Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs): Their past, present and future contributions to the advancement of marine geoscience

Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) have a wide range of applications in marine geoscience, and are increasingly being used in the scientific, military, commercial, and policy sectors. Their ability to operate autonomously of a host vessel makes them well suited to exploration of extreme environments, from the world's deepest hydrothermal vents to beneath polar ice sheets. They have revolutionised our ability to image the seafloor, providing higher resolution seafloor mapping data than can be achieved from surface vessels, particularly in deep water. This contribution focuses on the major advances in marine geoscience that have resulted from AUV data. The primary applications are i) submarine volcanism and…

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  Pew Charitable Trusts
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  National Cancer Coalition
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  Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
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  Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, UK Government

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  Sight Research UK

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  National Oceanography Centre
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  Stony Brook University
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  Natural Environment Research Council

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  European Research Council

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