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VOLUME 1
Program:Where marine science and technology meet
Synthetic aperture process: Active & passive I
Chair(s): Dr. Ferial El-Hawary, BH Engineering systems Ltd., Halifax, NS, Canada
Long range active synthetic aperture sonar results, Enson Chang, David S. Marx, Matthew A. Nelson, Walter D. Gillespie, Angela Putney, L. Kieffer Warman, Ralph E. Chatham, and Bryan N. Barrett, pp. 1-5
On the role of modeling in passive synthetic aperture processing, E. J. Sullivan, pp. 7-9
Acoustic bottom measurements and characterization I
Chair(s): Marian O. Clough, Naval Oceanographic Office, Nautical Charting Branch
Geocoding sidescan sonar data - An inverse problem, John A. Fawcett, pp. 11-15
High resolution analysis of ultra-shallow water acoustic travel time and gain perturbations, G. Salles, A. E. Adams, O. R. Hinton, B. S. Sharif, N. Orr, and C. Tsimenidis, pp. 17-20
Conducting business in OCEANS marketplace
Chair(s): Elizabeth Corbin, Economic Development & Tourism, Honolulu, HI
Massachusetts ocean technology network: A model for marine technology business cooperation, development and growth, Maggie Linskey Merrill, pp. 21-29
Maximizing the internet to improve business and communications in th marine industry, Margo Newcombe and Maggie Linskey Merrill, pp. 31-37
Growth by acquisition: Considerations and lessons learned, John L. Coughlin, pp. 39-43
Undersea cable route planning
Chair(s): Pamela J. Hurst, General Dynamics, Advanced Technology Systems, Whippany, NJ
Use of marine remote sensing data for submarine cable route planning and siting, Payson R. Whitney III, Charles J. Natale Jr., and James P. Nash, pp. 45-54
Oceanexplorer - A web-based tool for cable route planning and design, Mary Baker Wiley, James Case, Roger Wells, and Robert Morton, pp. 55-64
Trends in vehicles: UUVs and AUVs
Chair(s): Dan White, TSC Publishing Corp., Stuart, FL, USA
UUV master plan: A vision for navy UUV development, Barbara Fletcher, pp. 65-71
Object oriented and formal methods for AUV development, Joel Champeau, Philippe Dhaussy, Roderic Moitie, and Armelle Prigent, pp. 73-78
Marine positioning and GPS I
Chair(s): Dr. Patrick Fell, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren, VA
Engineering the world's largest DGPS network, D. B. Wolfe, C. L. Judy, E. J. Haukkala, and D. J. Godfrey, pp. 79-87
Marine positioning: State of technology, Patrick Fell and George A. Maul, pp. 89-91
Measurement technology
Chair(s): Terry Thompson, T. Thompson, Ltd., Lions Bay, BC, Canada
Demonstration test of LBVDS instrumented tow cable in waters south of New England - Initial results, Anthony Ruffa, Jason Bard, and Michael Sundvik, pp. 93-98
Trawl-safe profiler development at SACLANT centre for shallow water environmental assessment and real time modeling, Robert Tyce, Federico de Strobel, Vittorio Grandi, and Lavinio Gualdesi, pp. 99-104
Acoustic provincing of ocean basins, M. D. Mandelberg and L. J. Frizzell-Makowski, pp. 105-108
Ocean monitoring: Ocean chemistry
Chair(s): Kenneth Ferer, Neptune Sciences, Inc., Manassas, VA
A new sampler for monitoring fluid and chemical fluxes in hydrologically active submarine environments, M. Kastner, H. Jannasch, Y. Weinstein, and J. Martin, pp. 109-112
Remotely deployable water sampler, S. A. Ruberg and B. J. Eadie, pp. 113-117
Automation of a mass spectrometer and extraction line for the determination of noble gas isotopes in rocks, R. Singer, J. Curtice, M. Kurz, and D. Lott III, pp. 119-122
U/W comms: Algorithm development & experimental results
Chair(s): Geoff Edelson, Sanders, A Lockheed Martin Company, Nashua, NH
Hypothesis-feedback equalization for direct-sequence spread-spectrum underwater communications, M. Stojanovic and L. Freitag, pp. 123-129
Survey and analysis of underwater acoustic channels for coherent communication in the medium-frequency band, Lee Freitag, Mark Johnson, Milica Stojanovic, Daniel Nagle, and Josko Catipovic, pp. 131-138
AUVs/UUVs: Vehicles I
Chair(s): John Bunce, Neptune Sciences, Inc., Slidell, LA, USA
The development of the AUV -Urashima, K. Tamura, T. Aoki, T. Nakamura, S. Tsukioka, T. Murashima, H. Ochi, H. Nakajoh, T. Ida, and T. Hyakudome, pp. 139-146
New capabilities of the REMUS autonomous underwater vehicle, Mike Purcell, Chris von Alt, Ben Allen, Tom Austin, Ned Forrester, Rob Goldsborough, and Roger Stokey, pp. 147-151
A new autonomous underwater vehicle for imaging research, Chris Roman, Oscar Pizarro, Ryan Eustice, and Hanumant Singh, pp. 153-156
Exhibitor product showcase: ROVs and CTD handling systems
Chair(s): Hugh Murphy, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI
Application of new technologies to the MAX ROVER and mini-MAX 2000 ROVs, Robert Lobecker and Christopher Nicholson, pp. 157-161
Development of the phantom III remotely operated vehicle, Dirk Rosen and Phil Ballou, pp. 163-166
CTD traction winch system and motion compensated crane, Dan J. Cobb, pp. 167-171
AUV/ROV propulsion thrusters, Bert DeWijs, pp. 173-176
Synthetic aperture process: Active & passive II
Chair(s): Edmund Sullivan, Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Newport, RI
Multi-aspect synthetic aperture sonar, J. E. Fernandez and J. T. Christoff, pp. 177-180
Array measurements and characterizations with relative velocity as a parameter, William M. Carey, pp. 181-184
Modal mapping in shallow water using synthetic aperture horizontal arrays, George V. Frisk, Kyle M. Becker, and James A. Doutt, pp. 185-188
Matched image processing for undersampled synthetic aperture sonar, G. S. Edelson, C. J. Gedney, K. D. Rolt, P. A. Abbot, and I. Dyer, pp. 189-194
Acoustic bottom measurments and characterization II
Chair(s): Jon Preston, Quester Tangent Corp., Sidney, BC, Canada
Simultaneous compression and denoising of side scan sonar images using the discrete wavelet transform, R. A. Cunha, M. T. Figueiredo, and C. J. Silvestre, pp. 195-199
A new pitch / yaw stabilized bathymetric survey system, Kenneth C. Kiesel, pp. 201-205
Bathymetric survey using a seabat 8101 multibeam echo sounder mounted in the forward looking direction, R. N. Carpenter, J. D. Harris, and C. R. Foreman, pp. 207-211
A model based system for simultaneously estimating bathymetry and sound speed characteristics - Simulation results, D. B. Cousins and J. H. Miller, pp. 213-219
Marine law and policy
Chair(s): Harry M. Strong, Mitretek Systems, Inc., McLean, VA, USA
International regulation of underwater sound, Elena M. McCarthy, pp. 221-228
Revisions of prospecting regulations for minerals other than oil, gas, and sulphur on the outer continental shelf, Keith L. Meekins, pp. 229-232
Recent developments in oceanographic research vessel law, D. W. Nixon, pp. 233-236
Marine technology as an instrumentality for peace, Robert Abel, pp. 237-240
Undersea cable burial system
Chair(s): Robert Bannon, Bannon International Consulting, East Stroudsburg, PA
A spurting system for shallow water cable burying, Lian Lian and Daoyan Wang, pp. 241-244
Tow/umbilical cable system for deep venture I cable burial plow, Jeffrey P. Kurt, Mark Lambert, Joel McClurkin, and Toby Selcer, pp. 245-248
Raytheon's integrated systems for UPLOW a cable burial system, Raymond A. Ballweg, pp. 249-265
New advances in jet-assisted plowing for the undersea cable construction industry, James H. Kober, Frank D. Messina, and Donald Dean, pp. 267-275
Mine Warfare: Detection and classification
Chair(s): Dr. Douglas Todoroff, Office of Naval Research, Arlington, VA
Computer aided detection/computer aided classification and data fusion algorithms for automated detection and classification of underwater mines, Charles M. Ciany and Jim Huang, pp. 277-284
Mine classification based on raw sonar data: An approach combining fourier descriptors, statistical models and genetic algorithms, I. Quidu, J. Ph. Malkasse, G. Burel, and P. Vilbé, pp. 285-290
Mine classification using a hybrid set of descriptors, I. Quidu, J. Ph. Malkasse, G. Burel, and P. Vilbé, pp. 291-297
Marine positioning and GPS II
Chair(s): Dr. Patrick Fell, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren, VA
An integrated approach to electronic navigation, Peter T. Shaw and William Pettus, pp. 299-308
High quality heave measurements based on GPS RTK and accelerometer technology, John-Morten Godhavn, pp. 309-314
Laboratory and field evaluation of precise lightweight GPS receiver (PLGR+95 & PLGR+96) accuracy, Louis A. Fatale, D. C. Oimoen, J. R. Ackeret, and J. A. Messmore, pp. 315-321
Sonar potpourri: Some very interesting papers
Chair(s): Richard L. Crout, Naval Meterorology and Oceanography Command, Stennis Space Center, MS
Results of synthetic aperture sonar experiments, M. Neudorfer, J. Kosalos, and R. Bonneau, pp. 323-330
Detecting ripple patterns in mission videos, Adriana Olmos, Manuel Trucco, Katia Lebart, and Dave Lane, pp. 331-336
Obstacle detection by a forward looking sonar integrated in an autonomous underwater vehicle, Antoine Martin, E. An, K. Nelson, and S. Smith, pp. 337-341
Ocean monitoring: Ocean profiles
Chair(s): Kenneth Ferer, Neptune Sciences, Inc., Manassas, VA
Elevators--Autonomous transporters for deepsea benthic sample recovery, M. F. Bowen, P. J. Bernard, D. E. Gleason, and L. L. Whitcomb, pp. 343-348
Web-centric instrumentation: Controlling and monitoring a vertical profiler using a WWW browser, Roger P. Stokey, pp. 349-352
The McLane moored profiler: An autonomous platform for oceanographic measurements, Archie T. Morrison III, John D. Billings, and Kenneth W. Doherty, pp. 353-358
A comparison of LADCP and CTD performance on a slide-down-wire frame versus a standard CTD frame, Daniel J. Torres, Robert C. Millard, H. Marshall Swartz, and John M. Toole, pp. 359-366
An automated method of processing data from profiling floats, E. T. Montgomery and R. W. Schmitt, pp. 367-370
U/W comms: Doppler impact and compensation
Chair(s): Dr. Josko Catipovic, NUWC, Newport, RI
Closed loop doppler tracking and compensation for non-stationary underwater platforms, B. S. Sharif, J. Neasham, O. R. Hinton, A. E. Adams, and J. Davies, pp. 371-375
Wideband acoustic communications dispelling narrowband myths, J. J. Davies, S. A. Pointer, and S. M. Dunn, pp. 377-384
A real-time high data rate acoustic communications receiver demonstration system, Shaun M. Dunn, Jonathan J. Davies, and Stephen A. Pointer, pp. 385-390
AUVs/UUVs: Vehicles II
Chair(s): Bruce C. Gilman, Sonsub International, Inc., Houston, TX
AUV commercialization - Who's leading the pack?, Robert L. Wernli, pp. 391-395
RAO: A low-cost AUV for testing, Gabriel Oliver, Daniel Avià, Miquel de Diego, Alberto Ortiz, and Julian Proenza, pp. 397-401
Evolution of the Autonomous Surface Craft autocat , Justin E. Manley, Aaron Marsh, Whitney Cornforth, and Colette Wiseman, pp. 403-408
Robotic ocean vehicles for marine science applications: The European ASIMOV project, António Pascoal, Paulo Oliveira, Carlos Silvestre, Luis Sebastião, Manuel Rufino, Victor Barroso, João Gomes, Gerard Ayela, Pascal Coince, Marcus Cardew, Anne Ryan, Hugh Braithwaite, Nicholas Cardew, Jonathan Trepte, Nicolas Seube, J. Champeau, P. Dhaussy, V. Sauce, R. Moitié, Ricardo Santos, Frederico Cardigos, Marc Brussieux, and Paul Dando, pp. 409-415
Exhibitor product showcase: Communication systems
Chair(s): John L. Coughlin, President & CEO, Benthos, Inc.
Wireline quality underwater wireless communication using high speed acoustic modems, Xiaolong Yu, pp. 417-422
Matched field applications in sonar processing I
Chair(s): Alex Tolstoy, Atolstoy Sciences, Annadale, VA
Geoacoustic inversion and appraisal, Stan Dosso, pp. 423-428
A long-lead forecast model for the prediction of shelf water oscillations along the caribbean coast of the island of Puerto Rico, Marvi Teixeira and Jorge Capella, pp. 429-437
Experimental results for matched-field processing with a small-aperture mid-frequency array, Seth B. Suppappola and Brian F. Harrison, pp. 439-446
Environmental acoustics: Transmission, noise and scattering I
Chair(s): Dr. Judith Bishop, NUWC, Newport, RI
A frequency-domain approach to simulating ambient noise fields, Andrew L. Rosenfeld, Daniel L. Hutt, and Paul C. Hines, pp. 447-452
Oceanic low frequency ambient noise, William M. Carey, pp. 453-458
Partnership for ocean monitoring
Chair(s): C. Reid Nichols, Marine Information Resources Corp., Ellicott City, MD
MYSound -- A partnership for monitoring long island sound water quality and dynamics, W. Frank Bohlen, Mary M. Howard-Strobel, David Cohen, Peter Tebeau, and Martha Murphy, pp. 459-464
IRL: An Interactive Real-time Logging system for ROVs, S. Kim Juniper, John F. Garrett, Keith Shepherd, Keith Tamburri, and Kim Wallace, pp. 465-473
A LEAG of their own - A partnership for the Mississippi River-Gulf of Mexico system, Larry Warrenfeltz, John McLachlan, Douglas Meffert, and R. George Rey, pp. 475-478
Underwater fiber optic systems
Chair(s): Steven L. Hannuksela, NAVSEA, Naval Sea Systems Command, Arlington, VA
Trends in undersea fiber optic systems, Pamela J. Hurst and William D. Miller, pp. 479-488
Remotely operated vehicles evolution for maintenance and repair of fiber optic systems, Robert T. Bannon, pp. 489-496
Optimized image sequence analysis for real-time underwater cable tracking, Miquel Simó, Alberto Ortiz, and Gabriel Oliver, pp. 497-504
Advancements in ROV and trenching technology, Susanna Dona, pp. 505-508
Ocean pollution
Chair(s): James Barbera, Rockville, MD
Developing methods for assessing contaminant bioavailability on a coral atoll, Daniel J. Sheehy, pp. 509-515
Source investigation of non-rain induced freshwater inputs to the San Pedro Shelf, California, George Robertson, Don Maurer, Michael Mengel, Fred O'Brien, Hai Nguyen, and Charles McGee, pp. 517-526
Very large ocean platforms
Chair(s): Jerry Boatman, Naval Meterology and Oceanography Command, Stennis Space Center, MS
Hydro-elastic response reduction system of a very large floating structure with wave energy absorption devices, Hisaaki Maeda, Yukihisa Washio, Hiroyuki Osawa, Chang-Kyu Rheem, Tomoki Ikoma, Yasushi Onishi, and Mamoru Arita, pp. 527-531
Slowly varying wave drifting force on a very large floating structure in short crested waves, Tomoki Ikoma, Hisaaki Maeda, and Chang-Kyu Rheem, pp. 533-539
Hydroelastic response of mat-type VLFS: Effects of non-zero draft and mass assumptions, Jang Whan Kim and R. Cengiz Ertekin, pp. 541-547
Water current measurements: Surface current by radar and drifters
Chair(s): Albert J. Williams III, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA
Determination of the sea surface current field from the doppler shift of the coherent radar backscatter with grazing incidence, Helge Hatten, Jörg Seemann, Alexander Bezuglov, Vladimir Veremjev, and Friedwart Ziemer, pp. 549-553
Coastal surface-current mapping to 200 km with long-range seasondes, D. E. Barrick, P. M. Lilleboe, B. J. Lipa, and L. A. Pederson, pp. 555-558
Use of GPS drifters for measurement of near surface currents in a wide strait, D. J. Stucchi and R. E. Thomson, pp. 559-564
Ocean Monitoring: Data communications
Chair(s): Dr. George Frisk, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA
System design aspects of a steerable directional acoustic communications transducer for autonomous undersea systems, N. Fruehauf and J. A. Rice, pp. 565-573
Real-time delivery of subsurface coastal circulation measurements from distributed instruments using networked acoustic modems, D. L. Codiga, J. A. Rice, and P. S. Bogden, pp. 575-582
NeMONet: A near real-time deep ocean observatory, S. E. Stalin, H. B. Milburn, and C. Meinig, pp. 583-587
Very low bit rate video compression for acoustic transmission of subsea images of hydrothermal vents, Jorge Barbosa and Victor Barroso, pp. 589-594
U/W comms: Non-coherent sampling
Chair(s): James Preisig, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA
SignalEx: Linking environmental acoustics with the signaling schemes, Michael B. Porter, Vincent K. McDonald, Paul A. Baxley, and Joseph A. Rice, pp. 595-600
Improved chirp FSK modem for high reliability communications in shallow water, Lester R. LeBlanc, Matthew Singer, Pierre-Philippe Beaujean, Cecile Boubli, and Jochen R. Alleyne, pp. 601-603
AUVs/UUVs: Sensors
Chair(s): Jim Allan, Kongsberg Simrad
In-situ chemical analysis using mass spectrometry on unmanned underwater vehicles, R. T. Short, D. P. Fries, M. L. Kerr, and R. H. Byrne, pp. 605-609
AUV acoustic payload integration, William H. Key, pp. 611-615
Sensor development: Progress towards systems for AUVs/UUVs MTS Oceans 2000, Lawrence C. Langebrake, Scott A. Samson, Eric A. Kaltenbacher, Eric T. Steimle, James T. Patten, Chad E. Lembke, Robert H. Byrne, and Kendall Carder, pp. 617-621
Exhibitor product showcase: Sensor systems
Chair(s): Richard M. Butler, Jr., Aanderaa Instruments A/S, So. Attleboro, MA
New non-external field inductive conductivity sensor (NXIC) for long term deployments in biologically active regions, Alan J. Fougere, pp. 623-630
A novel fiber-optic sensor for the long-term, autonomous measurement of pCO2in seawater, Stephany I. Rubin and H. Ping Wu, pp. 631-639
The growth in towed undulating vehicles for oceanographic data gathering, Richard Burt, pp. 641-645
Matched field applications in sonar processing II
Chair(s): Edmund Sullivan, Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Newport, RI
Fast matching methods for inversion with underwater sound, Zoi-Heleni Michalopoulou, Xiaoqun Ma, Michele Picarelli, and Urmi Ghosh-Dastidar, pp. 647-651
Matchless field processing in shallow water, G. L. D'Spain, W. A. Kuperman, and J. J. Murray, pp. 653-660
Underwater archaeology
Chair(s): Dr. Jim Lynch, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA
Design and implementation of advanced underwater imaging systems for deep sea marine archaeological surveys, Dwight F. Coleman, James B. Newman, and Robert D. Ballard, pp. 661-665
Use of automated seabed photomosaicing in forensic analysis of the RMS TITANIC disaster, Paul K. Matthias and Richard F. Silloway, pp. 667-671
A marine forensic analysis of the RMS TITANIC, William H. Garzke Jr., Timothy Foecke, Paul Matthias, and David Wood, pp. 673-690
Marine archaeology and protection of heritage in deeper water - Consequences for future offshore construction projects, Fredrik Søreide and Marek E. Jasinski, pp. 691-698
Partnership to advance technology
Chair(s): Martin Klein
Building and sustaining marine technology partnerships, C. R. Nichols, pp. 699-703
The NOAA/UNH joint hydrographic center and the UNH center for coastal and ocean mapping: An educational and research partnership of the federal government, the University of New Hampshire and Ocean industry, A. A. Armstrong and L. Mayer, pp. 705-709
The outsourcing of hydrographic survey by NOAA: An industry perspective of a partnership in the making for the new millennium, Rod E. Evans, Steven A. Lemke, Robert W. Morton, and Walter S. Simmons, pp. 711-717
Detection, localization, and tracking I
Chair(s): Robert Bannon, Bannon International Consulting, East Stroudsburg, PA
Automated multibeam data cleaning and target detection, C. B. Lirakis and K. P. Bongiovanni, pp. 719-723
Real-time localization of multiple acoustic transponders using a towed interrogation transducer, John Osler and Jeffrey Beer, pp. 725-732
VOLUME 2
Program:Where marine science and technology meet
Weapons: Virtual training and water scouring;and underwater connectors
Chair(s): Tom Coughlin, Vector Cable Co., Sugarland, TX
Virtual training for live fire naval gunfire support, Dale L. Paquette and Linda M. Gouveia, pp. 733-737
Challenges facing developers of systems for water impact scoring of advanced weapons, George T. Shoemaker, pp. 739-743
Contact free high-pressure bulk head connector for power and data transmission via magnetic field for deep-sea instrument launchers, Peter Diekmann, pp. 745-748
Oceanographic research vessels I
Chair(s): John F. Bash, University of Rhode Island, Sanderstown, RI
Designing tomorrows research vessel, John F. Bash and Mathew Hawkins, pp. 749-753
Design synthesis modeling as a tool for research vessel design, S. Balasubramanian and M. V. Barlin, pp. 755-761
Towards true zero-emission vehicles in a single step: Air pollution and greenhouse gas reductions through hydrogen fueled ships with carbon management, J. J. Corbett, D. W. Keith, and A. Farrell, pp. 763-768
Acoustic modem unit, Edward Hobart, Geoff Allsup, David Hosom, and Tom Baldasarre, pp. 769-772
Water current measurements: Acoustic current profilers
Chair(s): Albert J. Williams III, Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst., Woods Hole, MA, USA
IOA-1 multi-function acoustic doppler current profiler (MADCP), Weiqing Zhu, Feng Pan, Min Zhu, Yuling Wang, Changhong Wang, Xiangjun Zhang, and Zhonglai Zhou, pp. 773-776
IOA-1 acoustic correlation current profiler (ACCP), Weiqing Zhu, Changhong Wang, Ping He, Feng Pan, Yong Huang, and Min Zhu, pp. 777-779
Observations of waves and currents near the surf zone, Jerome A. Smith, pp. 781-785
Ocean monitoring: Density currents and hydroacoustic measurements
Chair(s): Kenneth Ferer, Neptune Sciences, Inc., Manassas, VA
A study on the entrainment with density current generator, Kazuyuki Ouchi and Toshio Yamatogi, pp. 787-790
Expendable optical density profilers started from intelligent multiple shot launcher on the deep sea bottom with storage capabilities over several years, Karl-H. Mahrt and Abolfath Hosseinioun, pp. 791-796
Installation of new stations in the hydroacoustic monitoring network for the comprehensive nuclear-test-ban treaty, Marta Galindo and John Newton, pp. 797-802
U/W comms: Decision feedback equalization (DFE)--Performance/experimental results I
Chair(s): Lee Freitag, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, Woods Hole, MA
Performance limitations of joint adaptive channel equalizer and phase locking loop in random oceans: Initial test with data, T. C. Yang and A. Al-Kurd, pp. 803-808
Performance comparison of several contemporary equalizer structures applied to selected field test data, F. A. Blackmon and W. Canto, pp. 809-816
Block-adaptive decision feedback equalization with integral error correction for underwater acoustic communications, Henry A. Leinhos, pp. 817-822
AUVs/UUVs: Control/algorithms I
Chair(s): Mack D. Obrien, Jr., Draper Laboratory, Cambridge, MA
The supervisory control of ARAMIS, a system for robotic inspection of sediments, Riccardo Schiavon, Roberto Finotello, and Toni Terribile, pp. 823-828
Automatic design and optimization of fuzzy logic controllers for an autonomous underwater vehicle, Feijun Song and Samuel M. Smith, pp. 829-834
Design of sliding mode fuzzy controllers for an autonomous underwater vehicle without system model, Feijun Song and Samuel M. Smith, pp. 835-840
Exhibitor product showcase: Sampling systems
Chair(s): Maggie Linskey Merrill, Massachusetts Ocean Technology Network, Hingham, MA
The McLane Zooplankton Sampler: An autonomous, time-series, zooplankton sampling instrument, Archie T. Morrison III, John D. Billings, and Kenneth W. Doherty, pp. 841-845
The McLane WTS-LV: A large volume, high accuracy, oceanographic sampling pump, Archie T. Morrison III, John D. Billings, and Kenneth W. Doherty, pp. 847-852
The NAS-2E in-situ nutrient analyzer: A device for the reliable measurement of nutrient concentrations in the aquatic environment, Mark Rawlinson, pp. 853-857
Matched field applications in sonar processing III
Chair(s): Alex Tolstoy, Atolstoy Sciences, Annadale, VA
Observation of dispersion and azimuthal dependence of broadband acoustic signals in shallow water, Mohsen Badiey, Yongke Mu, James F. Lynch, Stephen N. Wolf, and Gareth M. Houk, pp. 859-864
Single sensor source localization in a range-dependent environment, S. M. Jesus, M. B. Porter, Y. Stéphan, E. Coelho, O. C. Rodríguez, and X. Démoulin, pp. 865-868
Automated matched-field tracking in shallow water 2000 IEEE international symposium, Paul A. Baxley and Randall Brannan, pp. 869-875
Environmental acoustics: Models and simulations I
Chair(s): Dr. George Frisk, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA
Challenges in environmental acoustics, Paul C. Etter, pp. 877-885
Characterization of coastal environments for acoustic models, Michael L. Incze, pp. 887-904
Simulating an autonomous oceanographic sampling network: A multi-fidelity approach to simulating systems of systems, Roy M. Turner and Elise H. Turner, pp. 905-911
Visualization and virtual training
Chair(s): Marian O. Clough, Naval Oceanographic Office, Nautical Charting Branch
Interactive 3-D visualization: A tool for seafloor navigation, exploration and engineering, Larry A. Mayer, Mark Paton, Lindsay Gee, James V. Gardner, and Colin Ware, pp. 913-919
"EZ-Gram" sonar display tools: Applying interactive data visualization and analysis to undersea environments, R. J. Barton III, R. J. Rowland, and L. Miguel Encarnação, pp. 921-925
Flume simulation of water surface profiles using a general software package, Rui Capitão and Manuel Mendes de Carvalho, pp. 927-933
Detection, localization, and tracking II
Chair(s): James V. Candy, University of California, Livermore, CA
PARADIGM: A buoy-based system for AUV navigation and tracking, Thomas C. Austin, Roger P. Stokey, and Kenneth M. Sharp, pp. 935-938
ROVs: Technology
Chair(s): Mark Burgett, Tension Member Technology
Subaquatic inspections of EDF (Electricité de France) dams, M. Poupart, P. Bénéfice, and M. Plutarque, pp. 939-942
Deployment of the deep sea ROV VICTOR 6000 from board the German research icebreaker POLARSTERN in polar regions, Marc Nokin, Thomas Soltwedel, and Michael Klages, pp. 943-947
Oceanographic Research Vessels II
Chair(s): David McCarren, University of Delaware, Robinson Hall, Newark, DE, USA
What does the "multi" in multi-mission mean? Evolution of the T-AGS 60 class oceanographic survey ships, A. Edward Gent, pp. 949-955
USCGC HEALY: An icebreaking research vessel, Jonathan Berkson and George DuPree, pp. 957-960
HMS SCOTT -- United Kingdom ocean survey ship, Frederick Pappalardi, Steven J. Dunham, and Martin E. Leblang, pp. 961-967
Water current measurements: Point current measurements & intercomparisons
Chair(s): Marinna Martini, US Geological Survey, Branch of Atlantic Marine Geology, Falmouth, MA, USA
Inter-comparison and evaluation of a single-point, acoustic doppler current sensor mounted on a TABS II spar buoy, J. N. Walpert, N. L. Guinasso Jr., L. L. Lee III, and F. J. Kelly, pp. 969-974
Power, packaging, and multiplexing considerations in an acoustic travel-time current meter, Albert J. Williams III, pp. 975-980
Ocean monitoring: Turbulence measurements
Chair(s): Hugh Murphy, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI
A pitot sensor for measuring near-surface turbulence, F. T. Thwaites, E. A. Terray, and T. de Crisnay, pp. 981-986
Stereo vision for noninvasive dynamic measurements of the scour process around a circular cylinder in an oscillating flow, S. Baglio, C. Faraci, E. Foti, and R. Musumeci, pp. 987-992
Attempt to achieve simple measurements of water motion in shallow areas, Yasuo Furushima, Teruhisa Komatsu, and Mineo Okamoto, pp. 993-997
Bearing estimation error analysis using laser acoustic sensor measurements on a hydrodynamic surface, L. T. Antonelli and I. P. Kirsteins, pp. 999-1004
U/W comms: Decision feedback equalization (DFE)--Performance/experimental results II
Chair(s): Lee Freitag, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA
Low frequency phase coherent communications in the Sicily Strait, T. C. Yang and M. Siderius, pp. 1005-1009
AUVs/UUVs: Control/algorithms II
Chair(s): A. J. Healey, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA
Current developments in underwater vehicle control and navigation: The NPS ARIES AUV, David B. Marco and Anthony J. Healey, pp. 1011-1016
Shallow water stationkeeping of an autonomous underwater vehicle: The experimental results of a disturbance compensation controller, J. S. Riedel, pp. 1017-1024
High resolution broadband beamforming based on the MVDR method, Byung-Chul Kim and I-Tai Lu, pp. 1025-1028
Exhibitor product showcase: Atlas STN
Chair(s): Margo Newcombe, MLN Marketing, Forestdale, MA
Side scan sonar technology, William H. Key, pp. 1029-1033
Odom's new CS2000 correlation sonar extends the range of the MKII ECHOTRAC echo sounder to 11,000 meters, A. P. Rougeau, pp. 1035-1036
Sonar performance
Chair(s): Stephen M. Holt, Mitretek Systems, Inc., McLean, VA
Optimization of the frequency range for detection of acoustic signals in the Adriatic Sea, Dario Matika, Zoran Vukic, and Dean Pavlekovic, pp. 1037-1042
Detection in presence of reverberation, G. Ginolhac and G. Jourdain, pp. 1043-1046
A non-fluctuating target model for McDaniel's reverberation, Douglas A. Abraham and Ming Gu, pp. 1047-1051
Quadratic phase coupling analysis of passive sonar data using biphase techniques, L. Persson, R. K. Lennartsson, J. W. C. Robinson, and S. McLaughlin, pp. 1053-1057
Data driven underwater transient detection based on time-frequency distributions, Paulo M. Oliveira and Victor Barroso, pp. 1059-1063
Environmental acoustics: Models & simulations II
Chair(s): Sergio Jesus, UCEH-University of Algrave, Faro, Portugal
An introduction to GRAB eigenrays and CASS reverberation and signal excess, Ruth Eta Keenan, pp. 1065-1070
CASS roots, Henry Weinberg, pp. 1071-1076
The low frequency radiation and scattering of sound from bubble clouds, William M. Carey and Ronald A. Roy, pp. 1077-1084
Education
Chair(s): Sharon H. Walker, J. L. Scott Marine Education Center and Acquarium (MEC&A) and MS-AL Sea Grant Consortium (MASGC), Ocean Springs, MS
An evolution of an information technology architecture for oceanography, John A. Lever, Landry J. Bernard III, Iris Moore, William J. Moseley, and Robert J. Starek, pp. 1085-1090
Incorporating oceanographic data into a marine science curriculum, Michael A. Alfultis, Linda M. Huzzey, and Sean R. Schenk, pp. 1091-1092
Ocean engineering at Cal Poly Pomona, Yi Cheng and Sam Kelly, pp. 1093-1096
Mooring and buoy technology
Chair(s): Walter Paul, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA
ULTRAMOOR: A 5-year current meter mooring, Daniel E. Frye, Donald B. Peters, Nelson G. Hogg, and Carl Wunsch, pp. 1097-1102
An advanced buoy with high-volume, two-way LEO satellite communications, Jeffrey N. Shaumeyer and John M. Borden, pp. 1103-1108
Advances in buoy technology for navigation, meteorology and oceanography, Thomas Vandall, pp. 1109-1114
ROVs: Instrumentation I
Chair(s): James R. McFarlane, International Submarine Engineering, Ltd., Port Coquitlam, BC, Canada
Search for the Japanese H-II Rocket Flight No. 8, Hiroyasu Momma, Masayuki Watanabe, Kyohiko Mitsuzawa, Kunioki Danno, and Masahiko Ida, pp. 1115-1120
Numerical optimization of a cage-mounted passive heave compensation system, Frederick R. Driscoll, Brad Buckham, and Meyer Nahon, pp. 1121-1127
Validation of a finite element model for slack ROV tethers, B. Buckham, M. Nahon, and G. Côté, pp. 1129-1136
Oceanographic research vessels III
Chair(s): John F. Bash, University of Rhode Island, Sanderstown, RI
Rudder roll damping system for ships using fuzzy logic control, Samir Nejim, pp. 1137-1143
External magnetic characterization of marine vehicles, Alexander V. Kildishev and John A. Nyenhuis, pp. 1145-1147
Measurement of the parameters of the mains of the oceanographic vessel Hesperides, A. Mànuel, E. Trullols, G. Olivar, M. Moreno, and P. Rodriguez, pp. 1149-1152
Real-time data transmission between research vessel and shore command center, Elizabeth L. Creed and Scott M. Glenn, pp. 1153-1157
Waves & sea level: Measures and observations and measurement techniques
Chair(s): Michael Ingram, Avidyne Corp., Charleston, MA
Results from recent GPS tides projects, Brian F. Shannon and James R. Hubbard, pp. 1159-1174
Measurement of directional wave spectrum with a modular acoustic velocity sensor, Albert J. Williams III and Eugene A. Terray, pp. 1175-1180
Waves & sea level: Measures and observations and measurement techniques
Chair(s): Michael Ingram, Avidyne Corp., Charleston, MA
Evaluation of wave measurements with an acoustic doppler current profiler, K. Røerbæk and H. Andersen, pp. 1181-1187
Waves & sea level: Measures and observations and measurement techniques
Chair(s): Michael Ingram, Avidyne Corp., Charleston, MA
Internal wave observations off Punta Tuna, Puerto Rico, John A. Fornshell and Providence M. Spina, pp. 1189-1193
The performance of ADCP-derived directional wave spectra and comparison with other independent measurements, B. Strong, B. Brumley, E. A. Terray, and Gregory W. Stone, pp. 1195-1203
Ocean monitoring: Benthic data processing
Chair(s): Marinna Martini, US Geological Survey, Branch of Atlantic Marine Geology, Falmouth, MA
A case for enhancing survey data collection at the naval oceanographic office through expert system technology, William J. Moseley, pp. 1205-1209
TracEd: A remote acoustic seafloor characterization system for use with vertical incidence echosounders, S. J. Dijkstra and L. A. Mayer, pp. 1211-1217
A data compression and sampling methodology for ocean observing systems, Daniel Davis, pp. 1219-1225
Broadband seismometry beneath the seafloor, F. B. Wooding, K. R. Peal, and J. A. Collins, pp. 1227-1231
U/W comms: Spread spectrum and waveform selection
Chair(s): Dale Green, Benthos, Falmouth, MA
Spread-spectrum based adaptive array receiver algorithms for the shallow-water acoustic channel, C. C. Tsimenidis, O. R. Hinton, B. S. Sharif, and A. E. Adams, pp. 1233-1237
Performance analysis of DS/SS system according to the loop gain under the Nakagami-m fading channel, Moon-Kee Jang and Jin-Soo Park, pp. 1239-1242
Towards robust adaptive acoustic communications, A. Benson, J. Proakis, and M. Stojanovic, pp. 1243-1249
Parameter study of OFDM underwater communications system, Byung-Chul Kim and I-Tai Lu, pp. 1251-1255
AUVs/UUVs: Control/algorithms III
Chair(s): Joel Parry, Draper Laboratory, Cambridge, MA
Application of 2 1/2 D visual servoing to underwater vehicle station-keeping, J.-F. Lots, D. M. Lane, and E. Trucco, pp. 1257-1264
Intelligent autonomy for the manta test vehicle, M. Ricard and M. Keegan, pp. 1265-1271
Adaptive calibration of an autonomous underwater vehicle navigation system, Christopher M. DeAngelis and James E. Whitney, pp. 1273-1275
Exhibitor product showcase: Acoustic systems
Chair(s): Steve Withrow, Trinity International Consultants
Bottom classification in very shallow water by high-speed data acquisition, J. M. Preston and W. T. Collins, pp. 1277-1282
DIGIBAR-PRO -- A new hand-held, interactive velocimeter, A. P. Rougeau, pp. 1283-1285
A preamplified, steerable, multichannel line array hydrophone: ITC-8255, Ender Kuntsal, pp. 1287-1288
Transducers & arrays: Transducers I
Chair(s): Kirk Jenne, NUWC, Newport, RI
Multimode directional telesonar transducer, A. L. Butler, J. L. Butler, W. L. Dalton, and J. A. Rice, pp. 1289-1292
Accuracy issues on the calculation of efficiency for piezoelectric underwater transducers, Ender Kuntsal, pp. 1293-1297
A new Navy calibration standard transducer using 1-3 piezocomposite, Kim C. Benjamin and Sheridan Petrie, pp. 1299-1304
Sonar array processing I
Chair(s): James V. Candy, University of California, Livermore, CA
Approximate CFAR signal detection in strong low rank non-gaussian interference, Ivars P. Kirsteins and Muralidhar Rangaswamy, pp. 1305-1308
Broadband measures of performance for active sonars, Michael E. Huster and David Fish, pp. 1309-1314
Space time adaptive processing for low frequency sonar, Karine Mio, Yves Chocheyras, and Yves Doisy, pp. 1315-1319
Sea surface measurements I
Chair(s): Dr. Stanley G. Chamberlain, Raytheon Electronics Systems, Tewksbury, MA
Mapping of mesoscale wind fields using RADARSAT-1 ScanSAR images, Jochen Horstmann, Wolfgang Koch, Susanne Lehner, and Rasmus Tonboe, pp. 1321-1327
Nautical X-band radar image processing: Monitoring of morphodynamic processes in coastal waters, Jörg Seemann, Christian M. Senet, Ulrike Wolff, and Friedwart Ziemer, pp. 1329-1335
Non-acoustic imaging I
Chair(s): Dr. Richard Nadolink, NUWC, Newport, RI
Real-time automatic sea-floor change detection from video, K. Lebart, E. Trucco, and D. M. Lane, pp. 1337-1343
Developing a real-time, robust, video tracker, K. Plakas and E. Trucco, pp. 1345-1352
Simulation of the deep sea mosaicking process, Jonathan C. Howland and Hanumant Singh, pp. 1353-1357
ROVs: Instrumentation II
Chair(s): Joel Parry, Draper Laboratory, Cambridge, MA
ARAMIS CSDACS design, development and integration with Romeo, M. Caccia, R. Bono, Ga. Bruzzone, Gi. Bruzzone, P. Coletta, E. Spirandelli, and G. Veruggio, pp. 1359-1364
A computer interface for controlling the ROV mission in scientific survey, Daniele Maffei, Bruno Papalia, Giorgio Allasia, and Fabio Bagnoli, pp. 1365-1370
Diving
Chair(s): William C. Phoel, 35 Freeman court, Toms River, NJ, USA
Diver heating using hydrogen catalytic reactions, M. L. Nuckols, Kirk VanZandt, and W. S. Finlayson, pp. 1371-1374
Maximizing thermal performance of divers' gloves by use of insulating liquids, J. A. Henkener and M. L. Nuckols, pp. 1375-1381
Basic coral distribution data for long term monitoring at Sekisei Lagoon, Mineo Okamoto, Takao Sato, and Susumu Morita, pp. 1383-1387
Fundamental study to estimate fish biomass around coral reef using 3-dimensional underwater video system, Mineo Okamoto, Susumu Morita, and Takao Sato, pp. 1389-1392
Ropes and tension members
Chair(s): Elizabeth W. Huntley, Whiteheill Manufacturing Co., Inc., Lima, PA
Very high strength-to-weight ratios for fiber strength members, Gale P. Foster, pp. 1393-1397
The revised OCIMF SPM Hawser guidelines, John F. Flory, pp. 1399-1402
Riser protection nets -- Design considerations, Henry A. McKenna, pp. 1403-1406
Bonded flexible pipe, Val M. Northcutt, pp. 1407-1412
Ocean monitoring: Ocean optics
Chair(s): Kenneth Ferer, Neptune Sciences, Inc., Manassas, VA
In situ calibration for beam attenuation coefficient determination at short pathlengths, R. D. Prien, pp. 1413-1419
Airborne laser depth sounding: Improvements in position- and depth estimates by local corrections for sea surface slope, Michael Tulldahl, Marie Andersson, and Ove Steinvall, pp. 1421-1428
Ocean laboratory at undersea ranges concept, Robert E. Janiesch, pp. 1429-1432
U/W comms: High data rate I
Chair(s): Dan Nagle, NUWC, Newport, RI
Phase coherent communication in the presence of ship noise, T. H. Eggen, pp. 1433-1436
Acoustic channel equalization results for the ASIMOV high-speed coherent data link, João Gomes and Victor Barroso, pp. 1437-1442
High-rate acoustic communications for ocean observatories--Performance testing over a 3000 m vertical path, Lee Freitag, Mark Johnson, and Daniel Frye, pp. 1443-1448
AUVs/UUVs: Navigation
Chair(s): William Key, Klein Associates, Inc., Salem, NH
High performance doppler-inertial navigation--Experimental results, Mikael Bliksted Larsen, pp. 1449-1456
Homing by acoustic ranging to a single beacon, J. Vaganay, P. Baccou, and B. Jouvencel, pp. 1457-1462
Using field subspaces for on-line survey guidance, Maria-João Rendas and Matteo Perrone, pp. 1463-1468
VOLUME 3
Program:Where marine science and technology meet
Transducers & arrays: Transducers II
Chair(s): Kirk Jenne, NUWC, Newport, RI
A broadband hybrid magnetostrictive/piezoelectric transducer array, Stephen C. Butler and Frank A. Tito, pp. 1469-1475
Recent advances in thin, low frequency acoustic projectors, Thomas R. Howarth and James F. Tressler, pp. 1477-1480
Fabrication, testing, and installation of fluid-filled target spheres for AUTEC's passive sonar calibration system, David M. Deveau, pp. 1481-1487
Sonar array processing II
Chair(s): Stephen M. Holt, Mitretek Systems, Inc., McLean, VA
Evaluation of the endfire response of a superdirective line array in simulated ambient noise environments, Paul C. Hines, Andrew L. Rosenfeld, Brian H. Maranda, and Daniel L. Hutt, pp. 1489-1494
Passive ranging sonar based on multi-beam towed array, Jun H. Kim, In S. Yang, Ki M. Kim, and Won T. Oh, pp. 1495-1499
Design of sparse linear arrays by monte carlo importance sampling, Steven Kay and Supratim Saha, pp. 1501-1507
Sea surface measurements II
Chair(s): Chang Kyu Rheem, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Toward bay/harbor circulation model improvement incorporating HF radar data based on seasonde deployments on San Francisco Bay, D. Barrick, R. Cheng, N. Garfield, J. Paduan, P. Lilleboe, J. Gartner, and L. Pederson, pp. 1509-1513
Ocean clutter characteristics for a coherent doppler UHF radar, Charles Randell, Desmond Power, and Rafaat Khan, pp. 1515-1520
Analysis of non-stationary vector fields using wavelet transforms, Brian K. Haus and Hans C. Graber, pp. 1521-1527
Non-acoustic imaging II
Chair(s): Frank M. Caimi, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL
Image registration underwater for fluid flow measurements and mosaicking, Ryan Eustice, Hanumant Singh, and Jonathan Howland, pp. 1529-1534
Three-dimensional reconstruction of the oscillatory free-surfaces of a flow over antidunes: Stereoscopic and velocimetric techniques, D. Douxchamps, D. Devriendt, H. Capart, C. Craeye, B. Macq, and Y. Zech, pp. 1535-1542
A simple underwater video system for laser tracking, Hsin-Hung Chen and Chia-Ju Lee, pp. 1543-1548
Two dimensional thermal imaging arrays--A low visibility navigation aid, Ahmed Amin, pp. 1549-1553
Fish habitats
Chair(s): Jon Preston, Quester Tangent Corporation, Sidney, BC, Canada
Fish habitat characterization and assessment: Approach to integrate seafloor features and juvenile organisms data, Anthony R. Wilbur, pp. 1555-1561
Bottom classification in very shallow water, J. M. Preston, A. Rosenberger, and W. T. Collins, pp. 1563-1567
Geographic information systems
Chair(s): John Cobb, Cortland Cable
European marine information system: Eumaris prototype, Emanuela Caiaffa, pp. 1569-1575
SAIC chart management system, James D. Case, pp. 1577-1579
The development of a new generation of NOAA small craft navigational chart, N. West, G. Antonini, C. Sidman, and R. Swett, pp. 1581-1584
Handbook for datum transformations and coordinate conversions and geotrans software, James Ackeret and Daniel Specht, pp. 1585-1589
Advances in marine materials and corrosion control I
Chair(s): James F. Jenkins, Nickel Development Institute, Cambria, CA
Aluminum in the marine environment: An update, Susan Freeman and John Green, pp. 1591-1595
New technology stainless steels and nickel alloys for marine applications in the year 2000 and beyond, Ralph W. Ross, pp. 1597-1605
Marine resources: Research and survey
Chair(s): Val M. Northcutt, Manulli Oil and Marine (USA), Inc., Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Marine minerals research - Recent results from the centers for marine resources and environmental technology (CMRET), Roger V. Amato, J. Robert Woolsey, Michael J. Cruickshank, and Robert H. Trent, pp. 1607-1610
A nearshore geophysical survey for offshore minerals, southwestern Sri Lanka, Gary V. Sonnichsen, J. L. Lewis, N. P. Wijayananda, and George A. Nooten, pp. 1611-1619
U/W comms: High data rate II
Chair(s): Dan Nagle, NUWC, Newport, RI
Shallow-water acoustic communication with high bit rate BPSK signals, M. B. van Gijzen and P. A. van Walree, pp. 1621-1624
Spatio-temporal processing of coherent acoustic communications data in shallow water, Pierre-Philippe J. Beaujean and Lester R. LeBlanc, pp. 1625-1631
An overview of the ASIMOV acoustic communication system, João Gomes, Victor Barroso, Gérard Ayela, and Pascal Coince, pp. 1633-1637
AUVs/UUVs: Mission support I
Chair(s): Pete Diakun, Newport News Shipbuilding
Mission control with the UML and SDL formalisms, Joel Champeau, Philippe Dhaussy, and Laurent Latreille, pp. 1639-1645
How to make survey instruments "AUV-friendly", A. Ishøy, A. S. Maridan, and Agern Allé III, pp. 1647-1652
Exhibitor product showcase: Data processing systems
Chair(s): Ted Colburn, Ocean Technology Foundation, Mystic, CT
WaveViewTM--- Computer software for processing, displaying and archiving data from the TRIAXYSTM directional wave buoy, Thomas Vandal, p. 1653
The patch test: A comprehensive calibration tool for multibeam echosounders, Didier Guériot, Julien Chèdru, Sylvie Daniel, and Eric Maillard, pp. 1655-1661
Bathymetric and side-scan data fusion for sea-bottom 3D mosaicing, Didier Guériot, pp. 1663-1668
Transducers & arrays: Arrays I
Chair(s): Kirk Jenne, NUWC, Newport, RI
An architecture dedicated to the real time processing of wide-band circular antennas, Henry Carron, Jean Louis Boizard, and Benoit Albouy, pp. 1669-1672
High resolution broadband beamforming based on the MVDR method, Byung-Chul Kim and I-Tai Lu, pp. 1673-1676
Subbottom measurements: Characterization and inversions I
Chair(s): Christian de Moustier, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA
Subsurface classification of high-resolution seismic data with multivariate statistical techniques: Case study from the Strait of Georgia, S. F. Bloomer, D. C. Mosher, W. T. Collins, J. M. Preston, and A. Rosenberger, pp. 1677-1683
Determination of sea bottom temperature variations and their effect on underwater data recorder electronics, Anthony J. Rafanelli and William B. Robinson, pp. 1685-1694
Coastal zone management I
Chair(s): James Burgess, NOAA Restoration Center
Circulation and pollutant transport modeling in Narragansett Bay, Craig Swanson, Daniel Mendelsohn, and Matthew Ward, pp. 1695-1701
Application of single-beam acoustics to macro-algae bloom management, Renée Seaman, Mark Finkbeiner, and L. Dorsey Worthy, pp. 1703-1705
Science and technology needs for marine fishery habitat restoration, J. G. Turek, pp. 1707-1712
Ocean observations
Chair(s): James McFarlane, Jr., MBARI, Moss Landing, CA
Spatial and temporal variability of currents at the orange county sanitation district outfall, Terry C. Sullivan, Fred O'Brien, Hai Nguyen, and George Robertson, pp. 1713-1718
An expandable deep seafloor monitoring system for earthquake and tsunami observation network, Katsuyoshi Kawaguchi, Kenji Hirata, Hitoshi Mikada, Yuka Kaiho, and Ryoichi Iwase, pp. 1719-1722
Design and performance of the hurricanes-at-landfall equipment, Craig A. Kohler and William Hansen, pp. 1723-1725
An automatic sea state calculator, Larry H. White and Jeffrey L. Hanson, pp. 1727-1734
Whales and dolphins
Chair(s): Porter Hoagland, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA
A scenario for right whale detection in the bay of fundy, Francine Desharnais, Marjo Laurinolli, Alex Hay, and James A. Theriault, pp. 1735-1741
A possible relationship between waveguide properties and bandwidth utilization in humpback whales, Eduardo Mercado III, Zoi-Heleni Michalopoulou, and L. Neil Frazer, pp. 1743-1747
New algorithms for open ocean marine mammal monitoring, Jessica Ward, Kevin Fitzpatrick, Nancy DiMarzio, David Moretti, and Ron Morrissey, pp. 1749-1752
Ocean measurements I
Chair(s): Frederick H. Maltz, 1760 Larkellen Lane, Los Altos, CA
Ocean surface waves: Automated analysis of directional spectra, Jeffrey L. Hanson and Michael D. Mandelberg, pp. 1753-1759
Dynamical classification of hydroacoustic data from a baltic sea experiment, Áron Péntek, Ron K. Lennartsson, and James B. Kadtke, pp. 1761-1767
Dispersive surface classification: Local analysis of optical image sequences of the water surface to determine hydrographic parameter maps, Christian M. Senet, Jörg Seemann, and Friedwart Ziemer, pp. 1769-1774
Semiautomatic assignment of high resolution wind directions in SAR images, Wolfgang Koch, pp. 1775-1782
Advances in marine materials and corrosion control
Chair(s): James F. Jenkins, Nickel Development Institute, Cambria, CA
Copper-nickel alloys for marine applications, Carol A. Powell and James F. Jenkins, pp. 1783-1786
Marine cathodic protection -- Historical trends and recent accomplishments, W. H. Hartt, pp. 1787-1793
Coatings for naval facilities, C. Dave Gaughen and Joseph H. Brandon, pp. 1795-1801
Durable marine concrete for the U.S. Navy, D. F. Burke, pp. 1803-1814
Ocean energy
Chair(s): Dr. Michael McCormick, The John Hopkins, Baltimore, MD
Control system applications in wave energy conversion, Umesh A. Korde, pp. 1817-1824
U/W Comms: Novel approaches
Chair(s): Dan Kilfoyle, Science Applications International Corp., Falmouth, MA
Robust shallow water acoustic communications based upon orthogonal sequences and real-time channel identification, J. M. Passerieux and D. Cano, pp. 1825-1828
Implementation of a sweep-spread function for communication over underwater acoustic channels, Konstantin G. Kebkal and Rudolf Bannasch, pp. 1829-1838
A blind receiver for digital communications in shallow water, Andreas Waldhorst, Rolf Weber, and Johann Böhme, pp. 1839-1846
Asymmetric underwater acoustic communication using a time-reversal mirror, João Gomes and Victor Barroso, pp. 1847-1851
AUVs/UUVs: Mission support II
Chair(s): Godick Gyldenege, Oceaneering International
Guidance algorithms for UUVs obstacle avoidance systems, R. Moitié and N. Seube, pp. 1853-1860
Defining a common control language for multiple autonomous vehicle operation, Christiane N. Duarte and Barry Brian Werger, pp. 1861-1867
Propulsion system performance enhancements on REMUS AUVs, Ben Allen, William S. Vorus, and Timothy Prestero, pp. 1869-1873
Exhibitor product showcase: Data acquisition systems
Chair(s): James Hanlon, Seimac Ltd., Darthmouth, NS, Canada
New developments in expendable oceanographic sensors and data acquisition systems, James Hannon, pp. 1875-1877
New developments at service argos, Bill Woodward, pp. 1879-1881
Airships: An ideal platform for human or remote sensing in the marine environment, E. Judson Brandreth Jr., pp. 1883-1885
Transducers & arrays: Arrays II
Chair(s): Kirk Jenne, NUWC, Newport, RI
A combined finite element, boundary integral and spherical harmonic method for close-packed sonar arrays, J. B. Blottman and A. J. Kalinowski, pp. 1887-1894
Eigenstructure based towed array shape estimation using sources in unknown locations, Ning Ma and Joo Thiam Goh, pp. 1895-1900
Subbottom measurements: Characterization and inversions II
Chair(s): William M. Carey, Boston University, Boston, MA
Marine seafloor sediment profiling and classification in the arctic ocean, Thomas B. Opishinski and David D. Caulfield, pp. 1901-1906
Absorption estimation in marine sub-bottom layers, D. D. Caulfield, T. Opishinski, and R. Tarini, pp. 1907-1917
Mapping of geoacoustic properties of sediments in shallow water, Gopu R. Potty and James H. Miller, pp. 1919-1922
Coastal zone management II
Chair(s): Jim Turek, NOAA Restoration Center, Narragansett, RI
Instrumentation to support modeling and simulation for coastal management, Craig A. Peterson, Carey Ingram, and Martha E. M. Head, pp. 1923-1924
Tidal marsh restoration, James G. MacBroom, pp. 1925-1928
DREDGEMAP: A GIS-based dredging model system, Eoin Howlett, Chris Galagan, James Clausner, and Billy Johnson, pp. 1929-1932
Ocean and coastal observations
Chair(s): Fred C. Klein, Mitretek Systems, Inc., McLean, VA
Lighter-than-air platforms (blimps and aerostats) for oceanographic and atmospheric research and monitoring, James H. W. Hain, pp. 1933-1936
The Martha's Vineyard coastal observatory: A long term facility for monitoring air-sea processes, Thomas Austin, James Edson, Wade McGillis, Chris von Alt, Mike Purcell, Robert Petitt, Marguerite McElroy, Jonathan Ware, and Roger Stokey, pp. 1937-1941
Concept of eco-platform, R. Hosoda, T. Nomura, K. Yamaguchi, and B. Murata, pp. 1943-1949
Quantifying marine life
Chair(s): Marian O. Clough, Naval Oceanographic Office
Measurement of fish velocity using doppler sonar, L. Zedel and Tor Knutsen, pp. 1951-1956
Acoustic characterization of submerged aquatic vegetation: Military and environmental monitoring applications, Elena M. McCarthy and Bruce Sabol, pp. 1957-1961
Measurements of the material properties of live marine organisms and their influence on acoustic scattering, Dezhang Chu, Peter H. Wiebe, Timothy K. Stanton, Terry R. Hammar, Kenneth W. Doherty, Nancy J. Copley, Jack Zhang, D. Benjamin Reeder, and Mark C. Benfield, pp. 1963-1967
Hydroacoustic measurement of detritus from the Delaware Bay estuary, Diane E. Di Massa and Kirk F. Bosma, pp. 1969-1973
A new in situ chemical analyzer for mapping coastal nutrient distributions in real time, Alfred K. Hanson, pp. 1975-1982
Ocean measurements II
Chair(s): Michael Ingram, Avidyne Corp., Charlestown, MA, USA
Modeling hydrodynamics of the Mississippi sound and adjoining rivers, bays and shelf waters, Alan F. Blumberg, Quamrul Ahsan, and James K. Lewis, pp. 1983-1989
The Australian-Antarctic discordance: Pressurized vs. non-pressurized ridge system, Bruce A. Leybourne and Michael B. Adams, pp. 1991-1996
The South Atlantic bight monitoring program, Alessandro Bocconcelli, C. Powell, J. Murray, R. Beavers, and L. Cahoon, pp. 1997-2000
The impact of cosine collector geometry on aquatic spectroradiometer performance, John H. Morrow, David Goebel, Charles R. Booth, and Rick A. Reynolds, pp. 2001-2004
Underwater habitats
Chair(s): William Muellenhoff, Foster Wheeler Environmental Corp., Boston, MA
BAYLAB: A manned undersea instrument chamber, J. Morgan Wells, Charles Depping, James Deveraux, William C. Phoel, and Richard Rutkowski, pp. 2005-2006
U/W comms: Networks
Chair(s): Oliver R. Hinton, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Evolution of seaweb underwater acoustic networking, Joe Rice, Bob Creber, Chris Fletcher, Paul Baxley, Ken Rogers, Keyko McDonald, Dave Rees, Michael Wolf, Steve Merriam, Rami Mehio, John Proakis, Ken Scussel, Dave Porta, John Baker, Jim Hardiman, and Dale Green, pp. 2007-2017
Comparison of adaptive algorithms performances for a multistage recursive successive interference cancellation (RSIC) multiuser detection strategy, H. K. Yeo, B. S. Sharif, A. E. Adams, and O. R. Hinton, pp. 2019-2023
Analysis of experimental shallow water network channel and theoretical channel model, H. K. Yeo, B. S. Sharif, A. E. Adams, and O. R. Hinton, pp. 2025-2029
AUVs/UUVs: New developments
Chair(s): Bob Wernli, SPAWAR San Diego, San Diego, CA
Bionics principles in hydrodynamics of automotive unmanned underwater vehicles, V. V. Babenko, V. I. Korobov, and V. V. Moroz, pp. 2031-2036
Exploiting force feedback in pilot training and control of an underwater robotics vehicle: An implementation in LabVIEW, Xunzhang Wang, Gerald G. L. Seet, Michael W. S. Lau, Eicher Low, and K. C. Tan, pp. 2037-2042
Synthetic long baseline navigation of underwater vehicles, Mikael Bliksted Larsen, pp. 2043-2050
Real-time 3D path planning for sensor-based underwater robotics vehicles in unknown environment, Nan Ying, Low Eicher, Wang Xunzhang, Gerald G. L. Seet, and Michael W. S. Lau, pp. 2051-2058
Student papers
Strategies for unwrapping multisensors interferometric side scan sonar phase, Christophe Sintes and Bassel Solaiman, pp. 2059-2065
Sonar object visualization in an octree, R. E. Loke and J. M. H. du Buf, pp. 2067-2073
Design of flying eye remotely operated vehicle for deep water surveillance, Brian Beasley, Cooper Best, Derek Davis, Brittany Goldsmith, Ben Martinez, Jaime Slaughter, Sin Suen, Jason Taylor, and Carlton Wilson, pp. 2075-2099
New insights into the radar backscattering from the water surface at different radar frequencies and polarizations in the presence of rain and wind, Nicole Braun and Martin Gade, pp. 2101-2105
AUV papers - Navigation and guidance
Chair(s): David L. Bradley, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA
Robust tracking under uncertainties, Christfried Webers and Uwe R. Zimmer, pp. 2107-2113
The navicomputer: A portable long baseline navigation system designed for interface to an autonomous underwater vehicle, Roger P. Stokey and Thomas Austin, pp. 2115-2121
AUV positioning using bathymetry matching, R. Beckman, A. Martinez, and B. Bourgeois, pp. 2123-2127
AUV papers - Hydrodynamics, control, energy source & propulsion
Chair(s): David L. Bradley, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA
Simulation and control of an autonomous underwater vehicle equipped with a vectored thruster, Y. G. Le Page and K. W. Holappa, pp. 2129-2134
Hydrodynamics of an autonomous underwater vehicle equipped with a vectored thruster, Y. G. Le Page and K. W. Holappa, pp. 2135-2140
AUV biomimetic propulsion, Mehran Mojarrad, pp. 2141-2146
AUV papers - Multi topics I
Chair(s): Don Parker
Acoustic-based position discrimination of a moving robot, Guido Tesch, pp. 2147-2154
Acoustic communication in very shallow water: Results from the 1999 AUV fest, Lee Freitag, Matt Grund, Sandipa Singh, and Mark Johnson, pp. 2155-2160
Failure analysis of an injection molded modular tail section on an autonomous underwater vehicle, X. Li, K. Holappa, and K. Nelson, pp. 2161-2168
AUV papers - Multiple topics II
Chair(s): Chris Von Alt, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA
Computer vision in AUVs: Automatic roto-rectification of stereo images, José F. Zelasco, Diego Amin Dagum, Judith Donayo, and Teresa Arcomano, pp. 2169-2176
A cross-platform microstructure turbulence measurement package, Ken Holappa and Manhar Dhanak, pp. 2177-2183
Numerical simulation of viscous flows about underwater vehicles, Abdollah Arabshahi and Howard J. Gibeling, pp. 2185-2195
