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Hydrological and Physical Characterization of Cinque Terre Marine Protected Area (Ligurian Sea) and Evaluation of Current Velocity and Direction by AUV Navigation Tracks
Author(s)
Type
Poster session
Language
English
Obiettivo Specifico
3.7. Dinamica del clima e dell'oceano
Status
Unpublished
Conference Name
Issued date
September 20, 2010
Conference Location
Seattle, USA
Abstract
An integrated study, concerning the experimental observations, was performed during the oceanographic
cruises on-board the two NURC research vessels, in the period between 2008 and 2010 in the Marine Protected Area of
Cinque Terre (North-West Mediterranean Sea, Italy). The aim of the research is to describe the environmental features
using both hydrological parameters and AUV navigation tracks, acquired respectively by a multi-parametric platform
(MEDUSA) and AUV MUSCLE. The innovative contribution of this work is the possibility to evaluate the bottom stream
without direct current measurements, but using the navigation data recorded by AUV. This work is a complementary
analysis to environmental support of the ENI S.p.A. Exploration and Production Division project.
cruises on-board the two NURC research vessels, in the period between 2008 and 2010 in the Marine Protected Area of
Cinque Terre (North-West Mediterranean Sea, Italy). The aim of the research is to describe the environmental features
using both hydrological parameters and AUV navigation tracks, acquired respectively by a multi-parametric platform
(MEDUSA) and AUV MUSCLE. The innovative contribution of this work is the possibility to evaluate the bottom stream
without direct current measurements, but using the navigation data recorded by AUV. This work is a complementary
analysis to environmental support of the ENI S.p.A. Exploration and Production Division project.
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- Kim, K., Ura, T., 2003. Fuel-Optimal Guidance and Tracking Control ofAUV Under
Current Interaction. Proceedings of the thirteenth International Offshore and Polar
Engineering Conference, 191-196.
Annual Variability in the Ligurian Provençal Basin. Coast. and Estuar. Stud., 46, 93-
113- Astraldi, M. and Manzella, M.G.R., February 15 1983. Some Observations on
Current Measurements on the East Ligurian Shelf, Mediterranean Sea.
Continental Shelf Res., 2, Nos 2/3, 183-193.
- Pinto, M. and Bellettini, A., 2007. Shallow Water Synthetic Aperture Sonar: an
Enabling Technology for NATO MCM Forces. (Re-print series) NRC-PR-2007-10.
UTDEurope, Undersea DefenceTechnology Europe, Naple, Italy.
- Kim, K., Ura, T., 2003. Fuel-Optimal Guidance and Tracking Control ofAUV Under
Current Interaction. Proceedings of the thirteenth International Offshore and Polar
Engineering Conference, 191-196.
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