Benthic monitoring with robotic platforms-The experience of Australia

2013 IEEE International Underwater Technology Symposium, UT 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Pizarro, Oscar ^a   Williams, Stefan B ^a   Jakuba, Michael V ^b   Johnson Roberson, Matthew ^a   Mahon, Ian ^a   Bryson, Mitch ^a   Steinberg, Daniel ^a   Friedman, Ariell ^a   Dansereau, Donald ^a   Nourani Vatani, Navid ^a   Bongiorno, Daniel ^a   Bewley, Michael ^a   Bender, Asher ^a   Ashan, Nasir ^a   Douillard, Bertrand ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLES (AUV); BIOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; INTEGRATED MARINE OBSERVING SYSTEMS (IMOS); LARGE-SCALE VISUALIZATION; LIGHTING CORRECTIONS; MONITORING PROGRAMS; OBSERVATION SYSTEMS;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE;

AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLES;

EID: 84879444339     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/UT.2013.6519909     Document Type: Conference Paper

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