- Resources
- Inventories
- Cruise inventory
- Report
- 5370
Lady Godiver Autosub Florida Trials 1997
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name | Lady Godiver |
| Cruise identifier | Autosub Florida Trials 1997 |
| Cruise period | 1997-12-02 — 1997-12-11 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Port Everglades, United States |
| Port of return | Port Everglades, United States |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Demonstrate a variety of AUV missions in an offshore, high current environment, including:
a) autonomous mission of over 100km; b) terrain following to 200m depth; c) track - following navigation; d) integration of Florida Atlantic University turbulence probe. |
| Chief scientist | Nick Millard (Southampton Oceanography Centre) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North West Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | Continental Shelf Break off Port Everglades, Florida. Inshore edge of the Gulf Stream. |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Quantity: number of dives = 10 Description: From CTD and other sensors on the AUTOSUB-1 AUV. Also, engineering performance data. |
| Current profiler (eg ADCP) | Quantity: number of dives = 10 Description: From CTD and other sensors on the AUTOSUB-1 AUV. Also, engineering performance data. |
| Other physical oceanographic measurements | Quantity: number of dives = 10 Description: Turbulence measurements using aerofoil probe and temperature microstructure. |
| Other physical oceanographic measurements | Quantity: number of dives = 10 Description: From CTD and other sensors on the AUTOSUB-1 AUV. Also, engineering performance data. |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| pH | Quantity: number of dives = 10 Description: From CTD and other sensors on the AUTOSUB-1 AUV. Also, engineering performance data. |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: number of dives = 10 Description: From CTD and other sensors on the AUTOSUB-1 AUV. Also, engineering performance data. |
