NDLI: A new navy deep-water oceanographic survey vehicle: the Naval Oceanographic Office's Subsurface Autonomous Mapping System (SAMS)

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	MacNaughton, A. Swanson Jr., R.P. White, R.H.
Copyright Year	2003
Description	Author affiliation: Naval Oceanogr. Office, Stennis Space Center, MS, USA (MacNaughton, A.; Swanson, R.P., Jr.; White, R.H.)
Abstract	The Subsurface Autonomous Mapping System (SAMS) is a full-ocean-depth (6000-meter) autonomous vehicle with integrated physical oceanography and bottom-mapping sensors. Developed for the Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO) by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Ocean Systems Laboratory, SAMS is a new NAVOCEANO capability for deep-sea Oceanographic data collection. SAMS is equipped with a CTD, an optical backscatter sensor, an ADCP, and a side-scan sonar. The SAMS vehicle is designed to conduct two types of missions: independent physical Oceanographic data collections and side-scan sonar bottom mapping surveys. SAMS can collect 10-12 hours of side-scan and Oceanographic data or up to 16 hours of Oceanographic data with the side-scan sonar disabled. At a cruising speed of 4 knots, the vehicle can survey more than 40 nmi during mapping missions and nearly 65 nmi during oceanography missions. The range of the vehicle, its ability to conduct preprogrammed and redirected missions, and its multipurpose sensor suite allow NAVOCEANO to conduct large-scale, deep-water Oceanographic and ocean bottom feature exploration with greater efficiency and flexibility.
Sponsorship	Dept. of the Navy Sci. and Technol. Coalition for Enhanced Marine Resources Orincon Ceros Harbour Offshore Inc
Starting Page	1703
Ending Page	1708
File Size	485770
Page Count	6
File Format	PDF
ISBN	0933957300
DOI	10.1109/OCEANS.2003.178134
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2003-09-22
Publisher Place	USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	MTS
Subject Keyword	Marine vehicles Remotely operated vehicles Mobile robots Sonar Oceans Optical sensors Sensor systems Laboratories Backscatter Large-scale systems
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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