CHEMICAL PLUME MAPPING WITH THE REMUS AUTONOMOUS

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MB UNDERWATER VEHICLE

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6530
ID Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center San Diego (SSC San Diego)

2001
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Abstract

A REMUS (Remote Environmental Measuring UnitS) unmanned undersea vehicle (UUV) is being

used for chemical plume mapping as part of the Office of Naval Research (ONR) Chemical

Sensing in the Marine Environment (CSME) program. Bathymetric, current, temperature and

fluorometric data are collected while the vehicle performs a ladder type search across and

downstream of a dye source. These data are used to validate and refine an analytical plume model.

Operational experiences and data collected will be presented from operations at San Clemente

Island, California and Duck, North Carolina.