Autosub Long Range 1500: A continuous 2000 km field trial

Phillips, Alexander B.; Templeton, Robert; Roper, Daniel; Morrison, Richard; Pebody, Miles; Bagley, Philip M.; Marlow, Rachel; Chaney, Ed; Burris, James; Consensi, Alberto; Fenucci, Davide; Fanelli, Francesco; Martin, Achille; Salavasidis, Georgios; Jones, Owain; Morris, Ashley; Harris, Catherine A.; Lorenzo Lopez, Alvaro; Furlong, Maaten. 2023 Autosub Long Range 1500: A continuous 2000 km field trial. Ocean Engineering, 280, 114626. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2023.114626

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2023.114626

Abstract/Summary

Long Range Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (LRAUVs) offer the potential to monitor the ocean at higher spatial and temporal resolutions compared to conventional ship-based techniques. The multi-week to multi-month endurance of LRAUVs enables them to operate independently of a support vessel, creating novel opportunities for ocean observation. The National Oceanography Centre’s Autosub Long Range is one of a small number of vehicles designed for a multi-month endurance. The latest iteration, Autosub Long Range 1500 (ALR1500), is a 1500 m depth-rated LRAUV developed for ocean science in coastal and shelf seas or in the epipelagic and meteorologic regions of the ocean. This paper presents the design of the ALR1500 and results from a five week continuous deployment from Plymouth, UK, to the continental shelf break and back again, a distance of approximately 2000km which consumed half of the installed energy. The LRAUV was unaccompanied throughout the mission and operated continuously beyond visual line of sight.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2023.114626
ISSN:	00298018
Date made live:	13 Jun 2023 09:33 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/534996

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2023.114626

ISSN:

00298018

Date made live:

13 Jun 2023 09:33 +0 (UTC)

URI:

https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/534996