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contributor authorMacMahan, Jamie
contributor authorVennell, Ross
contributor authorBeatson, Rick
contributor authorBrown, Jenna
contributor authorReniers, Ad
date accessioned2017-06-09T17:24:07Z
date available2017-06-09T17:24:07Z
date copyright2012/03/01
date issued2011
identifier issn0739-0572
identifier otherams-84575.pdf
identifier urihttp://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4227926
description abstractpplying a two-dimensional (2D) divergence-free (DF) interpolation to a one-person deployable unmanned underwater vehicle?s (UUV) noisy moving-vessel acoustic Doppler current profiler (MV-ADCP) measurements improves the results and increases the utility of the UUV in tidal environments. For a 3.5-h MV-ACDP simulation that spatially and temporally varies with the M2 tide, the 2D DF-estimated velocity magnitude and orientation improves by approximately 85%. Next the 2D DF method was applied to velocity data obtained from two UUVs that repeatedly performed seven 1-h survey tracks in Bear Cut Inlet, Miami, Florida. The DF method provides a more realistic and consistent representation of the ADCP measured flow field, improving magnitude and orientation estimates by approximately 25%. The improvement increases for lower flow velocities, when the ADCP measurements have low environmental signal-to-noise ratio. However, near slack tide when flow reversal occurs, the DF estimates are invalid because the flows are not steady state within the survey circuit.
publisherAmerican Meteorological Society
titleDivergence-Free Spatial Velocity Flow Field Interpolator for Improving Measurements from ADCP-Equipped Small Unmanned Underwater Vehicles
typeJournal Paper
journal volume29
journal issue3
journal titleJournal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology
identifier doi10.1175/JTECH-D-11-00084.1
journal fristpage478
journal lastpage484
treeJournal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology:;2011:;volume( 029 ):;issue: 003
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