Ocean front detection and tracking by an autonomous underwater vehicle

OCEANS'11 - MTS/IEEE Kona, Program Book

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Zhang, Yanwu ^a   Godin, Michael ^a   Bellingham, James G ^a   Ryan, John P ^a  

^a MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV); detection; ocean front; tracking

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES; COASTAL ENGINEERING; ERROR DETECTION; OCEANOGRAPHY; SURFACE DISCHARGES;

AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLES (AUV); COASTAL UPWELLING; MONTEREY BAY; OCEAN FRONT; OTHER PROPERTIES; STRATIFIED WATERS; UPWELLING WATERS; VERY HIGH RESOLUTION;

AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLES;

EID: 84862936283     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.23919/oceans.2011.6107160     Document Type: Conference Paper

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