Development of a GPS/acoustic seafloor positioning system for 6,000 m water depth and its trial experiments at sea

Journal of the Geodetic Society of Japan

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 171-182

  Osada, Yukihito ^a   Fujimoto, Hiromi ^a   Kanazawa, Toshihiko ^b   Nakao, Shigeru ^c   Sakai, Shin Ichi ^b   Miura, Satoshi ^a   Hildebrand, John A ^d   Chadwell, C Dave ^d  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EQUIPMENT; CRUSTAL MOVEMENT; GPS; NOISE; OFFSHORE APPLICATION; PRECISION; RESEARCH VESSEL; SEAFLOOR; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; JAPAN; JAPAN TRENCH; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 34250363483     PISSN: 00380830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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