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Deploying an AUV beneath the Sorsdal Ice Shelf: recommendations from an expert-panel workshop
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King, PD and Williams, GD and Coleman, R and Zurcher, K and Bowden-Floyd, IF and Ronan, A and Kaminski, C and Laframboise, JM and McPhail, S and Wilkinson, J and Bowen, A and Dutrieux, P and Bose, N and Wahlin, A and Andersson, J and Boxall, P and Sherlock, M and Maki, T, Deploying an AUV beneath the Sorsdal Ice Shelf: recommendations from an expert-panel workshop, AUV 2018 - 2018 IEEE/OES Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Workshop, Proceedings, 06-09 November 2018, Porto, Portugal, pp. 1-6. ISBN 9781728102535 (2018) [Refereed Conference Paper]
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Copyright 2018 IEEE
Official URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8729786
DOI: doi:10.1109/AUV.2018.8729786
Abstract
To support future scientific missions beneath Antarctic ice shelves, the Antarctic Gateway Partnership, a special research initiative of the Australian Research Council, is trialling its Autonomous Underwater Vehicle, nupiri muka, at the Sorsdal Glacier in East Antarctica. As history has shown, deploying an AUV beneath ice is both challenging and inherently risky. To support the planning and execution of this mission a panel of experts were invited to participate in a workshop to provide both peer-review of the readiness of the AUV and team, and, to establish a set of recommendations and best-practices to maximise the data return and minimise the risk. This panel consisted of those working in the area of AUVs, Polar operations, and those with relevant experience.Recommendations from this panel included strict definition of mission objectives, a risk analysis methodology, and plans for a dress rehearsal. In addition a staged approach was formulated to both validate the AUV performance and parametrise the environment to reduce uncertainty.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Conference Paper |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | autonomous vehicle, polar environment |
| Research Division: | Engineering |
| Research Group: | Maritime engineering |
| Research Field: | Ocean engineering |
| Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
| Objective Group: | Expanding knowledge |
| Objective Field: | Expanding knowledge in the earth sciences |
| UTAS Author: | King, PD (Mr Peter King) |
| UTAS Author: | Williams, GD (Mr Guy Williams) |
| UTAS Author: | Coleman, R (Professor Richard Coleman) |
| UTAS Author: | Zurcher, K (Mr Konrad Zurcher) |
| UTAS Author: | Bowden-Floyd, IF (Mr Isak Bowden Floyd) |
| ID Code: | 152244 |
| Year Published: | 2018 |
| Funding Support: | Australian Research Council (SR140300001) |
| Deposited By: | Directorate |
| Deposited On: | 2022-08-15 |
| Last Modified: | 2022-09-05 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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