Using position beacons to measure ice movement for Beaufort and Chukchi offshore petroleum activities

International Conference and Exhibition on Performance of Ships and Structures in Ice 2010, ICETECH 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 385-392

  Tiffin, Scott ^a   Pilkington, Roger ^a   Edgecombe, Merv ^b   McGonigal, Dave ^a  

^a Canatec Associates International Ltd   (Canada)

^b Metricomp Systems Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic offshore petroleum; ARGOS; Beacons; Beaufort Sea; Buoys; Ice drift; Iridium

Indexed keywords

ARGOS; BEACONS; BEAUFORT SEA; ICE DRIFT; OFFSHORE PETROLEUM;

BUOYS; EXHIBITIONS; IRIDIUM; SHIPS; VEHICLE PERFORMANCE;

ICE;

EID: 84864125087     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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