the waitt institute catalyst auv program. … making a hydroid remus 6000 auv system accessible to...

The Waitt Institute CATALYST AUV Program

……Making a Hydroid REMUS 6000 AUV System Making a Hydroid REMUS 6000 AUV System Accessible to the Ocean Science CommunityAccessible to the Ocean Science CommunityAn easily integrated and highly mobile An easily integrated and highly mobile DualDual AUV Toolkit AUV Toolkit that vastly that vastly improves survey efficiency, economizes ship-time, and adds ground-improves survey efficiency, economizes ship-time, and adds ground-truthing capability without the need for equipment changeovertruthing capability without the need for equipment changeover

• Two Complete AUVs (Ginger and Mary Ann)

• Launch and Recovery System

• Three custom outfitted 20’ ISO vans

• Full Complement of Field Spares

• 10 Deep Ocean Transponders

• Data Analysis Suite

• 120/410 kHz and 230/540 kHz Edgetech Side Scan Sonars

• Imagenex Delta-T 265 kHz Multibeam Imaging Sonar

• Omni Sub-bottom Profiling Sonar

• Hydroid Electronic Still Camera (2048x2048) with strobe

• Sea-Bird CTD

Two Parallel Survey Rows

- Centered on running baseline

- Allows for continuous ladder progression up rows regardless of truncated missions

- Maximize transponder deployments

- Overlapping mission to mission track lines

- Usual ship movements on baseline axis

- Effective Re-Acquire Protocol

Mission Profile

- Weighted Descent: 2hr 15 min

- Survey Time: 18 hr 30 min (122Km)

- Drive Ascent: 1 hr 00 min

- Total in Water: 21 hr 45 min

- Deck Turnaround: 2-3 hrs

- 24hr Mission Cycle Time – Rule of Thumb

Single Mission Statistics

- 125 Km (67.5 NM) Track Lines

- 15 Km x 7 Km Insonified Bottom (105 sq Km, 30.6 sq NM)

- 75kHz Sonar, 600 Meters Range

- Overlapping Sonar to Nadir Fill

- 19 Hrs Bottom Time

- 5400 Meters Depth

Pacific Survey

- 72 Operational Days on Site

- 127 Sorties

- 2198 Sq NM (7545 sq. Km) Covered

- 30.5 Sq NM/Day (17.4 Sq KM/Day)

- 6875 NM (12,700 Km) Linear Track Lines (Seattle to Brisbane)

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