Autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) and investigations of the ice-ocean interface in Antarctic and Arctic waters

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 54, Issue 187, 2008, Pages 661-672

  Dowdeswell, J A ^a   Evans, J ^a   Mugford, R ^a   Griffiths, G ^b   McPhail, S ^b   Millard, N ^b   Stevenson, P ^b   Brandon, M A ^c   Banks, C ^c   Heywood, K J ^d   Price, M R ^d   Dodd, P A ^d   Jenkins, A ^e   Nicholls, K W ^e   Hayes, D ^e   Abrahamsen, E P ^e   Tyler, P ^b   Bett, B ^b   Jones, D ^b   Wadhams, P ^f,g   Wilkinson, J P ^h   Stansfield, K ^b   Ackley, S ⁱ   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^e BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^g LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^h SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLE; DESIGN; EXPLORATION; ICE SHELF; ICE-OCEAN INTERACTION; NAVIGATION; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLE; SEA ICE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 57049165970     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/002214308786570773     Document Type: Article

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