Title :
Satellite tracked drifters and autonomous underwater vehicles: two novel applications for GPS
Author_Institution :
Marine Lab., Dunstaffnage, UK
Abstract :
This paper describes novel applications of the Global Positioning System (GPS) in two major marine research programmes of the UK Natural Environment Research Council: the Land-Ocean Interaction Study (LOIS) Drifter Programme and the Autosub Programme
Keywords :
Global Positioning System; Autosub Programme; GPS; Global Positioning System; Land-Ocean Interaction Study Drifter Programme; autonomous underwater vehicles; marine research programmes; satellite tracked drifters;
Conference_Titel :
Electronic Engineering in Oceanography, 1997. Technology Transfer from Research to Industry., Seventh International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Southampton
Print_ISBN :
0-85296-689-X
DOI :
10.1049/cp:19970657