Title :
The integrated coastal observation system (ICOS): a real-time underway measurement system for coastal waters
Author :
Chen, Robert F. ; Gardner, G. Bemard ; Rudnick, Steven M. ; Peri, Francesco ; Urban-Rich, Juanita ; Zhou, Meng
Author_Institution :
Environ. Coastal & Ocean Sci., Massachusetts Univ., Boston, MA, USA
Abstract :
The integrated coastal observation system (ICOS) represents an improvement in the capabilities of underway coastal marine measurement by incorporating in situ biological, chemical, and physical sensors in an undulating vehicle with a mobile, sea-going laboratory van capable of further analysis of critical seawater properties on pumped samples. This mobile lab undulating vehicle system is capable of rapid, high resolution, simultaneous measurement of key fields such as salinity and depth. The system is composed of a ship-going laboratory van, the ECOShuttle, and the Mini-Shuttle, a towed surface instrumented depressor wing.
Keywords :
oceanographic equipment; oceanography; seawater; underwater vehicles; Integrated Coastal Observation System; coastal waters; depth; ecohuttle; in situ biological sensors; in situ chemical sensors; in situ physical sensors; minishuttle; mobile lab undulating vehicle system; real-time underway measurement system; salinity; sea-going laboratory; seawater properties; surface instrumented depressor wing; underway coastal marine measurement; undulating vehicle; Biochemical analysis; Biosensors; Chemical analysis; Chemical and biological sensors; Laboratories; Marine vehicles; Real time systems; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Sensor systems;
Conference_Titel :
OCEANS 2003. Proceedings
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-933957-30-0
DOI :
10.1109/OCEANS.2003.178589
