Proceedings of MTS/IEEE Oceans'95 Conference

San Diego, California, USAOctober 9-12, 1995

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VOLUME 1

  Program:Challenges of our changing global environment

Plenary session
Chair(s): K. Evans, NCCOSC RDT&E Div., CA; E. Frieman, UCSD Scripps Institution of Oceanography, CA
Entry into force of the 1982 United Nations convention on the law of the sea,  Maureen O'C. Walker,  pp. 1-5
Results of five years of operation with deep manned submersibles "MIR-1" and "MIR-2" on nuclear submarine "Komsomolets" wreck,  Anatoly M. Sagalevitch,  pp. 6-10
Environmental challenges
Chair(s): S. Menefee, Univ. of Virginia, VA; A. Mearns, NOAA, WA
The challenges of promoting global environmental stewardship,  Michael S. Spranger,  pp. 11-15
Keeping the Navy's plastic waste out of the world's oceans - A report on the Navy's PRIME program,  Ron Bentley and Vickie Edgar,  pp. 16-20
High volume centrifugal oil-water separation,  Dave Meikrantz, Charles Schardin, Lawrence Macaluso, Alfred Federici, and H. William Sams III,  pp. 21-25
Currents generated by vessel traffic along Seattle's waterfront,  Curtis C. Ebbesmeyer, Michael D. Francisco, Charles D. Boatman, Dale Norton, and Teresa Michelsen,  pp. 26-41
Physical oceanography
Chair(s): J. Crawford, NV; B. Parker, NOAA/OES, MD
The Navy ocean-temperature temporal-variability model,  K. A. Countryman and M. J. Carron,  pp. 42-50
Structure of intermediate water layer in the North Western Pacific,  Raissa I. Gouskina, Nikolai A. Maximenko, Anatoly I. Kharlamov, and Andrei Yu. Scherbina,  pp. 51-54
GASTOM 90: Acoustic tomography in the Bay of Biscay,  Yann Stephan, François Evennou, and François-Régis Martin-Lauzer,  pp. 55-59
Air/sea interaction
Chair(s): R. Garello, Telecom Bretagne, France; J. D. Penrose, Centre for Marine Science & Technology, Curtin Univ., Australia
Polarimetric brightness temperatures of sea surfaces measured with aircraft microwave radiometers,  Simon H. Yueh, William J. Wilson, Fuk K. Li, Son V. Nghiem, and William B. Ricketts,  pp. 60-66
Remote sensing of ocean wavenumber spectra using shipboard marine radar,  Dennis B. Trizna, Robert Bachman, and Michael Whalen,  pp. 67-72
Effects of air/sea conditions on azimuth modulations in Ku -band ocean radar backscatter,  S. V. Nghiem, F. K. Li, and G. Neumann,  pp. 73-78
Remote sensing of the coastal marine atmospheric boundary layer,  C. H. Wash, K. L. Davidson, and M. S. Jordan,  pp. 79-83
The response of the short wave directional spectrum to rapid wind and surface variations using microwave backscatter,  David E. Weissman, William J. Plant, William C. Keller, and Vahid Hesany,  pp. 84-89
Breaking waves and their effects on near surface sound speed,  Eric Terrill and Ken Melville,  pp. 90-94
Electro-optical cables
Chair(s): M. Atturio, Naval Fac. Eng. Ctr., CA; A. Berian, Berian & Assoc., MA
Real-time modeling of micro cable deployments,  J. M. Andres, S. R. Jefferies, and G. D. Gillenwaters,  pp. 95-102
Laboratory test and field evaluation of double armored electro-optical cable for the JAMSTEC/Deep Tow,  Hiroyasu Momma, Kyohiko Mitsuzawa, Hiroshi Hotta, Takeshi Morita, and Satoshi Imamura,  pp. 103-108
In-water fiber optic branching unit,  Peter B. Yinger, Quy Nguyen, and Robert Polley,  pp. 109-114
Installation and burial of a 240 kilometer long fiber optic telecommunication cable in Bass Strait using the "Ship-of-opportunity" installation technique,  Michael R. Harrison,  pp. 115-125
Simplified estimation of helically steel armored cable elongation, diameter reduction, and rotation,  O. F. "Erik" Slotboom,  pp. 126-137
Geographic information systems
Chair(s): G. Dworski, Univ. of WA, WA
Oceanographic real time data collection and data base,  Freddy Pøhner and Sverre Berg,  pp. 138-145
Development of a marine geographic information system for various data analysis and data integration in the Hawaiian exclusive economic zone,  Atanu Basu,  pp. 146-153
Multipurpose software complex for storing, representing and controlling information in geophysical and hydrological databases,  A. M. Belyaev,  pp. 154-158
The Tijuana River watershed geographic information system,  Richard D. Wright and Alain Winckell,  p. 159
Global positioning
Chair(s): J. Illgen, Illgen Sim. Tech., CA; R. Jones, Nautronix, Inc., CA
Improved orbital dynamics and positioning methods for the Argos satellite-based data collection and location system,  Jeffrey Wingenroth and Chris Estes,  pp. 160-166
Modern computing technology applied to underwater acoustic positioning systems,  James E. Deveau,  pp. 167-174
Feature of development of the APS for very long range AUV,  B. A. Kasatkin and G. V. Kosarev,  pp. 175-177
Ekofisk automatic GPS subsidence measurements,  Marius J. Mes, Herbert Landau, Christian Luttenberger, and Kjel Gustavsen,  pp. 178-186
Oceanographic sensors
Chair(s): N. Estabrook, SAIC, CA; O. Diachek, NRL, Washington, DC
Experiences and results of an experiment lasting more than four years with a mercury in-situ sensor for measuring of the depth in the sea with a precision of 0.3 db which is free from drift and qualified to applicate in-situ as well as a secondary st,  W. Kroebel and S. Ghods,  pp. 187-188
A specialized CT sensor for real-time input of sea-surface sound speed to a multibeam echo-sounder,  Jeffrey D. Skinner and Chrisitan de Moustier,  pp. 189-194
Development of seafloor thermometry system using optical fiber distributed temperature sensor for study of mid-ocean ridges,  Kiyokazu Nishimura, Osamu Matsubayashi, Tetsuro Urabe, and Masataka Kinoshita,  pp. 195-201
Optronic sensors for mesoplankton studying in the sea water,  Dmitry E. Levashov and Alexandr I. Zhavoronkov,  pp. 202-208
Autonomous Profiling Vehicle (APV) field data,  Kim McCoy,  pp. 209-213
Acoustic detection
Chair(s): R. Martin, NMOC, MS; D. Lerro, NUWC, CT
Analytical methods for acoustic seabed exploration,  Marvin C. Gaer, Robert P. Gilbert, and Yongzhi S. Xu,  pp. 214-220
Quadratic-linear detection of broadband nonGaussian signals,  Charles R. Baker,  pp. 221-226
Detection of underwater magnetic transient signals by higher order analysis,  André Quinquis and David Declercq,  pp. 227-232
PROTEE 93: Description of the meso-scale features encountered in the Azores zone and evaluation of the impact of the variability on sound propagation,  Dominique Giannoni and François Lochet,  pp. 233-241
Global changes
Chair(s): R. M. Reynolds, Brookhaven Nat'l. Lab, CT; M. L. Heron, James Cook Univ., Australia
The impact of new technologies on our changing global environment,  James G. Keramas,  pp. 242-246
Modeling an acoustic response to long-term variations of water and ice characteristics in the Arctic Ocean,  Alexander N. Gavrilov and Peter N. Mikhalevsky,  pp. 247-253
An Inmarsat-C GOES, and EIA485 hybrid communication system for global experiment control,  Robert Michael Reynolds and William Behrens,  pp. 254-264
Marine living resources
Chair(s): R. Smolowitz, NOAA (Ret), MA
Fish stock assessment using a horizontally steered parametric sonar,  Mark J. Vaccaro, Raymond J. Christian, and Arnold Novick,  pp. 265-271
WASP: A self-contained upward looking echo sounder,  D. R. Topham and P. H. Johnston,  pp. 272-276
NOAA ship Albatross IV: A fisheries research vessel with brains,  Joseph A. Colvin and Douglas A. Perry,  pp. 277-287
Development on advanced whale migration tracking system,  H. Nakahara, S. Ohsumi, H. Maeda, and T. Hayashi,  pp. 288-297
Coastal monitoring/forecasting
Chair(s): J. Burgess, NMFS, NOAA, MD; R. Garcia, Univ. Autonomade de Baja California, Mexico
A general system for automatic acquisition of STD-data from remote observers via telephone,  Trygve Gytre,  pp. 298-304
Hybrid lidar-radar system for ocean experimentation,  L. Mullen, T. Yost, P. R. Herczfeld, D. Allocca, and V. M. Contarino,  pp. 305-308
Buoy technology
Chair(s): R. Canada, NOAA Data Buoy, LA
NOMAD buoys: An overview of forty years of use,  Gerald L. Timpe Cdr. and Neil Van de Voorde Lcdr.,  pp. 309-315
Field evaluation of the value-engineered 3-meter discus buoy,  Chung-Chu Teng and Gerald Timpe Cdr.,  pp. 316-322
An update of U.S. Coast Guard buoy development efforts,  Joseph P. Sargent Lt. and Gerald L. Timpe Cdr.,  pp. 323-329
Development of a small boat deployment and recovery system for fiber optic acoustic arrays,  I. Roy Yumori,  pp. 330-338
Metrology & calibration
Chair(s): J. A. Wessel, NUWC, WA
Wide swath bathymetric sonar error modeling for a hydrographic survey ship,  John T. Ambrose and Anthony Geneva,  pp. 339-346
New approaches to the investigation of the array directivity pattern in the natural environment,  S. V. Burenkov, S. S. Naumov, S. A. Bobrov, and N. I. Knyazeva,  pp. 347-353
Intelligent dynamics
Chair(s): B. Regan, C. S. Draper Labs, MA
A navigation and inspection systems for ROV's,  G. Conte, A. M. Perdon, and S. Zanoli,  pp. 354-359
Access to real-time data from the TAO array of moored buoys via Unix/X-Windows or the World Wide Web and Mosaic,  N. N. Soreide, W. H. Zhu, D. C. McClurg, M. J. McPhaden, D. W. Denbo, and M. W. Renton,  pp. 360-365
Unmanned underwater vehicle mission level control
Chair(s): R. Dwyer, NUWAC, CT; J. Walton, NCCOSC RDT&E Div., CA
Experiments in automatic retrieval of underwater objects with an AUV,  Howard H. Wang, Stephen M. Rock, and Michael J. Lees,  pp. 366-373
Mission planning and execution for inspecting AUV,  Alexander V. Inzartsev,  pp. 374-379
Acoustic classification
Chair(s): R. Martin, NMOC, MS; R. Tremblay, NUWC, CT
LFA target characterization with hybrid classifiers,  David H. Kil and Frances Bongjoo Shin,  pp. 380-386
Texture classification using wavelet packet and Fourier transforms,  Xiaoou Tang and W. Kenneth Stewart,  pp. 387-396
Full spectrum signal processing,  Frances B. Shin and David H. Kil,  pp. 397-403
An application of expert system in recognition of radiated noise of underwater target,  Qihu Li, Jinlin Wang, and Wei Wei,  pp. 404-408
Marine security & safety: The challenge
Chair(s): S. Menefee, Univ. of Virginia, VA
Evaluating technology for marine inspectors,  Kurt A. Hansen,  pp. 409-424
Partnerships and process for improving boater safety: A case study of transient moorage facilities on the Columbia River,  Bruce DeYoung and Gib Carter,  pp. 425-431
US Coast Guard motor lifeboat motion recording black boxes,  Bert Macesker and Robert Desruisseau,  pp. 432-439
Marine security & safety: The challenge
Chair(s): S. Menefee, Univ. of Virginia, VA
Marine security and international law: Government seizure of vessels in peacetime,  John E. Noyes,  pp. 440-450
Maritime security and the law: A new piracy statute for the 1990s,  Samuel Pyeatt Menefee,  pp. 451-457
Oceanographic ships
Chair(s): J. Bash, UNOLS, RI; D. Thompson, CA
USNS Pathfinder (T-AGS 60) the first of its class,  A. Edward Gent and Dieter K. Rudolph Capt.,  pp. 458-467
Antarctica and deep oceans: Scientific targets for the R/V Hesperides,  José I. Díaz,  pp. 468-471
Principal characteristics of the up-to-date Japanese oceanographic research vessels,  Kazuo Kobayashi,  pp. 472-477
The NOAA ship Delaware II RTE - A case study of the repairs-to-extend the service life of a NOAA research vessel,  Peter E. Archibald, John M. Hotaling, Eric A. Midboe, and Benedict P. Capuco,  pp. 478-495
Coastal monitoring
Chair(s): J. Dorsey, City of Los Angeles, CA
A Monte Carlo investigation of the Honey-Wilson relation,  Brian Concannon and Jon Davis,  pp. 496-501
Measurements of upper ocean structure using aquashuttle from ships-of-opportunity and research vessels,  J. Aiken, R. Williams, I. Bellan, and R. Burt,  pp. 502-519
Routine X-band monitoring of nearshore wave climate,  P. S. Bell,  pp. 520-525
The Southern California Bight Pilot Project: An experiment in cooperative regional monitoring,  Mary Bergen, Eddy Zeng, and Cherrie Vista,  pp. 526-536
Ocean technology
Chair(s): W. S. Pope, Battelle, OH
Replacement trim system for the DSVs Sea Cliff and Turtle,  William S. Pope and David L. Thomas,  pp. 537-547
Global requirements and markets for marine environmental monitoring,  Peter Tebeau, Maggie Merrill, and Charles Willauer,  pp. 548-554
Deep-ocean use of the SM2000 laser line scanner on submarine NR-1 demonstrates system potential for industry and basic science,  Ian R. MacDonald, James F. Reilly II, Michael Blincow, Jeffrey S. Chu, and David Olivier,  pp. 555-565
Applications of remotely controlled equipment in Norwegian marine archaeology,  Marek E. Jasinski, Bjørn Sortland, and Fredrik Søreide,  pp. 566-572
Information data bases
Chair(s): G. Dworski, Univ. of Washington, WA
Use of a geophysical database in Navy operational systems,  Margaret Schexnayder, Peggy Haeger, Lisa Cadima, and Eleanor Holmes,  pp. 573-578
Vertical representation of ocean temperature profiles with a gradient feature model,  Steven D. Haeger,  pp. 579-585
Research on oceanic spectrum database,  Zhang Zhaoying,  pp. 586-593
Underwater communications processing
Chair(s): B. Sortland, Norwegian Institute of Tech., Norway; J. Catipovic, WHOI, MA
Fast underwater acoustic data link design via multicarrier modulation and higher-order statistics equalization,  Anthony G. Bessios and Frank M. Caimi,  pp. 594-599
Underwater acoustic communications with Viterbi detector,  Gérard Loubet and Eric Petit,  pp. 600-603
The results of several acoustic telemetry tests in both shallow and deep water,  Doris Carvalho, Fletcher Blackmon, and Robert Janiesch,  pp. 604-614
Acoustic pulse propagation in a range-dependent turbulent ocean,  J. H. Tarng and W. R. Chang,  pp. 615-619
A new HOS-based model for signal detection in non-Gaussian noise: An application to underwater acoustic communications,  G. Tacconi, A. Tesei, and C. S. Regazzoni,  pp. 620-625
Oceanographic systems
Chair(s): K. Saunders, NRL, MS
Simultaneous measurement of pressure, temperature, and conductivity with counters,  Albert J. Williams III and Naomi R. Fraenkel,  pp. 626-630
Integrated oceanographic survey systems, a flexible design for data acquisition and vessel control,  J. Scott Ferguson, Roger K. Wells, John Shannon Byrne, David E. Saucier, and Joyce E. Miller,  pp. 631-637
The MiniBAT: A miniaturized towed sampling system,  Christian E. Casagrande,  pp. 638-641
BLUE BOX: A system for long term unattended environmental monitoring of marine basins - Prototype architecture and test results,  Andrea Barbanti, Andrea Bondi, Francesco Gasparoni, and Davide Morandi,  pp. 642-649
Automated XBT launcher for use on ships-of-opportunity,  David S. Bitterman,  pp. 650-654
ORCA's oceanographic sensor suite,  Brian Bourgeois and Mike Harris,  pp. 655-662
Acoustic boundary interaction
Chair(s): R. Farwell, NRL, MS
Effects of target-boundary acoustic coupling in shallow water scattering,  Garner C. Bishop and Judy Smith,  pp. 663-672
Dissipative shallow water internal waves and their acoustical properties,  Michael K. Broadhead and Hassan B. Ali,  pp. 673-684
Identification of bottom parameters from acoustic reflections,  Margarita S. Fokina and Boris V. Kerzhakov,  pp. 685-691

VOLUME 2

  Program:Challenges of our changing global environment

Planned ocean programs
Chair(s): C. D. MacDonald, State of Hawaii, HI; N. Dukov, Black Sea Technology Group, Bulgaria
Naval Oceanographic Office technology: Focus on change,  Dieter K. Rudolph and Landry J. Bernard III,  pp. 692-695
IMS integrates surface wave radar with existing assets for continuous surveillance of the EEZ,  Richard E. Moutray and Anthony M. Ponsford,  pp. 696-702
New projections for Hawaii's ocean industries: A strategic orientation,  Craig D. MacDonald, Howard E. Deese, Elizabeth Corbin, and Athline M. Clark,  pp. 703-712
Marine mineral resources
Chair(s): J. C. Wiltshire, HURL, Univ. of Hawaii, HI, USA
Solution mining of Johnston Island manganese crusts: An economic evaluation,  Thomas A. Loudat, Kimo K. Zaiger, and John C. Wiltshire,  pp. 713-722
Innovative tailings management for marine ferromanganese nodule and crust processing,  John C. Wiltshire,  pp. 723-730
Coastal forecasting
Chair(s): J. Downing, Battelle Marine Systems, WA; R. Williams, Plymouth Marine Lab, United Kingdom
Improvements in the tactical understanding of the oceanographic battlespace,  Bruce Imre Incze,  pp. 731-740
A marine observation network for the Prince William Sound,  Douglas R. Scally, John E. Harrington, and Gerald L. Timpe,  pp. 741-749
Moorings technology
Chair(s): D. Milburn, NavOceano, MS
The dynamic testing of a collision tolerant pile structure,  Kenneth C. Baldwin, Ken Marien Lt., Jeff Melton, and M. Robinson Swift,  pp. 750-759
Numerical model of mooring with surface buoyancy,  A. Yu. Goldin,  pp. 760-768
Signal processing
Chair(s): A. J. Willis, Univ. of Witwatersrand, S. Africa; M. Bouvet, EPSHOM/CMO, France
Coupled modelling of hydrodynamical parameters in the Greifswalder Bodden,  Thomas Wolf and Gerhard Gayer,  pp. 769-774
Adaptive ocean acoustic processing for a shallow ocean experiment,  J. V. Candy and E. J. Sullivan,  pp. 775-780
Adaptive array gain in a reverberation background,  G. R. Minassian,  pp. 781-786
Communications equalization
Chair(s): M. Stojanovic, Northeastern Univ., MA
Implementation of a multichannel decision feedback equalizer for shallow water acoustic telemetry using a stabilized fast transversal filters algorithm,  Susan M. Jarvis and Nixon A. Pendergrass Dr.,  pp. 787-796
Blind equalization using a radial basis function neural network,  João Gomes and Victor Barroso,  pp. 797-802
Energy source technology
Chair(s): E. Briggs, Southwest Research Institute, TX; G. Ramsay, Eltek, MD
Silver-zinc batteries in marine applications,  L. John Giltner,  pp. 803-808
An analysis of long-range AUV, powered by solar energy,  Mikhail D. Ageev,  pp. 809-813
A modular approach to UUV propulsion using aluminum/oxygen semi-fuel cells,  J. H. Stannard and G. D. Deuchars,  pp. 814-819
Large Li/CFx cell performance,  Timothy Counts,  pp. 820-825
Acoustic target localization
Chair(s): M. Bienvenu, Thomson-Sintra, France; R. Farwell, NRL, MS
Implication of shallow waters for source localization: Time-delays estimation versus matched-field processing,  P. Blanc-Benon,  pp. 826-831
Effects of bearing estimation improvements of non-conventional beamformers on bearings-only tracking,  W. Campbell, S. Stergiopoulos, and John L. Riley,  pp. 832-838
Sequential classification of active sonar returns from systematically distributed objects,  Roger F. Dwyer,  pp. 839-844
Estimating direction of arrival with one-dimensional spectral analysis,  Yanwu Zhang and Yuanliang Ma,  pp. 845-848
Marine education
Chair(s): S. Walker, Gulf Coast Research Lab, MS; L. Harris, Florida Institute Tech., FL
OPERATION PATHFINDER: An introduction to oceanography and coastal processes for elementary and middle school teachers,  Sharon H. Walker, L. Lundie Spence, Allen H. Miller, John A. Tiedemann, Frances Lee Larkin, B. Sharon Meeker, Robert J. Kent, Rachel Salas-Didier, Vicki J. Osis, Leslie R. Sautter, and Howard D. Walters,  pp. 849-862
Model programs for women and girls: Mini-camps for female secondary students,  Sharon H. Walker and Howard D. Walters,  pp. 863-870
Interactive multisensor analysis training,  Sandra K. Wetzel-Smith, Kent Allen, Eleanor Holmes, and Kristin Packer,  pp. 871-876
The ocean engineering design and marine field projects courses at Florida Tech,  Lee E. Harris,  pp. 877-882
Electronic information resources in marine science information centers,  Susan S. Berteaux,  pp. 883-895
Pollution effects
Chair(s): A. Mearns, NOAA, WA
A survey of selected coral and fish assemblages near the Waianae Ocean Outfall, Oahu, Hawaii, 1994,  Anthony R. Russo,  pp. 896-906
Assessment of effects of deep-water, sewage effluent discharge on a near shore, tropical benthic community, Honolulu, Hawaii,  Walter G. Nelson, Julie H. Bailey-Brock, William J. Cooke, and E. Alison Kay,  pp. 907-917
REMOTS® monitoring of dredging, disposal, sand mining, and organic enrichment on the Hong Kong shelf,  Donald C. Rhoads, Raymond Valente, Joseph D. Germano, Brigitte Hilbig, Gregor Hodgson, and Nigel Evans,  pp. 918-924
Marine habitat recovery in the Saguenay Fiord, Canada: The legacy of environmental contamination,  Charles T. Schafer and Flona E. Cole,  pp. 925-940
Polar environments
Chair(s): P. Lau, WA
Measurements of low-frequency transmission loss in the Trans-Arctic Acoustic Propagation experiment,  Alexander N. Gavrilov, Peter N. Mikhalevsky, and Michael Yu Andreyev,  pp. 941-948
Internal waves measurements with distributed temperature sensors near Arctic Ocean continental shelf margin,  Sergey V. Pisarev,  pp. 949-955
The distribution of molecular nitrogen in waters of Okhotsk Sea,  Dafner Evgenii, Obzhirov Anatolii, and Vereshagina Olga,  pp. 956-961
Acoustic reflectivity of Antarctic Sea ice,  Greg Bush, Alec Duncan, John Penrose, and Ian Allison,  p. 962
Error estimation in the acoustic target strength measurement of Antarctic krill,  Timothy Pauly and John Penrose,  p. 963
Signal optimization
Chair(s): A. Bessios, HBOI, FL
Digital two dimensional synthesis and measurement of sea wave spectra using coastal UHF radar,  Nickolai Kolev, Chavdar Alexandrov, and Ancho Draganov,  pp. 964-968
Model-based localization for a shallow ocean experiment,  J. V. Candy and E. J. Sullivan,  pp. 969-974
Seafloor scatter induced angle of arrival errors in swath bathymetry sidescan sonar,  Paul H. Kraeutner and John S. Bird,  pp. 975-980
A multiprocessor architecture for generalized DOA algorithms,  Y. Liang, M. M. Jamali, S. C. Kwatra, and M. Alam,  pp. 981-984
Multibeam sonar systems
Chair(s): C. deMoustier, UCSD Scripps Institution of Oceanography, CA
Shallow water multibeam sonar performance, results from a modern hydrographic survey system,  Joyce E. Miller, J. Scott Ferguson, and John Shannon Byrne,  pp. 985-990
The survey of continental slopes with shallow and deep sea multibeam systems,  H. Tonchia and F. Parthiot,  pp. 991-996
New software for processing sidescan data from sidescan-capable multibeam sonars,  David W. Caress and Dale N. Chayes,  pp. 997-1000
The effect of sound velocity errors on multi-beam sonar depth accuracy,  Donald F. Dinn, Bosko D. Loncarevic, and Gerald Costello,  pp. 1001-1010
Unmanned underwater vehicle control
Chair(s): C. Brancart, Vail Technology Corp., VA; A. Kalvaitis, NOAA, Washington, DC
Control system architecture for an underwater autonomous testbed,  Mark F. Henrickson and John E. Dzielski,  pp. 1011-1018
Comparative experiments in the dynamics and model-based control of marine thrusters,  Louis L. Whitcomb and Dana R. Yoerger,  pp. 1019-1028
A learning control system for unmanned underwater vehicles,  J. Yuh,  pp. 1029-1032
Adaptive control of an autonomous underwater vehicle testbed using neural networks,  J. Guo, F. C. Chiu, and Chieh-Chih Wang,  pp. 1033-1039
Matched field processing/tomography
Chair(s): A. Tolstoy, Integrated Performance Decisions, HI; K. Broadhead, NRL, MS
Depth dependence of the sound intensity in shallow water with the rough bottom and internal waves,  B. G. Katsnelson and S. A. Pereselkov,  pp. 1040-1045
Calculations of time-dependent vertical sound field structure in shallow water based on MFP method,  B. G. Katsnelson, L. G. Kulapin, and V. G. Petnikov,  pp. 1046-1048
The sequential analysis application in the problem of estimation of stochastic channel impulse response,  A. K. Morozov,  pp. 1049-1053
Acoustic inversion of bottom reflectivity and bottom sound speed profile in shallow water,  T. C. Yang and T. Yates,  pp. 1054-1060
Acoustic propagation analysis near the first Central Atlantic convergence area,  B. Faure, S. Bozinoski, P. Gounon, F. Verniol, and F. Vial,  pp. 1061-1064
Shallow water bottom properties via matched field processing,  A. Tolstoy and M. Badiey,  pp. 1065-1070
Matched field detection by active sonar,  G. R. Minassian,  pp. 1071-1072
Marine policy
Chair(s): A. Roach, USN, Washington, DC, USA
Technical assessment of methods for waste isolation on the abyssal seafloor,  Andrew W. Palowitch, J. Michael Hightower, William Richards, Steve Balinski, William Briggs, Tim Foster, David Mauck, and April Marcy,  pp. 1073-1077
Technology transfer strategy of developing countries: The case of deep seabed mining technology in Korea,  Siyoong Yoo,  pp. 1078-1083
Ocean energy
Chair(s): A. Resnick, Oceaneering Tech., MD; J. Vadus, NOAA/NOS, MD
Design considerations for ocean energy resource systems,  Ron Bregman, R. H. Knapp, and P. K. Takahashi,  pp. 1084-1091
Deep water condenser OTEC using carbon dioxide working fluid,  Ambrose F. Manikowski,  pp. 1092-1099
Air conditioning with deep seawater: A cost-effective alternative for West Beach, Oahu, Hawaii,  T. K. Leraand and J. C. Van Ryzin,  pp. 1100-1109
The 210 kW open cycle OTEC experimental apparatus: Status report,  Luis A. Vega,  pp. 1110-1115
Remote sensing/simulation
Chair(s): D. E. Weissman, Hofstra Univ., NY; K. L. Davidson, Naval Postgrad, CA
Simulation of SAR images of the ocean from geophysical and statistical models,  René Garello, Vincent Kerbaol, and Bertrand Chapron,  pp. 1116-1121
Automatic segmentation of oceanic eddies on AVHRR thermal infrared sea surface images,  Hubert Thonet, Bruno Lemonnier, and Roger Delmas,  pp. 1122-1127
Computer simulation of imaging ocean wave fields with a marine radar,  J. Seemann and F. Ziemer,  pp. 1128-1133
Offshore structures
Chair(s): R. Geminder, CINC, CA; M. J. Cowling, Univ. of Glasgow, UK
An experiment to reduce corrosivity in submarine sonar domes by nitrogen injection,  C. J. Sandwith and R. L. Ruedisueli,  pp. 1134-1138
Engineering design of artificial reefs,  Lee E. Harris,  pp. 1139-1148
Earthquakes and marine structures - evaluation and base - isolation concept,  Masaaki Sakuta,  pp. 1149-1156
Underwater imaging
Chair(s): M. Olsson, Deep Sea Power & Light; I. R. MacDonald, TAMU, TX
An update on low-light-level camera technology for underwater applications,  Arthur E. Vigil,  pp. 1157-1167
Evaluation of 8×8 reverse etched avalanche photo diode arrays for oceanographic lidar systems,  D. Allocca, V. M. Contarino, M. F. Squicciarini, and R. I. Billmers,  pp. 1168-1173
Three-dimensional acoustical imaging using micromechanical hydrophones,  Kenneth M. Houston,  pp. 1174-1182
Reduced dimension image compression for remotely distributed underwater signal processing,  David H. Kil and Frances Bongjoo Shin,  pp. 1183-1188
Communications simulation
Chair(s): A. G. Bessios, HBOI, FL
An Eigenpath underwater acoustic communication channel model,  Xueyi Geng and Adam Zielinski,  pp. 1189-1196
Simulation of the equalizer for shallow water acoustic communication,  Young-Hoon Yoon and Adam Zielinski,  pp. 1197-1203
Simulation of communication system for underwater acoustics,  A. Essebbar and E. Vercelloni,  pp. 1204-1207
Underwater robotics
Chair(s): O. Kirsten, Volution, CA; C. Brancart, Vail Technology Corp., VA
Experiments in the coordination of underwater manipulator and vehicle control,  Timothy W. McLain, Stephen M. Rock, and Michael J. Lee,  pp. 1208-1215
Subsea weld inspection using an advanced robotic manipulator,  David Broome, Trevor Larkum, and Martin Hall,  pp. 1216-1224
Instruments in the halfshell
Chair(s): K. R. Hardy, UCSD Scripps Institution of Oceanography, CA
A deep ocean data recovery module,  Peter F. Worcester, Kevin R. Hardy, David Horwitt, and Douglas A. Peckham,  pp. 1225-1231
Spherical glass instrument housings for deep ocean use-their development and application,  Samuel O. Raymond and Gary M. Bernhardt,  pp. 1232-1239
A releasable data capsule for the deep ocean,  Peter R. Foden and Robert Spencer,  pp. 1240-1246
U.S.-Russia cooperative workshop on ocean technology
Chair(s): J. R. Vadus, NOAA/NOS, MD; V. E. Zuev, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
United States/Russia cooperation in ocean science & technology,  Edmond D. Pope and Joseph R. Vadus,  pp. 1247-1250
Remote sensing
Chair(s): R. Rogers, ERIM, MI; D. Hickman, NRL, Washington, DC
Coastal application of scatterometer wind algorithms,  K. L. Davidson, P. A. Frederickson, D. E. Weissman, E. van Halsema, and R. G. Onstott,  pp. 1251-1258
An eigenstructure-based method for near-shore bathymetric measurements,  S. Radhakrishnan Pillai and Andreas Antoniou,  pp. 1259-1262
Scatterometer measurements of ocean surface stress from aircraft and from ERS-1,  David E. Weissman,  pp. 1263-1269
WINDSTAR: A synthetic aperture microwave radiometer to measure winds over the ocean,  D. M. Le Vine,  pp. 1270-1273
Validation of spectral wave model predictions using satellite altimeter data,  Andrew Johnson Jr., Paul D. Farrar, and John Nghiem,  pp. 1274-1276
Underwater acoustic arrays
Chair(s): D. Hugus, NRL, FL; V. T. Timoshenko, Univ. of Radio Eng., Russia
Multisensor active broadband sonar in multipath propagation,  P. Graffoulière and A. Essebbar,  pp. 1277-1280
Space-time array processing: A model-based approach,  E. J. Sullivan and J. V. Candy,  pp. 1281-1286
Array processing in practical noise environments,  A. J. Willis, R. De Mello Koch, and Q. Ren,  pp. 1287-1295
Comparison of acoustic and non-acoustic methods of vertical line array element localization,  W. S. Hodgkiss, D. E. Ensberg, G. L. D'Spain, N. O. Booth, and P. W. Schey,  pp. 1296-1302
An improved method for the design of linear arrays with prescribed nulls,  Dale J. Shpak,  pp. 1303-1310
High-frequency acoustic phase stability measurement system,  Richard Smith, Steve Stanic, and Edgar Kennedy,  pp. 1311-1318
Ropes and tension members I
Chair(s): J. F. Flory, Tension Tech. International, NJ; P. Pala, Naval Fac. Engr. Svc. Ctr., CA
Lifetime studies of synthetic cables subjected to lateral contact loads from sheaves,  Petru Petrina, S. Leigh Phoenix, Frank A. Leban, and Vincent J. Pappas,  pp. 1319-1330
Continued development and testing of reduced snap back rope,  Elizabeth Whitehill and A. Simeon Whitehill,  pp. 1331-1336
Development of a synthetic fiber rope for underway replenishment,  Frank A. Leban and Curt E. Schelle,  pp. 1337-1344
Improvements in potted socket terminations,  John F. Flory, Henry A. McKenna, and Philip T. Gibson,  pp. 1345-1353
Acoustic Doppler current profilers
Chair(s): E. Accerboni, Osservatorio, Geofisico Sperimentale, Italy; G. Appel, NOAA, MD
A new acoustic Doppler current profiler for shallow water,  Ramon Cabrera, Craig Huhta, and Atle Lohrmann,  pp. 1354-1360
A high resolution coherent acoustic Doppler profiler for the measurement of near bed turbulent flow,  Peter J. Hardcastle,  pp. 1361-1366
Tests of two prototype Workhorse ADCP's,  Gerald F. Appell, J. Lee Chapin, and Neil Trenaman,  pp. 1367-1371
The Naval Oceanographic Office's first operational use of trawl-resistant packages housing acoustic Doppler current profilers,  Stephen C. Cumbee and John M. Foley Jr.,  pp. 1372-1380
Real time ADCP current measurement system for the New York harbor area,  Carol A. Coomes,  pp. 1381-1385

VOLUME 3

  Program:Challenges of our changing global environment

Advances in phase coherent acoustic telemetry for shallow water
Chair(s): D. Brady, Northeastern Univ., MA; J. G. Proakis, Northeastern University, MA
Code shift keyed spread spectrum for ocean acoustic telemetry,  James A. Ritcey and Karl R. Griep,  pp. 1386-1391
Reduced complexity adaptive array processing for multi-user communications,  James C. Preisig,  pp. 1392-1396
Capacity calculations for rapidly fading communications channels,  Henry A. Leinhos,  pp. 1397-1404
Reducing the computational requirements of adaptive equalization in underwater acoustic communications,  Mark Johnson, David Brady, and Matt Grund,  pp. 1405-1410
Underwater video compression using the wavelet transform,  David F. Hoag and Vinay K. Ingle,  pp. 1411-1416
Sparse equalization for real-time digital underwater acoustic communications,  Marko Kocic, David Brady, and Milica Stojanovic,  pp. 1417-1422
Unmanned underwater vehicle platforms
Chair(s): G. Williams, Texas A&M Univ., TX; F. Cancilliere, NUWC, RI
The application of a modular AUV to coastal oceanography: Case study on the Ocean Explorer,  Samuel M. Smith, Stanley E. Dunn, Thomas L. Hopkins, K. Heeb, and T. Pantelakis,  pp. 1423-1432
114 untethered UUV dives: Lessons learned,  James M. Walton and Richard W. Uhrich,  pp. 1433-1438
Sea trials of MARTIN - A European survey AUV,  Lars Henriksen, Anders Bjerrum, and Anders Ishoy,  pp. 1439-1445
Optimization of under-constrained control effector allocations,  Brad Deghuee,  pp. 1446-1453
Ocean acoustic tomographic methods
Chair(s): Y. Stephan, French Navy Hydro & Ocean Service, France; J. W. Caruthers, Naval Res. Lab., MS
Tracking and identification of ray acoustic arrivals by means of neural networks,  T. Terre, J. Golenzer, and B. Solaiman,  pp. 1454-1458
1000-km range 2 dimensional ocean acoustic tomography near Japan,  Takao Itoh, Takashi Kamoshida, Tomio Shinke, Naohiro Kimata, Akio Kaya, Hidentoshi Fujimori, Toshiaki Nakamura, and Iwao Nakano,  pp. 1459-1468
Tomographical reconstruction of oceanic inhomogeneities: Part 1--Forming partially coherent acoustic wave structures in the ocean with spatially localized noise sources,  Ivan P. Smirnov, Alexander Khil'ko, and Jerald W. Caruthers,  pp. 1469-1475
Tomographical reconstruction of oceanic inhomogeneities: Part 2--Applications of partially coherent acoustic wave structures to Fresnel diffraction and differential tomography,  Dmitry I. Abrosimov, Alexander I. Khil'ko, and Jerald W. Caruthers,  pp. 1476-1482
Instrumentation for the Acoustic Thermometry of Ocean Climate (ATOC) prototype Pacific Ocean network,  Bruce M. Howe, Stephen G. Anderson, Arthur Baggeroer, John A. Colosi, Kevin R. Hardy, David Horwitt, Frederick W. Karig, Shaun Leach, James A. Mercer, Kurt Metzger Jr., LeRoy O. Olson, Douglas A. Peckham, Donald A. Reddaway, Ronald R. Ryan, Ronald P. Stein, Keith von der Heydt, John D. Watson, Shirley L. Weslander, and Peter F. Worcester,  pp. 1483-1500
Inverting tomographic data with neural nets,  Yann Stephan, Sylvie Thiria, and Fouad Badran,  pp. 1501-1504
International activities
Chair(s): F. El-Hawary, BH Engineering Systems, Canada
Space technology underwater undersea technology at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory,  James R. Edberg,  pp. 1505-1510
First dives of the "MIR" submersibles on new hydrothermal field in the Atlantic,  Anatoly Sagalevitch and Yury Bogdanov,  pp. 1511-1515
Presentation abstract: Oceans 1995: The search and discovery of the I-52,  Paul Tidwell, Ted Brockett, and Tom Dettweiler,  p. 1516
Sea surface environment
Chair(s): F. Caimi, HBOI, FL; G. Canneta, IAN/CNR, Italy
Polarization degradation in the sea surface environment,  A. Khenchaf, F. Daout, and J. Saillard,  pp. 1517-1522
Cross-polarized power returned from a random surface: Application to the rough sea surface,  O. Airiau, A. Khenchaf, F. Daout, and J. Saillard,  pp. 1523-1527
Water current measurements
Chair(s): A. J. Williams, WHOI, MA
Multiplexer design for the BASS rake acoustic transducer array,  Archie T. Morrison III,  pp. 1528-1532
Water quality in a major port monitored by HF ocean surface radar,  Malcolm L. Heron and Arnstein Prytz,  pp. 1533-1538
Ocean diving
Chair(s): O. Orzech, Ocean Science Research, CA
The effects of the underwater environment on perception, cognition and memory,  Jacqueline V. Stanley and Carl Scott,  pp. 1539-1548
DiveTracker: Characteristics and applications of an advanced dive mission control system,  Marco Flagg,  pp. 1549-1556
Ropes & tension members II
Chair(s): J. F. Flory, Tension Technology Int'l., NJ; P. Gibson, Tension Member Tech., CA
Tension-tension fatigue test results for aramid and wire ropes,  A. Simeon Whitehill and Elizabeth C. Whitehill,  pp. 1557-1562
Computer modelling of large, high-performance fiber rope properties,  Stephen J. Banfield and John F. Flory,  pp. 1563-1571
The "Two century plus" history of the constant-tension catenary as applied to tall ship sails, paravane and other tows, oil slick catch booms and some buoy moors,  Norman Dennis,  pp. 1572-1581
Visualization systems I
Chair(s): R. Moorhead, Mississippi State Univ., MS; K. Gaither, Mississippi State Univ., MS
Processing, presentation, and data basing of acoustic imagery,  Stephen Lingsch and Christopher Robinson,  pp. 1582-1591
Virtual world visualization for an autonomous underwater vehicle,  Don Brutzman,  pp. 1592-1600
Trivariate parametric B-splines for visualization of ocean data,  S. T. Tuohy, J. W. Yoon, and N. M. Patrikalakis,  pp. 1601-1608
Evaluating search effectiveness using a combination of modeled and measured data,  David S. Parillo,  pp. 1609-1613
Navigation
Chair(s): D. M. Lane, Heriot-Watt Univ., UK; J. Illgen, Illgen Simulation Tech., CA
Acoustic beacon navigation,  Robert L. Martin,  pp. 1614-1619
The AUV positioning using ranges from one transponder LBL,  Alexander Ph. Scherbatyuk,  pp. 1620-1623
Light emitting diode (LED) red buoy light,  Bruce R. Roberts,  pp. 1624-1630
Aspects of acoustic transponder surveys and acoustic navigation,  Uwe Send, Martin Visbeck, and Gerd Krahmann,  pp. 1631-1642
Multiple unmanned underwater vehicles
Chair(s): M. D. Ageev, Institute of Marine Technology Problems, Russia; A. Healey, Naval Post Grad. School, CA
A generalized vehicle-based control architecture for multiple AUVS,  J. Borges Sousa and F. Lobo Pereira,  pp. 1643-1650
AUV system requirements for coastal oceanography,  F. Lobo Pereira, J. Borges Sousa, C. Gill Martins, and E. Pereira da Silva,  pp. 1651-1658
Sonar signal processing
Chair(s): D. Billon, Thompson Sintra, France; R. Dwyer, NUWC, CT
Near-optimum detection of random signals of unknown location, structure, extent, and strength,  Albert H. Nuttall,  pp. 1659-1664
Some general considerations for synthetic aperture sonar design,  D. Billon and M. A. Pinto,  pp. 1665-1670
Image resolution improvement of underwater synthetic aperture ultrasonic holography by virtual aperture augmentation technique,  Sheng-Wen Cheng and Min-Kang Chao,  pp. 1671-1675
A semi-empirical basis for a modified Lambert's Law for low-grazing bottom backscattering,  Jerald W. Caruthers and Jorge C. Novarini,  pp. 1676-1683
Environmental technology workshop results
Chair(s): J. B. Hughes, Hughes Assoc., CA; M. Altalo, UCSD Scripps Institution of Oceanography, CA
Summary of MTS coastal zone monitoring conference Friday, June 30, 1995, The Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, Calif,  Mary G. Altalo Dr.,  pp. 1684-1685
A regional environmental database
Chair(s): K. Richter, NCCOSC RDT&E Div., CA; J. Largier, UCSD Scripps Institution of Oceanography, CA
A generalized environmental database for San Diego Bay,  Gerald S. Key, Andrew E. Patterson, and Marissa Caballero,  pp. 1686-1690
Contaminant transport measurements in San Diego Bay,  Bart Chadwick, Charles Katz, and John Largier,  pp. 1691-1699
Contaminant flux measurements across the sediment-water interface in San Diego Bay,  J. M. Leather, D. B. Chadwick, and G. H. Koon,  pp. 1700-1713
Computer model simulations of fuel spills near Ballast Point, San Diego Bay,  Don Sutton and Ken Richter,  pp. 1714-1721
Input of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons to San Diego Bay from creosote pier pilings,  Charles N. Katz, D. Bart Chadwick, and Lars Skinner,  pp. 1722-1729
Mixing in the wake of an aircraft carrier,  Mark Hyman, Jim Rohr, Jon Schoonmaker, Toby Ratcliffe, Bart Chadwick, Ken Richter, Scott Jenkins, and Joseph Wasyl,  pp. 1730-1744
Seasonal sediment load, light attenuation and eel grass coverage in San Diego Bay,  Ken Richter, Mitchell Perdue, and Andrew Patterson,  pp. 1745-1750
Comparison of water velocity field data and model predictions in San Diego Bay,  Kenneth Richter, Don Sutton, Laurel Reidy, and Ralph Cheng,  pp. 1751-1755
A regional environmental data center model,  John J. Helly,  pp. 1756-1759
Wave & tide monitoring
Chair(s): J. H. Trageser, InterOcean Systems, CA
A new family of real-time wave & tide instruments,  James H. Trageser,  pp. 1760-1768
An inexpensive wave height sensor for drogued Argos drifters,  Gregory T. Leger and James C. Grant,  pp. 1769-1774
Tide gauge and current meter array of The Royal Australian Navy,  Bohdan Pillich and Stephen M. Pearlman,  pp. 1775-1786
Remote monitoring
Chair(s): O. Diachok, Saclant, Italy; R. Rogers, ERIM, MI
An In-Situ optics system for coastal ocean color monitoring,  K. Davis, R. L. Miller, O. von Zweck, V. G. Sprague Jr., R. Kilroy, and J. Sommers,  pp. 1787-1793
Shipboard data acquisition, processing and analysis: An integrated software approach,  R. L. Miller, K. Davis, O. von Zweck, V. G. Sprague Jr., and J. Sommers,  pp. 1794-1799
Measurement of suspended sediment in the surf-zone,  Jan Schat,  pp. 1800-1804
Seafloor classification
Chair(s): D. True, NCEL, CA
Digital Sediment Charts (DSC) using multibeam sonar data,  Lawrence J. Fusillo and John H. Satriano,  pp. 1805-1813
Sea floor classification by wavelet decomposition of fathometer echoes,  Russell Priebe, Nicholas P. Chotiros, Donald J. Walter, and Douglas N. Lambert,  pp. 1814-1821
An expendable penetrometer for rapid assessment of seafloor parameters,  Tuncay Akal and Robert D. Stoll,  pp. 1822-1826
Bottom classification: Operational results from QTC view,  B. T. Prager, D. A. Caughey, and R. H. Poeckert,  pp. 1827-1835
Modeling and analysis of sonar backscatter intensity for ocean bottom classification,  Stanley Zietz and Craig Elicker,  pp. 1836-1839
Geotechnical investigation using interface waves for determination of shear properties in the upper seafloor,  Svein Arne Frivik and Jens Martin Hovem,  pp. 1840-1845
Evaluation of dropped versus static cone penetrometers at a calcareous cohesive site,  L. Bowman, R. March, P. Orenberg, D. True, and H. Herrmann,  pp. 1846-1858
Image processing
Chair(s): V. Murino, DIBE, Italy; G. Tacconi, Univ. of Genoa, Italy
Image quality improvement of underwater synthetic aperture ultrasonic holography by deconvolution of spatial response of transducers,  Sheng-Wen Cheng and Min-Kang Chao,  pp. 1859-1864
Object recognition by machine vision to enhance scene interpretation in an underwater application,  Alex J. R. Fairweather, A. Greig, and A. Allnutt,  pp. 1865-1870
A maximum entropy approach to filtering and reconstructive imaging of the underwater environment,  Q. S. Ren and A. J. Willis,  pp. 1871-1876
Hybrid approach for accurate echo detection in the formation of acoustic images,  Vittorio Murino and Andrea Trucco,  pp. 1877-1882
Sonar image processing system for an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV),  Xu Wen, Wang Yuling, and Zhu Weiqing,  pp. 1883-1886
Visualization systems II
Chair(s): K. Gaither, Mississippi State Univ., MS; R. Moorhead, Mississippi State Univ., MS
Interactive smooth-motion animation of high resolution ocean circulation calculations,  Aaron Sawdey, Derek Lee, Thomas Ruwart, Paul Woodward, Matthew O'Keefe, and Rainer Bleck,  pp. 1887-1891
REINAS instrumentation and visualization,  Alex Pang and Dan Fernandez,  pp. 1892-1899
A Markov random field approach for restoration of underwater acoustic images,  Vittorio Murino, Enrico Frumento, Flavio Gabino, and Andrea Trucco,  pp. 1900-1906
Visualizing vector information in ocean environments,  Kelly Gaither and Robert J. Moorhead,  pp. 1907-1914
Mapping
Chair(s): G. Dworski, Univ. of Washington, WA
Updates to digital nautical charts and publications,  Kristin Fishburn and Steve Kimos,  pp. 1915-1921
Seafloor spatial representation and bathymetry data quality,  François Parthiot, Pierre Cervenka, and François Ollivier,  pp. 1922-1927
Large vs small scale multibeam mapping in deep areas,  J. Sorribas, M. Farran, M. Canals, and J. I. Díaz,  pp. 1928-1934
Improved real-time video mosaicking of the ocean floor,  Stephen D. Fleischer, Richard L. Marks, Stephen M. Rock, and Michael J. Lee,  pp. 1935-1944
Superimposition of radar images on electronic chart display,  Nickolai Kolev, Chavdar Alexandrov, and Ancho Draganov,  pp. 1945-1948
Dynamic scheme of the ocean acoustic tomography,  Vladimir N. Fokin and Margarita S. Fokina,  pp. 1949-1954
Electronic nautical charting: Role in sustainable development of marine transport operations,  Joseph R. Vadus,  pp. 1955-1967
Remotely operated vehicles
Chair(s): D. Michel, ROV Technologies, LA; J. S. Collins, Univ. of Victoria, Canada
Concept of operations for the NAVOCEANO ORCA vehicle,  Clay C. Whittaker,  pp. 1968-1975
Survey results of ORCA in the Gulf of Mexico,  Maria T. Kalcic, James A. Hammack, Michael M. Harris, and David H. Fabre,  pp. 1976-1984
The navigation system for an expendable fiber cable ROV "UROV",  Satoshi Tsukioka, Taro Aoki, Yoshio Kasutani, Kazuhiro Ryouke, and Toshihiro Nakae,  pp. 1985-1990
The sea trial of "KAIKO", the full ocean depth research ROV,  Masanori Kyo, Eigo Miyazaki, Satoshi Tsukioka, Hiroshi Ochi, Yasutaka Amitani, Toshio Tsuchiya, Taro Aoki, and Shinichi Takagawa,  pp. 1991-1996
Real-time vision-based tracking of submarine-cables for AUV/ROV,  Shigetaka Matsumoto and Yoshihiko Ito,  pp. 1997-2002
ROMEO: A versatile unmanned underwater vehicle for marine research,  Gianmarco Veruggio and Filippo Grassia,  pp. 2003-2007
Long submerged tunnel inspections: The Mantaro headrace tunnel, Central Andes Mountains, Peru,  Bill Sherwood,  pp. 2008-2012
Complex of technical equipment for cleaning and check of status of underwater parts of ship out of dock,  Anatoly I. Kharlamov, V. Shuranov, and S. Shilnikov,  pp. 2013-2015
Acoustic transducers
Chair(s): M. McCollum, NRL, FL
A wide swath parametric 3.5 kHz sub-bottom profiling system,  Anthony Marino,  pp. 2016-2020
A fluid-filled flextensional device for ocean acoustic tomography,  J. Ahmad, D. T. I. Francis, and R. F. W. Coates,  pp. 2021-2026
Adaptation of new transducer materials in the design of a bathymetric multi-beam system,  Al Rougeau, Dehua Huang, Stephen Boucher, and Praveen Kanipakam,  pp. 2027-2031
SonoPanelTM 1-3 piezocomposite hydrophone-actuator panels,  R. Gentilman, D. Fiore, W. Serwatka, H. Pham, B. Pazol, C. Near, and L. Bowen,  pp. 2032-2037
Student posters
An empirical orthogonal function analysis of spring-summer sea surface temperature variability off northern and central California from AVHRR satellite imagery,  Edward M. Armstrong,  pp. 2038-2045
Fusion of multiprobe NDT data for ROV inspection,  Xavier E. Gros, P. Strachan, and D. Lowden,  pp. 2046-2050
High resolution adaptive beamforming for a three dimensional sonar imaging system,  Michael Papazoglou,  pp. 2051-2056
Matched field tracking at laboratory scale,  Joseph M. Riley,  pp. 2057-2060
Induced dichroism excited atomic-line filter at 532.33 nm in potassium vapor for LIDAR,  Guangning Yang, Peter R. Herczfeld, and Richard I. Billmers,  pp. 2061-2064
Design and test of a coding OFDM system on the shallow water acoustic channel,  S. Coatelan and A. Glavieux,  pp. 2065-2070
Global method for the validation of a double radiative transfer model,  Sid-Ahmed Boukabara,  pp. 2071-2075
Characterization of a cylindrical vibrating body in shallow water from partial measurement of its radiated field,  Christophe Rozier and Dominique Lesselier,  pp. 2076-2080
Validation of satellite infrared radiometers and investigation of ocean-atmosphere interaction,  Ian K. Ridley,  pp. 2081-2085
Training two-layer neural network model for tomography data processing,  O. T. Kamenev,  pp. 2086-2087
Fiber-optic distributed measuring network for geophysical information systems,  Oleg Kirichenko,  pp. 2088-2091
Adaptive force control for the ARM manipulator,  Jason Tisdall and David Broome Dr.,  pp. 2092-2096
The first GPS based vessel traffic service system for an American inland waterway,  Maurice J. Moroney Jr., Cam F. Chin, and Stephen C. Hung,  pp. 2097-2103