Mobile Platforms

CMOP is currently using an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) system as part of the centers experimental mobile platform network for oceanographic sensing.

The REMUS (Remote Environmental Measuring Units) 100 is a compact, light-weight, AUV designed for operation in coastal environments up to 100 meters in depth. The CMOP system includes two AUV units, which are operated by Craig McNeil's research team at Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington.

The two AUVs are deployed periodically throughout each operational year. The environmental monitoring data they record will play a critical role in analyzing the impact of humans on estuaries and coastal environments. The AUV is also used to determine the influence of climate on physical and biological conditions and the variability of coastal margins and to identify the role of coastal margins in global elemental cycles.

AUV DATA
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