| Exploration of marine environments with autonomous robots has been a prominent topic in the last decade and is expected to gain more importance in the future. In particular, the analysis and understanding of spatiotemporal dynamic processes and fields such as flow conditions, temperature, salinity, or oil concentration is at the core of many scientific disciplines and is becoming increasingly important for offshore engineering applications. Geoscience relies on the exploration of spatiotemporal fields to further the understanding of oceanic processes and climate phenomena. Engineering applications include flow field monitoring at offshore wind farms during installation, operations, and maintenance. Detection of hazardous sources, such as leaking dichloroethyl sulfide containers in the North Sea, is also of great importance. The increased efforts in deep sea mining promise further areas for deployment to localize hydrothermal vents and also to monitor the environmental impact. Lastly, many production steps in the process industry are concerned with liquids on a medium to large scale. However, monitoring these liquids with a high resolution in time and space proofs to be very difficult with current technology. |
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