New scientific underwater cable system Tokai-SCANNER for underwater geophysical monitoring utilizing a decommissioned optical underwater telecommunication cable

IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 539-547

  Asakawa, Kenichi ^a   Yokobiki, Takashi ^a   Goto, Tada Nori ^a   Araki, Eiichiro ^a,b   Kasaya, Takafumi ^a   Kinoshita, Masataka ^a   Kojima, Junichi ^c  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KDDI R AND D LABORATORIES INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ocean bottom observatory; Scientific underwater cable; Time synchronization

Indexed keywords

CURRENT RANGE; EARTH'S CRUST; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC PROPERTIES; GEOPHYSICAL MONITORING; INPUT VOLTAGES; LOW FREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; NOWCAST; POWER UNITS; SUPPLY VOLTAGES; SYNCHRONIZATION SYSTEMS; TIME SYNCHRONIZATION; UNDERWATER CABLES; UNDERWATER SENSORS;

BUILDINGS; CABLES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; OBSERVATORIES; OCEAN CURRENTS; SCANNING; SYNCHRONIZATION; TELECOMMUNICATION CABLES; TELECOMMUNICATION LINES; UNDERWATER EQUIPMENT;

UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

EID: 73049107898     PISSN: 03649059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JOE.2009.2026987     Document Type: Article

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