. Assessing the reality of numerical model fields with ever increasing resolution, testing
dynamical balances involving high-order derivatives, and exploring the limits of predictability …

Autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) have many scientific, military, and commercial
applications because of their potential capabilities and significant cost-performance …

Missions in which an autonomous undersea vehicle docks with an underwater node for the
purpose of battery recharging and/or data transfer greatly increase the scope of potential …

Odyssey class autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) are designed to be small, high
performance survey platforms. The logistical complexities of operating off of oceanographic …

An oceanographic sampling system includes two or more underwater vehicles disposed in
an array and an array controller for controlling the array of underwater vehicles as data is …

Ocean scientists have dreamed of and recently started to realize an ocean observing
revolution with autonomous observing platforms and sensors. Critical questions to be …

This chapter reviews cooperative control of autonomous vehicles for environmental
monitoring with a focus on methodologies that have been designed, deployed, and proven …

An ODYSSEY autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) was deployed in Massachusetts and
Cape Cod Bays in September 1998 to collect chlorophyll fluorescence, optical …

Locating chemical plumes in aquatic or terrestrial environments is important for many
economic, conservation, security and health related human activities. The localization …

A new oceanographic measurement concept is presented, combining a tomographic
network with small autonomous underwater vehicles. Using wireless local area network …