Progress in the development of buried minehunting systems

Oceans Conference Record (IEEE)

Volumn 1, Issue , 2003, Pages 500-511

  Clem, T R ^a   Lopes, J L ^a  

^a NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; MINING; SENSORS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE SONAR; TURBIDITY; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS; UNDERWATER IMAGING; UNMANNED VEHICLES;

BURIED MINEHUNTING; SEA MINES; UNMANNED UNDERWATER VEHICLES;

OCEAN ENGINEERING;

EID: 1542634846     PISSN: 01977385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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