Technical Performance and Cost Optimization of Unobtrusive Multi-static Serial LiDAR Imager (UMSLI) for Wide-area Surveillance and Identification of Marine Life at MHK Installations Award Number: DE-EE0007828 CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.16 Weatherizati...
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February 1, 2017
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Technical Performance and Cost Optimization of Unobtrusive Multi-static Serial LiDAR Imager (UMSLI) for Wide-area Surveillance and Identification of Marine Life at MHK Installations
Award Number: DE-EE0007828
CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.16
Water Power Technologies Office
Date: 1/25/2017
Location(s): FL
Office(s): Golden Field Office
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide funding to Florida Atlantic University (FAU) to develop and field test an optical monitoring system for environmental monitoring and real time classification of marine animals at marine hydrokinetic sites. The proposed device is known as the Unobtrusive Multi-static Serial LiDAR Imager (UMSLI).
The proposed project would be divided into three Budget Periods, with a Go/No Go decision point between each Budget Period. This NEPA review is for Budget Period 1 (BP1) only. In BP1 FAU would conduct two activities. Task 1 would involve field testing at the Pacific Northwest National Lab (PNNL) Marine Science Laboratory (MSL), specifically in Sequim Bay, WA. Sub-task 2.1 would involve identifying potential system improvements based upon the data gathered in Task 1.