Use of satellite communications on ASVs to manage ocean risk James Cowles Science and Survey product Manager, ASV
Satellite Communications to operate vehicles Satellite Communications for real-time data
75 employees dedicated to the development of unmanned and autonomous surface vehicle systems
Delivered over 80 Autonomous Surface Vehicle Systems
Common Control System used on over 20 different vessel designs
2005 – 2016 974 days of unmanned operations
ASV Operations and Partners
Available systems
Environmental powered, long endurance, low speed, low power
Hybrid powered, long endurance, medium speed, medium power
Diesel powered, medium endurance, medium speed, high power
Applications
Ground truthing – Imagery
Ground truthing – Sea surface and interface data Wind direction and Wind Speed 9 350 8 300 7 250 6 Wind speed m/s Wind Direction 200 5 4 150 3 100 2 50 1 0 0 0 20000 40000 60000 80000 100000 120000 140000 160000 180000 Time
Data augmentation – water column data, data which cannot be obtained from satellite
Jamescowles@asvglobal.com www.asvglobal.com @ASVLtd ASV Ltd
James.cowles@asvglobal.com
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