Design and testing of an acoustic ranging technique applicable for an underwater positioning system

Underwater Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 183-193

  Gamroth, Emmett ^a   Kennedy, Jeff ^a   Bradley, Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acoustic ranging; Experimental underwater ranging system; Transmitter buoy (TB); Underwater global positioning system (UGPS)

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC RANGING; ACOUSTIC SIGNALS; EXPERIMENTAL UNDERWATER; GLOBAL POSITIONING; GPS DATA; OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS; POSITION ACCURACY; PROTOTYPE SYSTEM; RANGING SYSTEMS; SUBSEA ENVIRONMENT; SURFACE BUOY; UNDERWATER POSITIONING SYSTEMS; UNDERWATER VEHICLES;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; BUOYS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; RANGE FINDING; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; SUBMERSIBLES; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS; UNDERWATER IMAGING; WATER CRAFT;

TRACKING (POSITION);

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ACOUSTIC EQUIPMENT; BUOY SYSTEM; DESIGN METHOD; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GPS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POSITIONING SYSTEM; SUBSURFACE FLOW; TESTING METHOD; UNDERWATER ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 79960723031     PISSN: 17560543     EISSN: 17560551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3723/ut.29.183     Document Type: Article

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