Synergistic applications of autonomous underwater vehicles and regional ocean modeling system in coastal ocean forecasting

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 53, Issue 5 PART 2, 2008, Pages 2251-2263

  Chao, Yi ^a   Li, Zhijin ^a   Farrara, John D ^a,b   Moline, Mark A ^c   Schofield, Oscar M E ^d   Majumdar, Sharanya J ^e  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLE; COASTAL ZONE; FORECASTING METHOD; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SALINITY; SYNERGISM; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

CALIFORNIA; MONTEREY BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 55949100207     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2008.53.5_part_2.2251     Document Type: Article

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