Precise Positioning of Ocean Bottom Seismometer by Using Acoustic Transponder and CTD

Marine Geophysical Research

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 199-209

  Shiobara, Hajime ^a,b   Nakanishi, Ayako ^a   Shimamura, Hideki ^a   Mjelde, Rolf ^c   Kanazawa, Toshihiko ^d   Berg, Eivind W ^e,f  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e STATOIL   (Norway)

^f SUBSEACO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Acoustic transponder; Ocean bottom seismometer; Positioning

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC TRANSPONDER; ACOUSTIC TRANSPONDERS; ACOUSTIC VELOCITY STRUCTURE; CTD OBSERVATIONS; OCEAN BOTTOM SEISMOMETER; OCEAN BOTTOM SEISMOMETERS; POSITIONING; POSITIONING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0031428937     PISSN: 00253235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004246012551     Document Type: Article

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