Fast PEGASUS--Feasibility Study to Operational Design

小行星9403478 迈阿密大学将继续开发新一代快速声学海流剖面仪，使用一套表面安装的全球定位系统转发器进行导航。 全球定位系统接收器将安装在PEGASUS海洋剖面仪上，该仪器将从海面到海面预定深度进行一系列探测。 它的横向位移是海底海流的函数。 使用差分GPS技术来跟踪PEGASUS的移动，比传统的跟踪方法提供了更高的准确性和可靠性。 这一新的努力将使原型设计从粗略的测试阶段进入操作状态。

9403478 Leaman University of Miami will continue development of a new generation of fast acoustic current profilers using a set of surface-mounted Global Positioning System (GPS) transponders for navigation. GPS receivers are to be mounted on a ocean profiler, PEGASUS, that makes a series of excursions from the surface to a predetermined depth at back to the surface. Its lateral displacement is a function of undersea currents. Using differential GPS techniques to track the movement of PEGASUS provides greater accuracy and reliability than traditional tracking methods. This new effort will carry the prototype design from a crude testing phase to an operational status.