Towards the improvement of autonomous glider navigational accuracy through the use of regional ocean models

Proceedings of the International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering - OMAE

Volumn 4, Issue , 2010, Pages 597-606

  Smith, Ryan N ^a   Kelly, Jonathan ^a   Chao, Yi ^b   Jones, Burton H ^a   Sukhatme, Gaurav S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER GLIDERS; DEAD RECKONING; OCEAN ENVIRONMENT; OCEAN MODEL; OCEAN SAMPLING; POSITIONAL ERRORS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SUBSURFACE DATA; TRAJECTORY DESIGNS; TRAJECTORY PLAN; UNDERWATER LOCALIZATION; WAYPOINTS;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLES; GLIDERS; MODELS; NAVIGATION; TRAJECTORIES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

EID: 80051618916     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/OMAE2010-21015     Document Type: Conference Paper

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