Deep-sea, high-resolution, hydrography and current measurements using an autonomous underwater vehicle: the overflow from the Strait of Sicily
Deep-sea, high-resolution, hydrography and current measurements using an autonomous underwater vehicle: the overflow from the Strait of Sicily
AUTOSUB-2, an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) developed by the Southampton Oceanography Centre, was used for high resolution hydrographic surveys in the Sicily Strait. A combination of "seasoar" type profiling and terrain following missions were undertaken and velocity and hydrographic measurements taken from AUTOSUB-2 were compared with concurrent shipboard hydrographic and velocity profiles. Even though shipboard stations were separated by just 5 to 8 km along the mission path, data from the AUV showed small scale variability that was missed by the shipboard sampling. In this paper we present the example of an intense jet, with maximum speed greater than 0.50 m s-1, less than 4 km wide.
autosub 2, auv, hydrographic surveying, sicily strait, velocity profiles
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Stansfield, Kate
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McPhail, Stephen
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1 July 2001
Stansfield, Kate
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Gasparini, Gian Pietro
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McPhail, Stephen
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Millard, Nick
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Stevenson, Peter
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Stansfield, Kate, Smeed, David A., Gasparini, Gian Pietro, McPhail, Stephen, Millard, Nick, Stevenson, Peter, Webb, Andy, Vetrano, Anna and Rabe, Benjamin
(2001)
Deep-sea, high-resolution, hydrography and current measurements using an autonomous underwater vehicle: the overflow from the Strait of Sicily.
Geophysical Research Letters, 28 (13), .
(doi:10.1029/2000GL012770).
Abstract
AUTOSUB-2, an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) developed by the Southampton Oceanography Centre, was used for high resolution hydrographic surveys in the Sicily Strait. A combination of "seasoar" type profiling and terrain following missions were undertaken and velocity and hydrographic measurements taken from AUTOSUB-2 were compared with concurrent shipboard hydrographic and velocity profiles. Even though shipboard stations were separated by just 5 to 8 km along the mission path, data from the AUV showed small scale variability that was missed by the shipboard sampling. In this paper we present the example of an intense jet, with maximum speed greater than 0.50 m s-1, less than 4 km wide.
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Published date: 1 July 2001
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autosub 2, auv, hydrographic surveying, sicily strait, velocity profiles
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Stephen McPhail
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Nick Millard
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Anna Vetrano
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