An autonomous sea state monitoring system for Australia's research fleet

该项目将提供一种创新的舰载多摄像头基础设施，用于自主监测海洋表面的物理、热力学和生物地球化学特性。该基础设施将支持对遥远和采样不足的南大洋进行系统测量，包括目前未监测或仅依赖目视观测的属性。前所未有的海浪、海流、表面温度、海冰特征和生物特性数据库将被期待，这将支持卓越模式能力的发展，以代表相互作用过程、气候模式的进步以及国内和国际对气候变化的响应。

The project will deliver an innovative shipborne multi-camera infrastructure for autonomous monitoring of physical, thermodynamical and biogeochemical properties of the ocean surface. The infrastructure will empower systematic measurements of the remote and under-sampled Southern Ocean, including properties that are currently not monitored or rely on visual observations only. Unprecedented databases of ocean waves, surface currents, surface temperature, sea ice characteristics and biological properties are expected, which will support development of superior model capabilities to represent interactive processes, advancements of climate models and domestic and international responses to climate change.