Coastal upwelling is a wind-driven ocean process. It brings cooler, saltier, and usually
nutrient-rich deep water upward to replace surface water displaced offshore due to Ekman …

Fronts between Arctic-and Atlantic-origin waters are characterized by strong lateral
gradients in temperature and salinity. Ocean processes associated with fronts are complex …

Earth observation satellites yield a wealth of data for scientific, operational and commercial
exploitation. However, the redistribution of mass in the system Earth is not yet part of the …

This study describes a method for detecting and tracking ocean fronts using multiple
autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs). Multiple vehicles, equally spaced along the …

The thermocline plays a key role in underwater acoustics and marine ecology. In
oceanographic surveys, it is often desirable to detect the thermocline and track its spatio …

Oceanic fronts, similar to atmospheric fronts, occur at the interface of two fluid (water)
masses of varying characteristics. In regions such as these where there are quantifiable …

Adaptive sampling and situational awareness are key features of modern autonomous
underwater vehicles (AUVs) since data quality can be improved while operation time and …

Autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) are commonly used to support oceanographic
science by providing water-column mapping, seafloor bathymetric and photographic survey …

Submesoscale fronts arising from mesoscale stirring are ubiquitous in the ocean and have a
strong impact on upper-ocean dynamics. This work presents a method for optimizing the …

The autonomous localization and tracking of the center of a phytoplankton bloom patch by
the Tethys Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) is introduced. This capability is motivated …