The gulf of maine ocean observing system: Generic lessons learned in the first seven, years of operation (2001-2008)

Marine Technology Society Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 91-102

  Pettigrew, Neal R ^a   Xue, Huijie ^a   Irish, James D ^b   Perrie, Will ^c   Roesler, Collin S ^a   Thomas, Andrew C ^a   Townsend, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTIVITY; DATA VALUES; FIELD OPERATION; GULF OF MAINE; HF RADAR SYSTEMS; INTEGRATED OCEAN OBSERVING SYSTEMS; LESSONS LEARNED; MARINE SAFETY; NUTRIENT MONITORING; OBSERVING SYSTEMS; OCEAN OBSERVING SYSTEMS; OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTS; OPERATIONAL LIFETIME; PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SEARCH AND RESCUE; SOLAR PANELS; SOLAR-POWERED; SURFACE CURRENT; TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT; USER COMMUNITIES; WAVE MODELS; WEB DELIVERY; WINTER STORMS;

ELECTRIC CURRENT MEASUREMENT; ICE PROBLEMS; MARINE ENGINEERING; MODELS; MONITORING; OCEAN CURRENTS; OPTICAL SENSORS; RADAR SYSTEMS; SEA ICE; STORMS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

AGE CLASS; BIOFOULING; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BUOY SYSTEM; DATA ACQUISITION; DECADAL VARIATION; MARITIME TRADE; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OCEANIC CURRENT; PANEL DATA; PHYSICAL ANALYSIS; RADAR IMAGERY; REAL TIME; SATELLITE SENSOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLAR ACTIVITY; WAVE MODELING;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349335732     PISSN: 00253324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4031/002533208786842444     Document Type: Article

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