The Voyage of the “Challenger”

Bailey, H.S.

doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0553-88

“…Early bathymetric studies were performed by using poles or weighted lines to estimate water depth directly under a boat (Bailey, 1953). In the 1930s, with an established understanding of basic acoustics and the speed of sound in water, echosounders began to be used, although these single beam devices were limited to measuring depth to within only 5 degrees of vertical (Urick, 1983).…”

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Field operation of a robotic small waterplane area twin hull boat for shallow‐water bathymetric characterization

Kitts

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Mahacek

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Adamek

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et al. 2012

Journal of Field Robotics

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An innovative robotic boat has been developed for performing bathymetric mapping of very shallow coastal, estuarine, and inland waters. The boat uses a small waterplane area twin hull design to provide natural platform stability for a multibeam sonar payload, and a navigation system automatically guides the boat in a "lawn-mowing" pattern to map a region of interest. Developed in stages over five years as part of a low-cost student design program, the boat is now operational and is being used to generate science-quality maps for scientific and civil use; it is also being used as a testbed for evaluating the platform for other types of scientific missions and for demonstrating advanced control techniques. This paper reviews the student-based development process, describes the design of the boat, presents results from field operations, and reviews plans for future extensions to the system. C 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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“…The great oceanographic expeditions led to the production of impressive monographic series: biological oceanography started with the Challenger Expedition (1872-1876) whose results were published as 50 monographs that narrate the cruise and describe the sampled species, especially from the deep sea (Bailey, 1953). The results of many other expeditions were documented with monographic series (Wust, 1964), accounting for what today is labeled as "biodiversity exploration".…”

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The eternal life of taxonomic monographs: The series on the Fauna and Flora of the Gulf of Naples

Boero

2024

Marine Ecology

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“…The great oceanographic expeditions led to the production of impressive monographic series: biological oceanography started with the Challenger Expedition (1872-1876) whose results were published as 50 monographs that narrate the cruise and describe the sampled species, especially from the deep sea (Bailey, 1953). The results of many other expeditions were documented with monographic series (Wust, 1964), accounting for what today is labeled as "biodiversity exploration".…”

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The eternal life of taxonomic monographs: the series on the Fauna and Flora of the Gulf of Naples

Boero

2024

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Field operation of a robotic small waterplane area twin hull boat for shallow‐water bathymetric characterization

Field operation of a robotic small waterplane area twin hull boat for shallow‐water bathymetric characterization

The eternal life of taxonomic monographs: The series on the Fauna and Flora of the Gulf of Naples

The eternal life of taxonomic monographs: the series on the Fauna and Flora of the Gulf of Naples

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