Title :
An electric field aid to underwater navigation
Author_Institution :
William H. Swain Co., Sarasota, FL, USA
Abstract :
The electric field apparatus described is an economical and convenient aid to restricted area undersea navigation. The asymmetry of an electric dipole is a weighted and comparative indication of the effective clearance of large obstacles.
Keywords :
Boats; Electrodes; Instruments; Resistors; Sea measurements; Sonar detection; Sonar navigation; Transmitters; Wire;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in the Ocean Environment - Digest of Technical Papers, 1970 IEEE International Conference on
DOI :
10.1109/OCEANS.1970.1160936
