Autonomous sailboats: An emerging technology for ocean sampling and surveillance

OCEANS 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Cruz, Nuno A ^a   Alves, José Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL SYSTEM; EFFECTIVE TOOL; EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; HUMAN INTERVENTION; OCEAN SAMPLING; OPERATIONAL PROTOTYPE; POWER SOURCES; RELIABLE COMMUNICATION; TECHNICAL LIMITATIONS; WIND ENERGY;

POWER ELECTRONICS; RISK PERCEPTION; SAILING VESSELS; WIND POWER;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

EID: 70350112565     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/OCEANS.2008.5152113     Document Type: Conference Paper

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