Use of a long endurance solar powered autonomous underwater vehicle (SAUV II) to measure dissolved oxygen concentrations in Greenwich Bay, Rhode Island, U.S.A.

Oceans 2005 - Europe

Volumn 2, Issue , 2005, Pages 896-901

  Crimmins, Denise ^a   Hinchey, Elizabeth ^b   Chintala, Marnita ^b   Cicchetti, Giancarlo ^b   Deacutis, Chris ^c   Blidberg, Dick ^d  

^a NAVAL UNDERSEA WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

^b Atlantic Ecology Division National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory   (United States)

^c Office of Water Resources   (United States)

^d Autonomous Undersea Systems Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA TRANSFER; EUTROPHICATION; OXYGEN; SAMPLING; SPACE SURVEILLANCE; WATER QUALITY;

COASTAL EUTROPHICATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; HYPOXIC CONDITIONS; WATER QUALITY MONITORING;

REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES;

EID: 33746878530     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/OCEANSE.2005.1513175     Document Type: Conference Paper

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