Exploring the deepest depths: Preliminary design of a novel light-tethered hybrid ROV for global science in extreme environments

Marine Technology Society Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 92-101

  Bowen, Andrew D ^a   Yoerger, Dana R ^a   Whitcomb, Louis L ^a   Fornari, Daniel J ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIOUS VEHICLES; BANDWIDTH; CAMERAS; IMAGE RECORDING; LIGHT; MAPPING; OCEANOGRAPHY; OPTICAL CABLES; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SAMPLING; SONAR; SURVEYS; TELEMETERING;

HYBRID REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES (HROV); SCIENTIFIC SURVEYS; UNDERWATER VEHICLES;

REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES;

AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLE; DESIGN; MARINE EQUIPMENT; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLE;

AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLE; DESIGN; MARINE TECHNOLOGY; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLE; SEAFLOOR MAPPING;

EID: 6444224306     PISSN: 00253324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4031/002533204787522776     Document Type: Article

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