Absolute positioning of an autonomous underwater vehicle using GPS and acoustic measurements

IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 153-164

  Kussat, Neil H ^a,b   Chadwell, C David ^a   Zimmerman, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b Fugro Geoteam Limited   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic ranging; Kinematic GPS positioning; Long baseline positioning; Seafloor geodesy

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS; ACOUSTIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; GEODESY; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; POSITION MEASUREMENT; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES; TRANSPONDERS; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

ACOUSTIC RANGING; LONG BASELINE POSITIONING; SEAFLOOR GEODESY;

OCEAN ENGINEERING;

EID: 21344463760     PISSN: 03649059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JOE.2004.835249     Document Type: Article

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