What can be seen using an IR camera on the ocean

Re:What can be seen using an IR camera on the ocean by jzwinck on Sunday December 28, 2014 @09:34PM (#8808326)

There are racing teams with multi-million dollar budgets who would be interested in this sort of detection technology. For example, just a couple days ago one of the top competitors in the Sydney-Hobart abandoned the yacht race due to hull damage from hitting...something [1].

However, testing in waves is very important, and this article shows none of that (barely mentions it, in fact). But at least the big boats have the advantage of being able to put a sensor 50 meters up in the air, if that helps.

[1] http://www.smh.com.au/sport/sailing/sydney-to-hobart-comanch...

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Re:What can be seen using an IR camera on the ocean by jonah on Sunday December 28, 2014 @10:29PM (#8808443)

I'd think underwater hazard detection would be more relevant.

Another modern shipwreck: http://www.newyorker.com/news/sporting-scene/twenty-first-ce...

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Re:What can be seen using an IR camera on the ocean by kristoffervh on Monday December 29, 2014 @06:25AM (#8809356)

Underwater hazard detection would be very interesting to explore, but for UBC SailBot's purpose (crossing Atlantic Ocean with surface vessel) overwater hazard detection seems more feasible with the technologies currently out there (radar, IR, AIS, etc). Do you have any suggestions for good technologies to explore for (horizontal) underwater obstacle detection? We have played with the idea of horizontal sonar, but not sure how feasible this is...

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