Evaluation of Ocean Currents Observed from Autonomous Surface Vehicles
Published in Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 2023
Wave Gliders are instrument platforms that efficiently collect measurments of the upper ocean and lower atmosphere on the air-sea interface. Various motions at this interface, such as the oscillations of multiple different surface gravity waves, impact the orientation of these autonomous surface vehicles in space. As a result, the measurements of upper ocean currents from the platform-mounted Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers (ADCPs) must account for fluctuations in the platform’s orientation. Correcting for the Wave Glider’s motion on the sea surface with additional GPS/IMU position and attitude records ensured that the spatiotemporal evolution of currents was accurately represented. See more at https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-23-0066.1.
Recommended citation: Hodges, B. A., Grare, L., Greenwood, B., Matsuyoshi, K., Pizzo, N., Statom, N. M., Farrar, J. T., & Lenain, L. (2023). Evaluation of Ocean Currents Observed from Autonomous Surface Vehicles. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 40(10), 1121-1136.