TY - GEN
T1 - Evaluation of ocean plume characteristics using unmanned surface vessels
AU - Fahad, Muhammad
AU - Guo, Yi
AU - Bingham, Brian
AU - Krasnosky, Kristopher
AU - Fitzpatrick, Laura
AU - Sanabria, Fernando A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Marine Technology Society.
PY - 2017/12/19
Y1 - 2017/12/19
N2 - We present results from a series of tracer dye experiments where ocean plume concentration is measured using unmanned surface vessels. The goal of the study is to characterize the fine-scale spatiotemporal plume structure which is used for developing and evaluating autonomous robotic sampling strategies. We present a description of the qualitative characteristics of experimentally generated marine plumes namely intermittency, sinuous structure, and the time varying near-source concentration profile. We also present a data reduction process and a set of summary statistics to describe the fine-scale plume structure as evidenced by the time series measurements. These summary statistics provide a comparison benchmark for the development of future plume simulation models that capture the fine-scale plume structure.
AB - We present results from a series of tracer dye experiments where ocean plume concentration is measured using unmanned surface vessels. The goal of the study is to characterize the fine-scale spatiotemporal plume structure which is used for developing and evaluating autonomous robotic sampling strategies. We present a description of the qualitative characteristics of experimentally generated marine plumes namely intermittency, sinuous structure, and the time varying near-source concentration profile. We also present a data reduction process and a set of summary statistics to describe the fine-scale plume structure as evidenced by the time series measurements. These summary statistics provide a comparison benchmark for the development of future plume simulation models that capture the fine-scale plume structure.
KW - Environmental monitoring
KW - Marine plumes
KW - Pollution monitoring
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85048234095
T3 - OCEANS 2017 - Anchorage
SP - 1
EP - 7
BT - OCEANS 2017 � Anchorage
T2 - OCEANS 2017 - Anchorage
Y2 - 18 September 2017 through 21 September 2017
ER -