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Bowers, H.A., J.P. Ryan, K. Hayashi, A.L. Woods, R. Marin III, G.J. Smith, K.A. Hubbard, G. Doucette, C. Mikulski, A.G. Gellene, Y. Zhang, R. Kudela, D. Caron, J. Birch, and C. Scholin. 2018. Diversity and toxicity of Pseudo-nitzschia species in Monterey Bay: Perspectives from targeted and adaptive sampling. Harmful Algae, 78: 129–141. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2018.08.006
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Zhang, Y., J.G. Bellingham, J.P. Ryan, B. Kieft, and M.J. Stanway. 2016. Autonomous four-dimensional mapping and tracking of a coastal upwelling front by an autonomous underwater vehicle. Journal of Field Robotics, 33: 67–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rob.21617
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Zhang, Y., J.G. Bellingham, M.A. Godin, and J.P. Ryan. 2012. Using an autonomous underwater vehicle to track the thermocline based on peak-gradient detection. IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, 37: 544–553. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JOE.2012.2192340
Zhang, Y., J.P. Ryan, J.G. Bellingham, J.B.J. Harvey, and R.S. McEwen. 2012. Autonomous detection and sampling of water types and fronts in a coastal upwelling system by an autonomous underwater vehicle. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, 10: 934–951. http://dx.doi.org/10.4319/lom.2012.10.934
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Cazenave, F., Y. Zhang, E. McPhee-Shaw, J.G. Bellingham, and T.P. Stanton. 2011. High-resolution surveys of internal tidal waves in Monterey Bay, California, using an autonomous underwater vehicle. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, 9: 571–581. http://dx.doi.org/10.4319/lom.2011.9.571
Ryan, J.P., Y. Zhang, H. Thomas, E.V. Rienecker, R.K. Nelson, and S.R. Cummings. 2011. A high-resolution survey of a deep hydrocarbon plume in the Gulf of Mexico during the 2010 Macondo blowout. Monitoring and Modeling the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: A Record-Breaking Enterprise, 195: 63–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2011GM001106
Zhang, Y., R.S. McEwen, J.P. Ryan, J.G. Bellingham, and H. Thomas. 2011. A peak-capture algorithm used on an autonomous underwater vehicle in the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill response scientific survey. Journal of Field Robotics, 28: 484–496. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rob.20399
Ryan, J.P., A.M. Fischer, R. Kudela, M.A. McManus, J.S. Myers, J.D. Paduan, C.M. Ruhsam, C.B. Woodson, and Y. Zhang. 2010. Recurrent frontal slicks of a coastal ocean upwelling shadow. Journal of Geophysical Research, 115: C12070. http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2010JC006398
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