GEBCO-NF Alumni Team’s entry for Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE. An innovative seafloor mapping system of an AUV integrated with the newly designed USV SEA-KIT.
Rochelle Wigley1, Robert Anderson2, Evgenia Bazhenova3, Robin K H Falconer4, Timothy Kearns5, Tinah Martin6, Hiroki Minami7, Jaya A Roperez1, Azmi Rosedee8, Ivan Ryzhov9, Hadar Sade10, Sattiabaruth Seeboruth11, Benjamin Simpson12, Masanao Sumiyoshi13, Neil Tinmouth14, Yulia Zarayskaya15 and Karolina Zwolak16, (1)University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping, Durham, NH, United States, (2)Columbia University, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, New York, NY, United States, (3)NIWA, Wellington, New Zealand, (4)GEBCO, Wellington, New Zealand, (5)Numurus, Seattle, United States, (6)Team Member, Antananarivo, Madagascar, (7)Team Member, Tokyo, Japan, (8)Royal Malaysian Navy, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, (9)Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, St Petersburg, Russia, (10)Yam-Yafo Ltd., Rishon Lezion, Israel, (11)Hydrographic Unit of the Ministry of Housing and Lands Mauritius, Port Louis, Mauritius, (12)Hushcraft Ltd, Mersea, United Kingdom, (13)Hydrographic and Oceanographic Department, Japan Coast Guard, Tokyo, Japan, (14)NF/GEBCO Training Alumni, Cape Town, South Africa, (15)Russian Academy of Sciences, Laboratory of Ocean Floor Geomorphology and Tectonics, Geological Institute, Moscow, Russia, (16)K2sea, Gdynia, Poland