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Stansfield et al. 2001

Stansfield, K., Smeed, D.A., Gasparini, G.P., McPhail, S., Millard, N., Stevenson, P., Webb, A., Vetrano, A. and Rabe, B. (2001). Deep-sea, high-resolution, hydrography and current measurements using an autonomous underwater vehicle: The overflow from the Strait of Sicily. Geophysical Research Letters 28: doi: 10.1029/2000GL012770. issn: 0094-8276.

AUTOSUB-2, an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) developed by the Southampton Oceanography Center, was used for high resolution hydrographic surveys in the Sicily Strait. A combination of seasoar type profiling and terrain following missions were undertaken and velocity and hydrographic measurements taken from AUTOSUB-2 were compared with concurrent shipboard hydrographic and velocity profiles. Even though shipboard stations were separated by just 5 to 8 km along the mission path, data from the AUV showed small scale variability that was missed by the shipboard sampling. In this paper we present the example of an intense jet, with maximum speed greater than 0.50 m s-1, less than 4 km wide. ¿ 2001 American Geophysical Union

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Keywords
Oceanography, Physical, Currents, Oceanography, Physical, Hydrography, Oceanography, Physical, Instruments and techniques

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Geophysical Research Letters
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