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SUBMITTER: Jaffe JS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5286117 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Jaffe Jules S JS Franks Peter J S PJ Roberts Paul L D PL Mirza Diba D Schurgers Curt C Kastner Ryan R Boch Adrien A
Nature communications 20170124
Measuring the ever-changing 3-dimensional (3D) motions of the ocean requires simultaneous sampling at multiple locations. In particular, sampling the complex, nonlinear dynamics associated with submesoscales (<1-10 km) requires new technologies and approaches. Here we introduce the Mini-Autonomous Underwater Explorer (M-AUE), deployed as a swarm of 16 independent vehicles whose 3D trajectories are measured near-continuously, underwater. As the vehicles drift with the ambient flow or execute prep ...[more]