Unmanned aerial vehicles for marine mammal surveys in arctic and sub-arctic regions

Faculty of Science and Technology

Department of Geology

Unmanned aerial vehicles for marine mammal surveys in arctic and sub-arctic regions

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A dissertation for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor – June 2018

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