AUV Polar Missions – Altex 2

Name of Project: Altex

Debrief/dissemination

Publications/web sites arising from project:

  • Bellingham, J.G., et al. Field results for an arctic AUV designed for characterizing circulation and ice thickness, American Geophysical Union Meeting, 6-10 Dec 2002, San Francisco Chayes D.N., Tervalon N., Anderson R., Ice Profiling Sonars: a Comparison of Error Budgets, Oceans 2001, Honolulu, HI, USA Fissel D.B., Marko J.R., Melling H., Identifying “skylites” for AUV Operations under Pack Ice: Insight from Ice-drift Profiling by Moored Sonar, Oceans 2002, Biloxi, MS, USA Kirkwood W., Sibenac M., McEwan R., Shane F., Henthorn R., Gashler D., Thomas H., Field Results for and Arctic AUV Designed for Characterizing Circulation and Ice Thickness, American Geophysical Union Meeting, Dec 2002 Kirkwood W., Bellingham J., Stannard J., Stein P., Overland J., Development of Dorado/ALTEX Vehicle and Subsystems, Society for Underwater Technology – AUV Masterclass Symposium Proceedings, Southampton Oceanography Centre, Southampton, England, Sept 2001 McEwan R, Thomas H, Weber D, Psots F, Performance of an AUV navigation system in Arctic latitudes, Oceans 2003, “http://www.rdinstruments.com/pdfs/auv_nav.pdf”>http://www.rdinstruments.com/pdfs/auv_nav.pdf McEwan R, Thomas H, Weber D, Psots F, Performance of an AUV navigation system in Arctic latitudes, IEEE J. of Oceanic Engineering, 30(2), p. 443-454, 2005 Tervalon N., Henthorn R., Ice Profiling sonar for an AUVL Experience in the Arctic, Oceans 2002, Biloxi, MS, USA Tervalon N., Kirkwood W., Ice Profiling Sonar for an AUV: An approach for obtaining SCICEX quality ice draft data, Oceanology International – Americas Conference, AUV Sensor Workshop Proceedings, Miami, FL, April 2001