Remote environmental monitoring units: An autonomous vehicle for characterizing coastal environments

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1797-1808

  Moline, Mark A ^a   Blackwell, Shelley M ^a   von Alt, Chris ^b   Allen, Ben ^b   Austin, Thomas ^b   Case, James ^c   Forrester, Ned ^b   Goldsborough, Robert ^b   Purcell, Mike ^b   Stokey, Roger ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONITORING; REMOTE SENSING; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES; SENSORS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

COASTAL DYNAMICS; COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS; COASTAL REGIONS; REMOTE ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLE; COASTAL ZONE; MONITORING;

EID: 26444536952     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH1809.1     Document Type: Article

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