Technical note: Animal-borne CTD-Satellite Relay Data Loggers for real-time oceanographic data collection

Ocean Science

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 685-695

  Boehme, L ^a   Lovell, P ^a   Biuw, M ^a,e   Roquet, F ^b   Nicholson, J ^c   Thorpe, S E ^d   Meredith, M P ^d   Fedak, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c Valeport Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^d BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^e NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ARGO; CONDUCTIVITY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY; MARINE MAMMAL; PRESSURE GRADIENT; REAL TIME; SAMPLING; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; VERTICAL PROFILE; WATER COLUMN;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 77955943752     PISSN: 18120784     EISSN: 18120792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/os-5-685-2009     Document Type: Article

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