SFOMC: A successful navy and academic partnership providing sustained ocean observation capabilities in the Florida straits

Marine Technology Society Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 81-91

  Venezia, William ^a   Baxley, William ^a   Tatro, Peter ^a   Dhanak, Manhar ^b   Driscoll, Rick ^b   Beaujean, Pierre Philippe ^b   Shock, Steven ^b   Glegg, Stewart ^b   An, Edgar ^b   Luther, Mark ^c   Weisberg, Bob ^c   DeFerrari, Harry ^d   Williams, Neil ^d   Nguyen, Hien ^d   Shay, Nick ^d   Van Leer, John ^d   Dodge, Dick ^e   Gilliam, Dave ^e   Soloviev, Alexander ^e   Pomponi, Shirley ^f   Crane, Michael ^g   Carter, Kevin ^h   more..

^a NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^e NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Oceanographic Institute   (United States)

^g STENNIS SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^h Dept of Planning Environ Protect   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; OCEANOGRAPHY; SENSORS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

NAVAL RESEARCH; STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS;

MARINE ENGINEERING;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

FLORIDA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 12144287797     PISSN: 00253324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4031/002533203787537221     Document Type: Article

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