Potential of autonomous underwater vehicles as new generation ocean data platforms

Current Science

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1202-1209

  Desa, Elgar ^a   Madhan, R ^a   Maurya, P ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

Autonomous underwater vehicles; Navigation; Ocean data platform; Safety; Sensors

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744485066     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: 00113891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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