Glider Path-Planning for Optimal Sampling of Mesoscale Eddies

摘要

In the present work we propose a method for generating ocean glider trajectories that optimize the sampling of mesoscale eddy structures based on a given objective function and the predictions available from ROMS maps. The eddy structure is modeled as a 3D volume discretized into sectors rotating around its center at different velocities. The objective functions can then be expressed in terms of those temporal evolving sectors. A set of simulation experiments have been carried out in order to validate the proposal.