A swarm of autonomous miniature underwater robot drifters for exploring submesoscale ocean dynamics

oleh: Jules S. Jaffe, Peter J. S. Franks, Paul L. D. Roberts, Diba Mirza, Curt Schurgers, Ryan Kastner, Adrien Boch

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2017-01-01

Deskripsi

Observing dynamics associated with oceanic submesoscales requires simultaneous sampling at multiple locations. Here, the authors show that a swarm of 16 Mini-Autonomous Underwater Explorers (M-AUEs), whose 3D trajectories are measured near-continuously, can resolve features of the flow at these scales.