AUTHOR=Zhang Xinyu , Chen Yanlong , Bidegain Gorka , Wu Defeng , Gu Yanzhen , Wang Chengbo TITLE=Editorial: Advances in autonomous ships (AS) for ocean observation JOURNAL=Frontiers in Marine Science VOLUME=11 YEAR=2024 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/marine-science/articles/10.3389/fmars.2024.1498084 DOI=10.3389/fmars.2024.1498084 ISSN=2296-7745