Evaluation of Ocean Plume Characteristics using Unmanned Surface Vessels
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Authors
Fahad, Muhammad
Guo, Yi
Bingham, Brian
Krasnosky, Kristopher
Fitzpatrick, Laura
Sanabria, Fernando A.
Subjects
Marine plumes
pollution monitoring
environmental monitoring
pollution monitoring
environmental monitoring
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2017
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2017
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Abstract
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.
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Preprint
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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE)
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Naval Postgraduate School
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The work was partially supported by the US National Science Foundation under Grants CMMI-1527016
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The work was partially supported by the US National Science Foundation under Grants CMMI-1527016
Format
7 p.
Citation
Fahad, Muhammad, et al. "Evaluation of ocean plume characteristics using unmanned surface vessels." OCEANS 2017-Anchorage. IEEE, 2017.
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. As such, it is in the public domain, and under the provisions of Title 17, United States Code, Section 105, it may not be copyrighted.