence instrument was installed on a light autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) and deployed in the Barents Sea in February 2021. We present the data quality and discuss limitations when measuring turbulence from the AUV. AUV vibrations contaminate the turbulence measurements, yet the measurements were sufficiently cleaned when the AUV operated in turbulent environments. In quiescent environments the noise from the AUV became relatively large, making the turbulence measurements unreliable. Technical note: Turbulence measurements from a light autonomous underwater vehicle publishedVersion