An abridged history of ALPS. Dan Rudnick Scripps Institution of Oceanography

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1 An abridged history of ALPS Dan Rudnick Scripps Institution of Oceanography

2 Why ALPS? Autonomous and Lagrangian Platforms and Sensors The fundamental observational problem in oceanography is that of sampling a global, turbulent fluid with physical, biological, and chemical processes that are a active over a wide range of scales. An approach to ocean observing that relies on many relatively small, inexpensive platforms. Wide range of scales requires observational systems to be scalable Intermittence and regionality requires observational systems to be portable

3 Ocean observing in the early 2000 s We have to do something. The US economy was good! There were competing ideas on how to observe the ocean. The agencies (thought they) had the resources to pursue these ideas. Lots of planning exercises. Come on, it was the year 2000!

4 A proposal for a workshop Lagrangian and Autonomous Sampling Methods in Oceanography LASMO: That s a really bad acronym! I know about We need a team! them ropes! Get a relatively young person (that s me). Get somebody who knows the ropes.

5 The first ALPS workshop Let s call it ALPS! Autonomous and Lagrangian Platforms and Sensors 31 March - 2 April attendees Sea Lodge, now the La Jolla Shores Hotel

6 ALPS agenda Drifters Floats AUVs Gliders Optics Acoustics Chemical sensors Molecular sensors Microsystem technology

7 Drifters There will be there will 2003 be a brightly colored drogue with a flashing strobe in it 2017

8 Floats Johnson & Wijffels, The hand off.

9 Underwater gliders I like pink!

10 Biogeochemical sensors ALPS was transformative for me. Bishop et al., 2002 BGC-Argo, 2017

11 What did the original ALPS miss? Autonomous surface vehicles Unmanned aerial vehicles Animals as platforms ALPS and models: state estimates and forecasts, vehicle control There was a followup to ALPS, that was called ALPS 2 at the time. We will call it ALPS 1.5! An outcome was a special issue in L&O in 2008.

12 ALPS-II mission To survey progress in autonomous platforms and sensors for ocean research since the original ALPS meeting 13 years ago To assess future prospects and challenges

13 ALPS-II agenda BGC sensors Floats Underwater gliders Autonomous underwater vehicles Autonomous surface vehicles and drifters Marine mammals Unmanned aerial vehicles Global scale physics, biogeochemistry, biology Carbon system Coastal and boundary current systems Ice-based observing Acoustics Process studies Living marine resources State estimation and forecasting Control Outreach

14 Breakouts Technologies Science on a global scale Science on a regional scale Infrastructure and access Forecasting and other modeling needs Focus on the future

15 A few thoughts on the future The over/under on how many research vessel days there will be in the future per year relative to today? I take the under. What are we going to do about it? ALPS is a realistic answer to advance research in the future. Ease of use and access must be addressed. Take advantage of the widespread interest in robotics.

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