P.F.J. Lermusiaux, P.J. Haley, Jr., W.G. Leslie, O. Logutov Massachusetts Institute of Technology Center for Ocean Engineering Mechanical Engineering Cambridge, Massachusetts

Background information Ongoing MIT research Additional AWACS Links Presentations

AWACS PIs:
P. Abbot, B. Carey, C.-S. Chiu, G. Gawarkiewicz, J. Krolik, P.F.J. Lermusiaux, J. Lynch, S. Smith.
Collaborators: T. Duda, K.D. Heaney

Background information

Goal: Improve modeling of ocean dynamics, and develop and evaluate new adaptive sampling and search methodologies, for the environments in which the main AWACS-06, -07 and -09 experiments will occur, using the re-configurable REMUS cluster and coupled data assimilation Specific objectives are to:

1. Evaluate current methods and develop new algorithms for adaptive environmental-acoustical sampling, search and coupled DA techniques (Stage 1), based on a re-configurable REMUS cluster and on idealized and realistic simulations (with NPS/OASIS/Duke)
   
2. Research optimal REMUS configurations for the sampling of interactions of the oceanic mesoscale with inertial oscillations, internal tides and boundary layers (with WHOI/NPS/OASIS)
   
3. Develop new adaptive ocean model parameterizations for specific AWACS-06, -07 and -09 processes, and compare these regional dynamics (with WHOI)
   
4. Provide near real-time fields and uncertainties in AWACS-06, -07 and -09 experiments and, in the final 2 years, develop algorithms for fully-coupled physical-acoustical DA among relocatable nested 3D physical and 2D acoustical domains
   
5. Provide adaptive sampling guidance for array performance and surveillance (Stage 2), and link HU research with vehicle models and command and control.

Ongoing MIT research

• MSEAS re-analyses for the AWACS-SW06 Exercise
• Models Runs for OSSE and their Comparisons and Evaluations

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Additional AWACS Links

• Harvard AWACS Page (AWACS-SW06 Sea Exercise, 2006)
• Ocean Acoustical Services and Instrumentation Systems (OASIS) Inc.
• ProSapien LLC

Related Projects
• SW06 - Shallow Water 2006 Main Page (password-protected)
• WHOI - Shallow Water 06 site (password-protected)
• WHOI - SW06 current events page
• WHOI - SW06 Logistic Map and Data sites (password-protected)
• WHOI - Nonlinear Internal Wave Initiative

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Presentations

• MIT AWACS Research Goals, Objectives and Results - presented at 12 Sept. 2007 AWACS meeting   [Powerpoint]   [PDF]

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