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Easy-to-Deploy Surface Moorings for Ocean Research ……Steps towards next-gen ATLAS

Easy-to-Deploy Surface Moorings for Ocean Research ……Steps towards next-gen ATLAS Christian Meinig Director of Engineering NOAA-PMEL Seattle, WA June 27, 2012. Topics. Description of core system Lessons Learned Work that Remains. PICO Big Picture: Operations Concept.

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Easy-to-Deploy Surface Moorings for Ocean Research ……Steps towards next-gen ATLAS

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  1. Easy-to-Deploy Surface Moorings for Ocean Research ……Steps towards next-gen ATLAS Christian Meinig Director of Engineering NOAA-PMEL Seattle, WA June 27, 2012

  2. Topics • Description of core system • Lessons Learned • Work that Remains

  3. PICO Big Picture: Operations Concept

  4. Concept Test: F/V Sea Falcon

  5. PICO Mooring Diagram Standard: -Vaisala WTX-520 (ATRH, Wind,BP, Rain) -Inductive link -Iridium coms Optional: -Carbon, Tsunami, etc Prawler : SBE pumped CTD CTD cycle depth ~3-500m Realtime command/control

  6. ETD Deployment Locations to Date R&D Tsunami Tsunami (DART) R&D Climate (PICO) Australia-BOM Tsunami +realtime MET, SST

  7. Additional spin-offs • Carbon Buoys (shallow water) • Industry collaboration: • Single continuous composite mooring line (patent) • New commercial low-power SBE CTD • Tech & know how transfer • Shark-bite resistant mooring lines

  8. PMEL Mooring Line Testing -Mooring have survived strikes in GOM, Hawaii -Unique bite resistant armor

  9. Mooring Line “Prawler” (Profiler+Crawler)

  10. Large Swell

  11. Mooring modeling

  12. Prawler CTD Profiles (50nm SW of Hono) Prawler ATLAS spacing Flexible command & control

  13. Total distance traveled= 4390km in 264 days, avg: ~20 profiles/day

  14. PICO Recovery (R/V KAHANA)

  15. Where are we? Status:

  16. Inventiveness S-curve Mature System Minimize Cost Pioneering Engineering & Science Prospecting, exploring, evaluating Maximize Reliability Maximize Efficiency Maximize Performance Value Make it work properly Make it work The Breakthrough ! New System Time

  17. Lessons Learned • Get “Operations” involved early: Design for Operations...however, x-fer funding usually not included. • Clear understanding of data “Quality vs Cost” • Discipline of Integration: making wise choices • Spin-offs are valuable developments • Additional tool, not a ‘silver bullet’ • Partnerships required

  18. Near Future

  19. Summary: • A multidiscipline, easy-to-deploy platform has been developed that incorporates O&M concerns • Sensors have been successfully adapted on that can enhance 4D datasets. • O&M costs are lower compared to using large ships and traditional methods, especially in ‘remote’ areas. www.pmel.noaa.gov/pico Thank you Program Sponsors: CPO, NWS Tsunami, OER

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