Enhancing AIS to improve whale-ship collision avoidance and maritime security

MTS/IEEE Biloxi - Marine Technology for Our Future: Global and Local Challenges, OCEANS 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  McGillivary, Philip A ^a   Schwehr, Kurt D ^b   Fall, Kevin ^c  

^a US Coast Guard PACAREA ^*  (United States)

^b Joint Hydrographic Center   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYNCHRONOUS MESSAGING; AUTOMATED IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; BELUGA WHALES; BLUE WHALE; BOSTON ,MASSACHUSETTS; COMMERCIAL SHIPPING; COMMUNICATION CAPABILITIES; COMMUNICATION FRAMEWORK; CURRENT SITUATION; EAST COAST; HUMPBACK WHALES; MARINE SAFETY; MARITIME SECURITY; NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARIES; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTH PACIFIC; POSITION INFORMATION; RIGHT WHALES; SECURITY COMMUNICATION; SHIP COLLISION AVOIDANCE; SHIP TRAFFIC; SHIPPING LANES; STANDARDIZATION PROCESS; WEST COAST;

COMMUNICATION; LANDFORMS; MARINE ENGINEERING; OCEAN CURRENTS; WATERWAY TRANSPORTATION;

SHIPS;

EID: 77951538903     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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