19 June 2001

DEPTHIMETER - PRECISE VESSEL DEPTH FOR BATHYMETRY

B. Bourgeois
Naval Research Laboratory
A. Martinez
Tulane University
New Orleans, LA

Abstract

This paper describes the design, operation and field testing of the depthimeter. The depthimeter merges heave and acoustically derived vessel depth to form estimates of instantaneous vessel depth and instantaneous sea surface height, both relative to mean sea level. Results from sea trails held in December 1997 demonstrate successful operation of the system.

Sponsored by the Oceanographer of the Navy via SPAWAR PMW 185.

Published in the Marine Geodesy on November 4, 1999.
Naval Research Laboratory Contribution Number NRL/JA/7442 99-0006
Journal Article