Accession Number:

ADA505335

Title:

Making Gliders Useful to Navy Operations

Descriptive Note:

Final rept. 1 Mar 2005-30 Sep 2008

Corporate Author:

SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY LA JOLLA CA

Personal Author(s):

• Davis, Russ E.
• Rudnick, Daniel

Report Date:

2009-07-31

Pagination or Media Count:

3.0

Abstract:

The objectives of this project were as follows 1 improve the autonomous underwater glider Spray so that it could be more easily used in Naval operations, 2 use Spray to carry out sampling that demonstrates glider capabilities within the framework of a 1-month Naval operation in the Kuroshio, and 3 construct 9 improved Spray gliders to be made available for ONR-sponsored oceanographic research studies and headquartered at Scripps.

Descriptors:

• *SAMPLING
• *AUTONOMOUS NAVIGATION
• *OPTIMIZATION
• *OCEAN CURRENTS
• *NAVAL RESEARCH
• *OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA
• *UNDERWATER VEHICLES
• FLEETS(SHIPS)
• NAVAL OPERATIONS
• NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN
• SELF OPERATION
• DATA ACQUISITION
• DEEP DIVING
• RELIABILITY
• FORECASTING
• PERFORMANCE(ENGINEERING)
• DATA PROCESSING
• SURVEYS

Subject Categories:

• Physical and Dynamic Oceanography
• Submarine Engineering

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE