The Moving Vessel Profiler (MVP) - a Rapid Environmental Assessment Tool for the collection of water column profiles and sediment classification
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The MVP and the FFCPT have been successfully integrated to arrive at a novel and tremendously efficient system to provide water column profile data and grain size analysis of the seafloor in support of numerous marine activities including science, hydrographic and naval applications. The MVP with FFCPT can make these measurements while the vessel is underway at 4-8 knots. The ability to collect this data makes the system a useful Rapid Environmental Assessment (REA) tool.
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تاریخ انتشار 2006