An autonomous underwater vehicle for the study of small lakes

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 69-76

  Laval, Bernard ^a,b   Bird, John S ^a   Helland, Peter D ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; LAKE; THERMAL STRUCTURE; UNDERWATER VEHICLE;

EID: 0034079272     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(2000)017<0069:AAUVFT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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