Oil Spill Detection and Tracking Technologies

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Oil Spill Detection and Tracking Technologies

• Aircraft and Autonomous Aircraft Detection
  Methods
• Autonomous Surface Vessel Tracking Methods
• Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Plume Mapping and
  Sampling Methods
• Underwater Acoustic Plume Mapping Methods
• HF Radar Tracking Methods
• Manned Submersibles
• Seismic Plume Mapping Methods not performed

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WaveGlider Autonomous Surface Vessel, Liquid
Robotics

• Wave energy provides thrust, surface float 2m
  long glider 7m down
• Solar energy or batteries power payloads
• Can travel to remote areas
• Full satellite comms
• Variety of sensor options
• Low operating costs

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WaveGlider Autonomous Surface Vessel, showing
once/min Iridium burst comms position, moving _at_1
knot, w real-time control
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Oil Spill Detection and Tracking Technologies
Autonomous Surface Vessels w Fluorometers
Weather Station 1 m above water line. Air Temp,
Barometric Press, Wind Speed Direction. Forward
dry box with integrated FluorometerArray
support electronics. (0 meters) Optical Dissolved
Oxygen Sensor (0 meters) Hydrodynamic enclosure
with integrated FluorometerArray, Optical
Dissolved Oxygen Sensor, and support electronics.
(7 meters)
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Oil Spill Detection and Tracking Technologies
Autonomous Surface Vessels w Digital or Video
Cameras, and image from camera
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Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Technology WHOI
Sentry
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Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Technology WHOI
Sentry Mass Spec Plume Map
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Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Technology WHOI
Jaguar/Pumahas worked worldwide, including under
ice in arctic. Includes 3D HDTV, other sensor
options. Speed _at_0.5kt, 24 hr endurance
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Jaguar/Puma AUV has small shipping footprint,
requires team of only 3 operators are 3 vehicles
and teams available. Does not require large ship.
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Transponders can be used for precise benthic
positioning, or AUV can be acoustically tethered
(without transponders)
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Problem Untrawlable Habitat
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AUV Can be Used for Essential Fish Habitat
Surveys as in the Stellwagen Bank Marine Sanctuary
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Puma seafloor AUV HD Video quality results
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Distribution and anemones and sponges at 85E
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ROV Ops under ice First melt a hole
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Testing the Small ROV
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ROV Video
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COVIS Cable Operated Vent Imaging Sonar at
Neptune Observatory, B.C.,uses a Reson 7125
multibeam sonar to measure vent plumes
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COVIS setup showing range in one mode range in
vertical can be greatly increased by altering
scan angles
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COVIS results on vent plume intensity and velocity
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HF Surface Current Radar Maps, Zoomed in,
satellite view, So.Cal.Coastal Ocean Obs. System
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HF Radar Surface Current Mapping

• Records surface currents _at_every 20 minutes
• Best if multiple locations along coast are used
• Ice reflection stronger than surface currents
• Can discriminate ice movements and surface
  currents
• Does best (furthest range) with some seas
• Range _at_30-100km depending on seas, radar
• Requires remote power which has been developed
• Units can be airlifted in along coast

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HF Radar Surface Current Mapping

• In GoM, Louisiana had no HF radars, offer to do
  emergency install got bogged down in government
  inter-agency discussions, never happened could
  have improved shore party deployments
• Off Alaska North Slope and Canada coastal
  coverage is incomplete, but new remote power
  developments could facilitate gap-filling and
  emergency deployments
• Commerical provider taking steps to maintain
  spare inventory for emergency responses
• Coverage of Chukchi coast and Bering coasts very
  spotty / inadequate at present
• Ice and surface current separate flow studies to
  date only demonstrated in 2 day study longer
  studies would be useful to make these
  measurements more routine, reliable

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Manned Submersibles Deepworker 2000, good to
2000 used by Harte Res. Inst., Texas National
Geographic Society