Station-Keeping Trials in Ice: Data Acquisition, Post-Processing, Storage and Visualization

In March 2017, Statoil performed station-keeping trials in drifting ice in the Bay of Bothnia with the two AHTS (anchor handling tug supply) vessels, Magne Viking and Tor Viking. The main objective of the SKT project was to collect full scale data for calibration of numerical models. This paper describes the design and setup of the tailor-made data acquisition system, including description of the individual sensors in the system as well as how the data was handled during the different project phases. A description of how all data was recorded, time synced and stored is given. Data post-processing, storage and visualization done within the scope is also described.