Drift Errors in Search and Rescue: The Report on the 1992 Drift Experiment off Cape Race Newfoundland

The national SAR (search and rescue) objective is to prevent loss of life and injury through search and rescue alerting, responding and aiding activities. Specific objectives under the SAR Branch's five year R & D (research and development) plan are: reduction of search time, improvement of...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of Navigation
Main Authors: Ross, Myles, Dawson, Ron
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1994
Subjects:
Ocean Engineering
Oceanography
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0373463300012315
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0373463300012315
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Summary:The national SAR (search and rescue) objective is to prevent loss of life and injury through search and rescue alerting, responding and aiding activities. Specific objectives under the SAR Branch's five year R & D (research and development) plan are: reduction of search time, improvement of rescue technology, and systems integration. The project described in this paper falls under the first objective – reduction of search time.

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