Deep-sea, high-resolution, hydrography and current measurements using an autonomous underwater vehicle: the overflow from the Strait of Sicily
Stansfield, Kate; Smeed, David A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1740-1778; Gasparini, Gian Pietro; McPhail, Stephen; Millard, Nick; Stevenson, Peter; Webb, Andy; Vetrano, Anna; Rabe, Benjamin. 2001 Deep-sea, high-resolution, hydrography and current measurements using an autonomous underwater vehicle: the overflow from the Strait of Sicily. Geophysical Research Letters, 28 (13). 2645-2648. 10.1029/2000GL012770
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Abstract/Summary
AUTOSUB-2, an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) developed by the Southampton Oceanography Centre, was used for high resolution hydrographic surveys in the Sicily Strait. A combination of "seasoar" type profiling and terrain following missions were undertaken and velocity and hydrographic measurements taken from AUTOSUB-2 were compared with concurrent shipboard hydrographic and velocity profiles. Even though shipboard stations were separated by just 5 to 8 km along the mission path, data from the AUV showed small scale variability that was missed by the shipboard sampling. In this paper we present the example of an intense jet, with maximum speed greater than 0.50 m s-1, less than 4 km wide.
Item Type: | Publication - Article |
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Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | 10.1029/2000GL012770 |
ISSN: | 0094-8276 |
Additional Information. Not used in RCUK Gateway to Research.: | Paper number 2000GL012770 |
Additional Keywords: | autosub 2, auv, hydrographic surveying, sicily strait, velocity profiles |
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Date made live: | 30 Jun 2004 +0 (UTC) |
URI: | https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/107825 |
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