ANALYSIS AND VISUALIZATION OF GENE EXPRESSION DATA

Not Available A miniature, low-cost, and low-power ocean sensor system to be deployed on small Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV's) for measuring and analyzing ocean surface waves will be designed and evaluated. Collection and automated onboard processing of AUV measured coastal wave data will enable validation of shallow water remote sensing wave estimation algorithms, validation and updating of shallow water wave generation and transformation models, and initialization of predictive models such as those for nearshore sediment transport and surf. Directional wave spectra will be obtained using data from a hull-mounted pressure sensor array with corrections for simultaneously measured AUV motion. An existing state-of-the-art AUV will be used to assure realistic design and enable collection of preliminary data.