Underwater Vehicle (AUV) increases for large-scale and long-term observations. The AUV offers the possibility of rapidly making spatial surveys of water, biological, and ice properties beneath the sea ice. Several of these vehicles have been used in the Arctic Ocean, and they are becoming increasingly effective. JAMSTEC is now going to start developing a long-range AUV as well. Hopefully a pre-prototype AUV will be under way in FY1998.
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