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Accession Number:
AD1046784
Title:
Study of Integrated USV/UUV Observation System Performance in Monterey Bay
Descriptive Note:
Technical Report
Corporate Author:
Naval Postgraduate School Monterey United States
Report Date:
2017-09-01
Pagination or Media Count:
45.0
Abstract:
This study tests the feasibility of using a system of integrated unmanned underwater vehicles UUVs and unmanned surface vehicles USVs in support of long-endurance oceanographic characterization and acoustic source detection and tracking. Such a system would have the potential to enable long-residence acoustic and oceanographic sampling while providing the opportunity for broad area acoustic coverage and source track resolution with a small number of UUVs using a technique of sequential localization developed by Chan and Towers in 1992. The performance of an underwater glider-based detection system was tested in Monterey Bay using a programmable mobile acoustic source. Multiple subsurface acoustic hydrophones configured similarly to a proposed array of gliders were used to test tracking of the medium frequency source and other performance characteristics. Analysis of recorded Doppler shifts demonstrated closest point of approach CPA values consistent with source tracks in both course and speed. A notional sensor layout for the proposed integrated system was demonstrated to show optimal track reconstruction. Factors degrading the ability of this method to make accurate CPA estimates were also explored. The results of this study demonstrate the feasibility of using a system of UUVsUSVs for persistent acoustic sensing and tracking leveraging the characteristics of long-residence time and broad area coverage.
Distribution Statement:
APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
