Developing Long Range Autonomous Underwater Vehicles for Monitoring Arctic Ocean Hydrography

Updated 2000-06-30

To develop a long-range (ca. 30-day) AUV to deploy under the Arctic pack ice to measure and monitor ocean variables.

This is not a National Implementation Plan (NIP) project

Contact information

Contact person: James Bellingham
Address: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sea Grant College Program Autonomous Underwater Vehicles Laboratory Cambridge MA 02139-4309 USA
Phone: +1-617-253-7136
Fax: +1-617-258-5730
Email: ude.tim@gnilleb
Other project contacts: Peter Stein, Scientific Solutions, Inc. James Overland, NOAA/PMEL John Stannard, Fuel Cell Technologies, Ltd.

Parameter groups measured/observed/modelled

Media sampled/studied/modelled

Additional information or further specification of types of data / information collected, species / tissues / organs sampled, etc.

Temperature/Conductivity/Depth; other sensors TBD

Are data archived or planned to be archived at an AMAP Thematic Data Centre?: no

Not specified

Is this a bi- AND multi-lateral project (i.e. a project involving cooperation between different countries)?: Yes
Other institutes involved in the project: Fuel Cell Technologies, Ltd. (Canada)