What does VS stand for?

Ship speed

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Military and Government

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Samples in periodicals archive:

Acoustic monitoring by Cornell scientists shows the rare right whales swimming off the harbor, where federal officials have recently lowered ship speed limits to help protect the slow-moving mammals during migrations from Florida to New England and Canada.

Monitoring of rare whales near NY harbor ends

Finding an aggregation of whales can trigger a management action affording protection, such as slowing ship speeds in the vicinity of the whales.

Gulf of Maine identified as new breeding ground for endangered whales

1][square root of (1+sin [alpha]/2)], (1) increases linearly with the increase in the ship speed .

Far-field vessel wakes in Tallinn Bay/ Laevalainete kaugmojust ...

K" LINE) takes pleasure in having been recognized for its contribution to environmental conservation during 2006 by the Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners that has been staging a voluntary ship speed reduction program to curb air pollution from exhaust gas in certain designated waters.

'K' LINE Awarded 'Green Flags' Air Quality Compliance by Long Beach ...

Kite-Powell is now working with Amy Knowlton and Moira Brown of New England Aquarium (NEAq) to study how right whales respond to ships and how changes in ship speed might increase the odds that ships or whales could get out of the way.

In and out of harm's way: shipping lane changes proposed to prevent ...

Prospects for significant increases in surface ship speed in the future are not rosy.

Technology and naval blockade: past impact and future prospects

Upgrades to the Trinity Premium graphics content for the ubiquitous stargates of New Eden * A rebalancing of ship speeds for vessels of all sizes to rediscover their combat viability, making player vs.

EVE Online: Quantum Rise Expansion's Last Staged Release

[FIGURE 11 OMITTED] [FIGURE 12 OMITETD] Wake wave periods generally depend on the ship speed and the local depth.

Simulation of patterns of wakes from high-speed ferries in Tallinn ...