Path planning for autdndmdus underwater vehicles in realistic oceanic current fields: Application to gliders in the Western Mediterranean sea

Journal of Maritime Research

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 5-21

  Garau, B ^a   Bonet, M ^a   Alvarez, A ^b   Ruiz, S ^a   Pascual, A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b NATO UNDERSEA RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autonomous underwater vehicles; Ocean variability; Path planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 75849122158     PISSN: 16974840     EISSN: 16979133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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