Operations, Developments and Integration...DY094 JC166/7 MASSMO5 / 5b ASSS 2018 ALR1500 HAT P3-NAV...

Marine Autonomous Systems in Ocean Science:Operations, Developments and Integration

Maaten Furlong, Head of NMF-MARS

National Oceanography Centre


Is home to… 550 staff at Southampton and Liverpool.

Research groups including:• Marine Geoscience, • Marine Physics and Ocean Climate, • Marine Systems Modelling, • Ocean Biogeochemistry and Ecosystems, • Ocean Technology and Engineering

and contains: • British Oceanographic Data Centre• BOSCORF• National Marine Facilities


National Marine Facilities


Some of the NMF-MARS fleet

~45 Engineers (25 Dev, 20 Ops)Three ops teams (Long Range, AUV, ROV)Mixed skillsets (software, electronic, mech, systems)


Long Range & Persistent Presence

Increasing move towards regular use of long range vehicles that can operate over the horizon, away from larger infrastructure such as ships.

Fleet OperationsProviding the very best data we can to the UK science

community & beyond


Deployment in 2018

DY094

JC166/7

MASSMO5 / 5bASSS 2018ALR1500 HATP3-NAV

CAMEL

Arctic ‘PRIZE’2 x gliders in Norwegian Arctic

OSNAP1 x glider off northwest UK

AlterECO2 x gliders in North Sea

Mermeed1 x glider in Bahamas

GO-CART2 x gliders off South Georgia2 x gliders off Namibia

ORCHESTRA3 x gliders in Drake Passage

ACSIS2 x Wave Gliders in Canary Islands

FISS1 x ALR6000 Total Vehicle’s deployed = 61

Custard

Type Operations

Slocum 30

Seaglider 9

Deepglider 1

ALR 4

Autonaut 1

Waveglider 4

C-Worker 4 2

Autosub6000 2

HyBIS 3

Isis 1

EcoSub 4

16 Vehicles Operating Pole to Pole


TERIFIC Glider Deployments Dec-May 2020 (#terific)PI Eleanor Frajka-Williams2 MARS Seagliders deployed for 6 months as part of the TERIFIC Project

Recovery was “Interesting”

Thanks to Brad DeYoung & MUN team


ALR6000 First Missions Under Ice – Feb/Mar 18

• 24 hour deployments under the

Ronne ice shelf and a 51 hours

deployment under the Filchner

ice shelf

• RV Polarstern

Ronne Ice Shelf

Filchner Ice Shelf

DevelopmentsDeveloping new tools to further improve data delivery

with partners organisations


Development Priorities: Next Generation Platforms


Development Priorities: Biogeochemical sensing


Development Priorities: Integration of Novel Sensors


Development Priorities: Increasing Onboard Autonomy


Development Priorities: Increasing Offboard Autonomy & Integration

IntegrationConnecting it together


Integrating the Long Range Fleet:Command and Control (C2) and Data Management

C2 Objectives

Phase 1 – Get the computers talking

1. Provide a unified and consistent infrastructure to control the MARS and broader fleets

2. Automate transfer and archiving of near real time science data to BODC

3. Improve access to the near real time data and associated metadata with appropriate user access controls.

Phase 2 – Make the system smarter

1. Develop the infrastructure to automated piloting

2. Generate science and engineering data products eg.reliability / mission risk information

Problem 2 – Data Delivery

Problem 1 – Controlling the fleet


C2 Conceptual Workflow

Aspirational


Science Question

Proposal creation

Detailed Planning

Data Collection

Data Analysis

Data Curation

Publications, Policy, Societal Good

The Information Pipeline

Develop New Data Collection Tools &

Techniques

FAIR

• Reduced CO2• Greater accuracy• Persistence• Improved reliability• Lower Cost per measurement• New capabilities

Model data, weather, bathymetry, AIS, digital

twin, third party planners


A Next Generation Integrated Ocean Observing SystemTechnology Trends

1. Increased Autonomy (MAS and Ships)

2. Increased used of MAS

3. Long range MAS & more advanced sensors

4. More integration with other platforms and the cloud

System Drivers

1. Reduce CO2 emissions

2. Reduce observational cost

3. Increase quantity, quality & type of measurements

Making Sense of Changing Seas

Questions

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