Instrument: towed undulating vehicle

Acronym: TUV

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Description

A towed undulating vehicle is a generic class of instruments. See the data set specific information for a detailed description. These are often prototype instrument packages designed to make very specific measurements.

Datasets (11)

Dataset Name	PI-Supplied Description	PI-Supplied Name
Water temperature, salinity, and optical properties from an Acrobat towed vehicle from bi-weekly grids conducted at Palmer Station, Antarctica in 2020	The Acrobat is a winged instrument platform that cycles between the surface and 60 m as it is towed behind a ship traveling at speeds of 5 to 8 knots. It is equipped with a SeaBird 49 FastCAT CTD (temperature, conductivity, and pressure) and a Wetlabs EcoPUCK optical sensor (chlorophyll a, colored dissolved organic matter (CDOM), and backscatter). The ACROBAT system has been used to map submesoscale features (fronts, eddies and filaments) and provides a real-time data feed via a faired Kevlar cable to the vehicle operator. The ACROBAT enables adaptive sampling of features of interest and detailed mapping of the upper ocean without aliasing due to tides.	ACROBAT
CTD and underwater mass spectrometer data acquired in 2016 aboard the RV/Endeavor (cruise EN575) in the the subtropical Atlantic using a Triaxus tow vehicle.	Triaxus tow vehicle from U. Of Minnesota, Duluth	Triaxus Tow Vehicle
CTD and underwater mass spectrometer data acquired in 2017 aboard the RV/Endeavor (cruise EN602) in the the subtropical Atlantic using a Triaxus tow vehicle.	Triaxus tow vehicle from U. Of Minnesota, Duluth	Triaxus Tow Vehicle
Absorption spectra and DOC concentrations from the NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown cruise RB-07-05, R/V Pelican cruises PE07-32, PEJun2000 in the Gulf of Mexico (GoMX - NACP-OCB project)	The ECOShuttle is a towed undulating vehicle based on the Nu-Shuttle with CTD and dissolved oxygen sensor and is used to measure in-situ data including Temperature, Salinity and Depth.	towed undulating vehicle
Dissolved trace elements in profiles and surface waters collected during the Chinese GEOTRACES cruise (GP09) in the tropical northwest Pacific Ocean from April to June 2019		a clean fish system similar to systems used on US GEOTRACES cruises
Surface arsenic, antimony speciation, and alkaline phosphatase activity along with US GEOTRACES North Atlantic Transect from the R/V Knorr KN199-04, KN199-05 cruises in the subtropical N. Atlantic during 2010 (U.S. GEOTRACES NAT project)		towed undulating vehicle
Trace element concentrations in particles from R/V Knorr KN199-04, KN204-01 in the subtropical North Atlantic Ocean from 2010-2011 (U.S. GEOTRACES NAT project)		towed undulating vehicle
Surface transects for arsenic speciation, antimony speciation, and alkaline phosphatase activity from R/V Knorr cruise KN204-01 in the Subtropical North Atlantic Ocean in 2011 (U.S. GEOTRACES NAT project)		towed undulating vehicle
Depth profiles for arsenic and antimony speciation and alkaline phosphatase activity from R/V Knorr cruise KN204-01 in the Subtropical North Atlantic Ocean in 2011 (U.S. GEOTRACES NAT project)		towed undulating vehicle
LOPC data: microplankton size spectra from 0.1 to 35 mm from R/V Pelican PE08-54, PE09-12, PE10-01 in the Northwest Florida shelf off Panama City FL. from 2008-2009 (BenDiM project)	SeaSciences Acrobat is a towed undulated vehicle (TUV) carrying an instrument package. Cross-shelf survey were obtained using a SeaBird CTD package instrumented with SeaBird temperature, salinity, and dissolved oxygen sensors; SeaPoint chlorophyll and CDOM fluorescence and turbidity sensors; and a Brooke-Ocean Laser Optical Plankton Counter (LOPC) for plankton size spectra from 0.1 mm to 35 mm.	towed undulating vehicle
ScanFish Optical Plankton Counter (OPC) data from R/V Pelican cruises PE03-NGOMEX, PE04-NGOMEX, PE06-NGOMEX, PE07-NGOMEX, PE09-05, and PE11-06 in the Northern Gulf of Mexico between 2003 and 2010		GMI ScanFish