Proceedings of IEEE Oceans'94 Conference

Brest - FranceSeptember 13-16, 1994

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VOLUME 1

  Program:Oceans engineering for today's technology and tomorrow's preservation

   Sub-Program: Technical program

Plenary session
MAST, The marine science and technology research programme of the European Union,  J. Boissonnas,  pp. 1-2
The unmanned underwater vehicle development - Present and future,  Charles E. Stuart,  p. 3
Le systeme mondial d'observation des oceans (GOOS),  Michel Glass,  pp. 5-13
Coastal monitoring
COMPAS Windows a point-and-click interface to Oracle®,  Joel J. Buschek,  pp. 15-20
Instrument packages to study long term sediment transport processes in a shallow bay,  W. J. Strahle, M. A. Martini, and R. E. Davis,  pp. 21-24
Methods for maintaining a stable datum in a sea level monitoring system,  Gary T. Mitchum, Bernard J. Kilonsky, and Brent M. Miyamoto,  pp. 25-30
The German OPMOD pilot-system - An integrated coastal and estuarine monitoring and modelling system,  K. D. Pfeiffer, K. C. Duwe, I. Nöhren, and J. Sündermann,  pp. 31-37
Eight years experience with the Elbe estuary environmental survey net,  Klaus Grisard,  pp. 38-43
Monitoring by remote sensing of the geomorphological evolution of a part of the Roussillon coastal layout (France),  Georges Delpont and Etienne Motti,  pp. 44-47
Numerical hydrodynamic modelling, as a management tool for our marine environment,  J. C. Salomon, P. Lazure, and M. Breton,  pp. 48-53
Measurement device for the in-situ MAREL network monitoring station,  J. F. Legrand, J. M. Vercelli, J. M. Sicard, and J. P. Berthome,  pp. 54-57
Neural network current prediction for shipping guidance,  J. C. Wüst and G. J. H. L. van Noort,  pp. 58-63
Ocean winds from scatterometers
Remote sensing of extreme events with satellite microwave sensors,  Y. Quilfen, K. Katsaros, and B. Chapron,  pp. 64-69
A long term comparison between ERS-1 satellite data and numerical wind and wave model forecast results,  A. Behrens,  pp. 70-75
A neural network approach for wind retrieval from the ERS-1 scatterometer data. Part 1 - Determination of the geophysical model function of ERS-1 scatterometer,  C. Mejia, S. Thiria, M. Crépon, and F. Badran,  pp. 76-80
Intercomparisons of wind speed measurements derived from ERS-1 scatterometer and altimeter and SSM/I over the tropical Atlantic Ocean,  A. Bentamy, P. Queffeulou, Y. Quilfen, and K. Katsaros,  pp. 81-87
Preliminary study of the impact of ERS-1 scatterometer wind data on numerical wave modelling,  D. Le Meur, H. Roquet, J. Lefèvre, B. Fradon, and J. Tournadre,  pp. 88-93
ERS1 studies at the Department of Oceanography from Space,  K. B. Katsaros,  pp. 94-98
Sea surface roughness
Studies of a C-band model function for friction velocity using coincident, simultaneous Ku-band scatterometer measurements,  David E. Weissman,  pp. 99-103
The modulation and coherence functions between atmospheric turbulence at the sea surface and the microwave radar cross section fluctuations,  David E. Weissman, William J. Plant, and Siegfried Stolte,  pp. 104-109
The effect of salinity and temperature on the electromagnetic field scattered by sea water,  F. Daout, A. Khenchaf, and J. Saillard,  pp. 110-115
Autonomous underwater vehicles
Surveillance unmanned underwater vehicle,  Mark D. Iwanowski,  pp. 116-119
Design of an autonomous surface vehicle (ASV),  Marc Chaumet-Lagrange, Hélène Loeb, and Stéphane Ygorra,  pp. 120-125
AUV- A precise platform for underwater gravity measurement,  M. D. Ageev,  pp. 126-129
Autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) - Results of the UK collaborative research programme,  A. M. Tonge,  pp. 130-134
Control performance of autonomous underwater vehicle "AQUA EXPLORER 1000" for inspection of underwater cables,  Naomi Kato, Yoshihiko Ito, Junichi Kojima, Satoru Takagi, Kenichi Asakawa, and Yuichi Shirasaki,  pp. 135-140
An autonomous vehicle for geological exploration: Sensor payload and mission analysis,  D. G. Masson, B. Sichler, V. Renard, J.-L. Michel, and J. M. A. Dias,  pp. 141-146
Advanced UUV technology,  F. M. Cancilliere,  pp. 147-151
A graphic simulator for autonomous underwater vehicle docking operations,  Xiangming Feng, Bob Qiu, and David Y. Y. Yun,  pp. 152-157
Systems research for unmanned autonomous underwater vehicles,  P. G. Collar, R. J. Babb, J.-L. Michel, L. Brisset, and I. M. Kilpatrick,  pp. 158-163
Underwater vision & environment acquisition
Reconstructing 2-D maps from multiple sonar scans,  Riccardo Bono, Massimo Caccia, and Gianmarco Veruggio,  pp. 164-169
Underwater object recognition technique using ultrasonics,  M. Ashraf and J. Lucas,  pp. 170-175
"Conventional" underwater camera systems - An update,  D. J. Stewart,  pp. 176-180
Shape from underwater image shading,  Chih-Ho Yu and Chuanjun Wang,  pp. 181-186
Computer vision control of an underwater manipulator,  J. S. Smith, R. Yu, I. Sarafis, and J. Lucas,  pp. 187-192
Depth estimation by an adaptive depth from motion algorithm,  V. Murino, G. Vernazza, J. Santos-Victor, and J. Sentieiro,  pp. 193-198
The use of a high-frequency pencil beam sonar to determine the position of tubular members of underwater structures,  E. Chesters, M. J. Chantler, and V. J. C. Wright,  pp. 199-204
Optical and acoustic range sensing for underwater robotics,  M. J. Chantler, D. B. Lindsay, C. S. Reid, and V. J. C. Wright,  pp. 205-210
Sonar array processing
A fast beamforming algorithm,  Kenneth M. Houston,  pp. 211-216
A minimum norm array processing algorithm for super resolution target profiling,  A. J. Willis and R. De Mello Koch,  pp. 217-222
High-resolution beamforming techniques for circular sonar arrays,  J. W. R. Griffiths, H. D. Griffiths, C. F. N. Cowan, R. Eiges, and T. Rafik,  pp. 223-228
A general purpose digital focused sonar beamformer,  R. McHugh, S. Shaw, and N. Taylor,  pp. 229-234
Detection, localisation and classification
Passive array shape calibration with wide band sources of unknown location,  Philippe Forster and Francis Martinerie,  pp. 235-240
Sonar array processing
The numerical simulation of the performance of a robustised, broadband, frequency domain LMS adaptive beamformer,  David Nunn,  pp. 241-246
Calibration of high frequency imaging deformable towed arrays,  F. Florin,  pp. 247-252
Biological acoustics
Characterization and analysis of marine mammal sounds using time-frequency and time-prony techniques,  Dale Groutage, Jim Schempp, and Leon Cohen,  pp. 253-258
Animal echolocation and signal processing,  P. E. Nachtigall, W. W. L. Au, J. L. Pawloski, and H. L. Roitblat,  pp. 259-263
Functional analyses of whale ears: Adaptations for underwater hearing,  D. R. Ketten,  pp. 264-270
The larynx-melon-vestibular-lips (LMVL) model of the dolphin sonar - I. The larynx pulse source,  James W. Fitzgerald,  pp. 271-276
Standard definitions for sound levels in the ocean,  William M. Carey,  pp. 277-280
Signal processing for data transmission
Bandwidth efficient modulation for underwater acoustic data-communication,  C. A. Gray, G. T. Uehara, and S. Lin,  pp. 281-285
Spatial processing of broadband underwater acoustic communication signals in the presence of co-channel interference,  Milica Stojanovic, Zoran Zvonar, Josko A. Catipovic, and John G. Proakis,  pp. 286-291
New innovative multimodulation acoustic communication system,  Gérard Ayela, Michael Nicot, and Xavier Lurton,  pp. 292-295
Investigation of adaptive beamformer performance and experimental verification of applications in high data rate digital underwater communications,  G. B. Henderson, A. Tweedy, G. S. Howe, O. Hinton, and A. E. Adams,  pp. 296-301
Equalizer for high data rate transmission in underwater communications,  B. Geller, J. M. Brossier, and V. Capellano,  pp. 302-306
Development of a real-time adaptive equalizer for a high-rate underwater acoustic data communications link,  P. S. D. Tarbit, G. S. Howe, O. R. Hinton, A. E. Adams, and B. S. Sharif,  pp. 307-312
Sub-sea acoustic remote communications utilising an adaptive receiving beamformer for multipath suppression,  G. S. Howe, P. S. D. Tarbit, O. R. Hinton, B. S. Sharif, and A. E. Adams,  pp. 313-316
Multipath compensation for underwater acoustic communication,  Anthony G. Bessios and Frank M. Caimi,  pp. 317-322
Theoretical signal processing & neural nets
Artificial neural network for additive noise filtering techniques,  Ferial El-Hawary and Jian Li,  pp. 323-329
Expert visual classification and neural networks: can general solutions be found?,  R. Ellis, R. Simpson, P. F. Culverhouse, T. Parisini, R. Williams, B. Reguera, B. Moore, and D. Lowe,  pp. 330-334
Neural meshing of a geographical space in regard to oceanographic data location,  O. Sarzeaud, Y. Stéphan, F. Le Corte, and L. Kerléguer,  pp. 335-339
Sonar systems
A high resolution sidescan sonar,  P. Alais, F. Ollivier, P. Cervenka, N. Cesbron, P. Challande, M. E. Bouhier, and R. Person,  pp. 340-343
Acoustic compatibility between equipment aboard the new research vessel Thalassa II,  P. Arzélies,  pp. 344-346
Active multi-static sonar acquisition and processing system,  J. L. Sharp,  pp. 347-351
Focused beamforming for underwater imaging: Depth of field and range resolution optimization,  Vittorio Murino, Andrea Trucco, and Giorgio Tacconi,  pp. 352-357
Transducers and arrays
Recent development in numerical modeling of transduction materials for future sonar transducers,  A. C. Hladky-Hennion, J. C. Debus, and B. F. Hamonic,  pp. 358-363
New materials for large strain sonar applications,  Kurt M. Rittenmyer and Robert Y. Ting,  pp. 364-367
Optimization of acoustical compliant treatments under load,  W. M. Madigosky,  pp. 368-370
The development of a low frequency barrel-stave transducer for tomographic applications using finite element and boundary element modelling,  D. T. I. Francis, C. Bayliss, J. A. Ahmad, and R. F. W. Coates,  pp. 371-376
Ocean tomographic systems low frequency depth independent sound transducer source,  A. G. Semenov, Y. N. Kupenko, and I. P. Goliamina,  pp. 377-379
Acoustic performance of voided materials: Dependency on frequency and depth,  F. H. Kerr and A. M. Baird,  pp. 380-384
Physical sea parameters measurements
A high performance micro-power CTD sensor,  Neil L. Brown,  pp. 385-390
New recording package for VACM provides sensor flexibility,  W. J. Strahle, S. E. Worrilow, P. D. Fucile, and M. A. Martini,  pp. 391-396
A system to collect temperature and salinity profiles from vessels underway,  J.-G. Dessureault and R. A. Clarke,  pp. 397-401
An evaluation of XCTD performance with design improvements,  Randall H. Elgin,  pp. 402-407
Data acquisition using an integrated intelligent towed body with an intelligent CTD system,  John Joynt and Tom Moore,  pp. 408-413
Shear probe for use in operational microstructure measuring systems,  Hartmut Prandke and Klaus Pfeiffer,  pp. 414-418
The Autonomous Profiling Vehicle (APV),  Kim McCoy,  pp. 419-423
Acoustic Doppler current profilers
Operational test of a towed ADCP,  Peter Spain and Mark Fortin,  pp. 424-428
A new generation of acoustic profiling currentmeters,  K. V. Jorgensen, F. A. Crandall, B. L. Grose, and H. Allegret,  pp. 429-434
On robust estimation of water current using a frequency domain approach: The Symmiktos method,  Thomas L. G. Lagö, Per F. B. Eriksson, and Mikael Åsman,  pp. 435-440
Posters sessions
Ocean monitoring using a small AVHRR receiving system: Data acquisition, management and analysis,  P. Larouche and A. Gosselin,  pp. 441-443
Distribution and display of TOGA-TAO buoy data,  N. N. Soreide, D. C. McClurg, W. H. Zhu, M. J. McPhaden, L. J. Mangum, and D. W. Denbo,  pp. 444-448
Ocean eddy probing by high-directed parametric radiation,  I. B. Esipor and K. A. Naugol'nykh,  pp. 449-454
Integrated automatic systems for oceanographic research: Some applications,  E. Crisafi, F. Azzaro, G. Zappalà, and G. Magazzù,  pp. 455-460
Unattended algal monitoring system - A high resolution method for detection of phytoplankton blooms in the Baltic Sea,  Juha-Markku Lappänen, Eija Rantajärvi, Matti Maunumaa, Mika Larinmaa, and J. Pajala,  pp. 461-463
Acoustics in underwater environmental monitoring,  E. M. Sevaldsen,  pp. 464-468
Designing automatic water quality monitoring stations for lakes and rivers,  D. Becq,  pp. 469-474
Recent work in HF radar measurement of ocean waves,  Lucyq R. Wyatt, Freddy E. Isaac, M. G. Sova, J. N. Atanga, and Louise J. Ledgard,  pp. 475-480
The generation of gridded ocean climatologies from irregularly distributed measurements,  C. Beckett, T. V. Gedrich, N. W. Rees, J. F. Hartston, and R. J. Croft,  pp. 481-486
Field measurements of coastal waves and currents in Portugal and Greece in the WAVEMOD project,  S. F. Barstow, M. Paillard, and C. Guedes Soares,  pp. 487-492
WAVEMOD project: Probabilistic models for coastal site investigations,  C. Guedes Soares, H. E. Krogstad, and M. Prevosto,  pp. 493-497
Marine turbulence in the coastal zone,  I. D. Lozovatski and A. Yu. Erofeev,  pp. 498-501
Time-space variability of the near bottom nepheloid layer at the West Sahara continental slope and shelf,  M. A. Evdoshenko and I. D. Lozovatski,  pp. 502-505
SAFRAN: A server of information to provide easy access to oceanographic data,  Alain Laponche,  pp. 506-509
Satellite sea surface temperature time series,  R. Legeckis,  pp. 510-514
Contribution of satellite data to meteo-oceanic site characterization: A case study,  H. de Sury, M. Olagnon, P. Charriez, and P. Lasnier,  pp. 515-521
Separation of sea and land in SAR images using texture classification,  J. Bijaoui and F. Cauneau,  pp. 522-526
INSAT-VHRR based measurements and interpretation of sunglint signatures for the estimation of near-surface wind speeds over oceans,  S. M. Bhandari, W. Prakash, and A. K. Varma,  pp. 527-532
Application of a new approach to spectral texture analysis in atmospherically corrected LANDSAT 5/MSS data over Argentina and its atlantic platform,  M. Mejail, L. A. Frulla, and J. Jacobo-Berllés,  pp. 533-537
Fast filter for unevenly spaced data with application to altimetry,  M. J. Fernandes, I. J. Dowman, and J. C. Iliffe,  pp. 538-543
Behaviour modelling and vibrations analysis applied to predictive maintenance: Different approaches leading to the same conclusions,  J.-P. Gerval, G. Morel, and C. Querre,  pp. 544-546
Filtering employing a new transform,  S. Boussakta and A. G. J. Holt,  pp. 547-553
Electromagnetic fields due to moving sea water by finite element calculation,  J. J. Chaillout, V. Poulbot, J. Berthier, and R. Blanpain,  pp. 554-559
How dependability studies contribute to controlling risks,  J.-M. Cloarec,  pp. 560-564
Techniques for neural network identification of phytoplankton for the EurOPA flow cytometer,  L. Boddy, M. F. Wilkins, C. W. Morris, G. A. Tarran, P. H. Burkill, and R. R. Jonker,  pp. 565-569
The application of multivariate statistical methods to the identification of phytoplankton from flow cytometric data: A EurOPA subproject,  M. R. Carr, G. A. Tarran, and P. H. Burkill,  pp. 570-572
Parallel programming on the Convex MPP,  Greg Astfalk,  pp. 573-578
Processes in regions of freshwater influence - PROFILE,  J. M. Huthnance,  pp. 579-583
Distributed multiplexers for an ROV control and data system,  Edward Mellinger, Andrew Pearce, and Mark Chaffey,  pp. 584-589
An advanced control architecture for underwater vehicles,  A. Peuch, E. Coste-Maniere, D. Baticle, M. Perrier, V. Rigaud, and D. Simon,  pp. 590-595
A tentative study of high-level reactive mission programming: Application to the VORTEX underwater vehicle,  Michel Perrier and Eve Coste-Manière,  pp. 596-601
Climbing robot for underwater cutting,  H. Haferkamp, Fr.-W. Bach, Y. Ogawa, and M. Rachkov,  pp. 602-607
Shallow water communication system for an AUV,  Victor Barroso, João Gomes, Gèrard Ayela, and Michel Nicot,  pp. 608-613
Adaptive trajectory control for underwater robot,  Alexander A. Dyda and Stefano Di Gennaro,  pp. 614-619
A seafloor-tethered sub-ice vertical acoustic array,  J. Mark Stevenson, B. J. Sotirin, Vincent K. McDonald, Jack R. Olson, and J. L. Newton,  pp. 620-622
An overview of BBN's advanced acoustic processor family,  E. S. Stickels, M. J. Frentz, J. R. Metzger, W. Wright, J. Wolf, G. Crouse, and J. R. Nitsche,  pp. 623-628
Parallel processing modeling for OCEANO 6000 system real-time control,  P. Abellard and C. Bernerdini,  pp. 629-633
Ultra high resolution sub-bottom profiling for detection of thin layers and objects,  J. Dybedal and R. Bøe,  pp. 634-638
BDGEOS: The geophysical data base at SHOM (Service hydrographique et océanographique de la marine),  M. F. Le Quentrec-Lalancette and V. Ribaud,  pp. 639-642
Simple digital system for side scan sonar data imaging,  N. A. Rimski-Korsakov, Y. Russak, and R. B. Pavlov,  pp. 643-645
An advanced digital sidescan architecture,  W. R. Brockington,  pp. 646-651
PASISAR: A new tool for near-bottom seismic profiling in deep water,  B. Savoye, B. Marsset, Y. De Roeck, P. Léon, L. Lopes, and J. Herveou,  pp. 652-657
Design of a modular acoustic velocity sensor,  Albert J. Williams III,  pp. 658-659
Deep ocean current profiling with a lowered broadband acoustic Doppler current profiler,  W. Douglas Wilson,  pp. 660-665
Automatic system for absolute calibration measuring channels of ocean bottom seismic stations,  Andrey V. Gorbatikov, Hideki Shimamura, and Hajime Shiobara,  pp. 666-671
Measurement of near-bottom currents on hills in the eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean,  E. A. Kontar, A. V. Sokov, T. A. Demidova, and A. Belyaev,  pp. 672-677
High level control of automated oceanographic and acoustic equipment and experiments,  R. M. Dunbar, R. McHugh, S. de Malet Roquefort, and L. Bathgate,  pp. 678-682
Phytoplankton analysis by (EurOPA) flow cytometry; current and future applications in environmental control,  G. B. J. Dubelaar, R. R. Jonker, J. T. M. Meulemans, and J. J. F. Van Veen,  pp. 683-687
Flow cytometric imaging - A novel tool for identification of marine organisms,  J. Wietzorrek, M. Stadler, and V. Kachel,  pp. 688-693
A workhorse for environmental monitoring-the EMB30,  K. G. Birch, C. H. Clayson, and R. W. Pascal,  pp. 694-699
Autonomous benthic station for the integrated monitoring of the near-bottom environment,  E. A. Kontar, I. I. Soltanovsky, E. I. Garbuz, and M. M. Domanov,  pp. 700-703
In-situ pH measurement: A continuous flow analysis method for seawater pH determination using a ion sensitive field effect transistor (ISFET),  N. Le Bris and D. Birot,  pp. 704-707
Reuse of submarine cable for seismic and geoelectrical measurements,  J. Kasahara, H. Utada, and H. Kinoshita,  pp. 708-713
FOCUS - A versatile, stable, controllable towed sensor platform,  Douglas R. Huntington,  pp. 714-720
AMBRE: A new CTDO2 data acquisition system,  Fabrice Lecornu and Herlé Mercier,  pp. 721-726
An integrated array element localization system,  Barbara J. Sotirin, Vincent K. McDonald, Jack R. Olson, J. Mark Stevenson, and George O. Pickens,  pp. 727-731
Portable underwater acoustic measurement, analysis, and tracking systems for use at remote sites,  James A. Wessel and John G. Burwell,  pp. 732-736
Torpedo transducer automated calibration facility,  Richard A. Ankiel and James A. Wessel,  pp. 737-740
Location by nonlinear interaction of the reflection signals,  V. A. Voronin and I. V. Timoshenko,  pp. 741-744
Ocean acoustic tomography instrumentation and signal processing,  Th. Terre,  pp. 745-749
Optimization of marine sparker source efficiency by electroacoustic method,  G. B. Cannelli and E. D'Ottavi,  pp. 750-755
Comparison between different HOS-based tests for detection of ship-radiated signals in non-Gaussian noise,  A. Tesei, C. S. Regazzoni, and G. Tacconi,  pp. 756-761
Comparison between two methods for shallow water channel estimation,  Hubert Mariotte and Nathalie Labat,  pp. 762-767
Investigation of hydrophysical, inhomogeneities by parametric acoustic equipment,  V. A. Voronin, S. P. Tarasov, V. I. Timoshenko, V. S. Anosov, I. F. Lichodievsky, and I. K. Yarovinkina,  pp. 768-771
Student poster session
The effect of yellow substance on pigment concentration retrieval using 'Blue to green' ratio,  P. Cipollini and G. Corsini,  pp. 772-777
A global motion control strategy using dynamic programming,  Sérgio Reis Cunha and Aníbal Castilho Coimbra De Matos,  pp. 778-783
Development of a submersible analyser based on flow injection analysis for the measurement of nitrite and nitrate in coastal waters,  A. Daniel,  p. 784
Ship optimal path planning and artifical neural nets for berthing,  K. Djouani and Y. Hamam,  pp. 785-790
The measurement of sea-surface temperature in the presence of aerosol contamination with the along track scanning radiometer (ATSR),  R. M. Dundas,  pp. 791-794
The Stoneley-Scholte wave: Combination of three inhomogeneous plane waves,  N. Favretto,  pp. 795-800
A robust method for lining up tomographic records,  S. Grassin,  pp. 801-806
Automatic stabilization system of underwater manipulation robot,  Elena V. Koval,  pp. 807-812
Analysis of sedimentary bottom impulse response using a wide band sonar,  Ning Ma, Didier Vray, Philipe Delachartre, and Gerard Gimenez,  pp. 813-818
An automated approach to the sea-ice motion estimation,  M. Moctezuma Flores, H. Maitre, and F. Parmiggiani,  pp. 819-822
Observing the large-scale variations of the ocean surface with Topex/Poseidon and a dynamical model: An application in the Gulf Stream region,  Philippe Rogel and Jean-François Minster,  pp. 823-828
A non-coherent approach to focused underwater imaging,  Andrea Trucco,  pp. 829-834
Modulated pulse LIDAR system for shallow underwater target detection,  L. Mullen, P. R. Herczfeld, and V. M. Contarino,  pp. 835-839
Acoustic mode coupling in range dependent shallow water,  Martin Siderius,  pp. 840-844
Robust direction finding and auto-orientation in an acoustically unstructured environment,  Charles J. Randell and James S. Collins,  pp. 845-850
Multiresolution stochastic processing of Topex/Poseidon oceanographic altimetry,  Paul W. Fieguth, William C. Karl, and Alan S. Willsky,  pp. 851-855
Underwater acoustic signal analysis based on adaptive data extrapolations in time-frequency representations,  Gabriel Thomas and Sergio D. Cabrera,  pp. 856-861
Modeling acoustic volume backscatter from two shallow-water marine environments by side-scan sonar,  Anthony P. Lyons, Aubrey L. Anderson, and Thomas H. Orsi,  pp. 862-865
Geoacoustic characterization of shallow-water marine sediments for high-frequency applications,  T. H. Orsi, A. L. Anderson, and A. P. Lyons,  pp. 866-871
WAVEMAP: A geographic information system for wave modelling in coastal areas,  Thomas B. Opishinski,  pp. 872-877
A novel navigational planning scheme for autonomous underwater vehicles,  C. Vasudevan,  pp. 878-882
An efficient store-and-forward protocol for a shallow-water acoustic local area network,  Jennifer L. Talavage, Timothy E. Thiel, and David Brady,  pp. 883-888
Detection, localisation and classification
Sensitivity of coherent and incoherent localization methods,  M. João Rendas, Georges Bienvenu, and José M. F. Moura,  pp. 889-894
Ocean forecast: Towards operational systems
The French processing and archiving facility: Overview & status,  Sylvie Pouliquen and Valérie Harscoat,  pp. 895-899
Student poster session
Sea surface slope statistics measured by laser sensor,  Serguei A. Sviridov and Maxim S. Sterlyagov,  pp. 900-905

VOLUME 2

  Program:Oceans engineering for today's technology and tomorrow's preservation

   Sub-Program: Technical program

Environmental variability
Coping with variability in the coastal environment,  C. H. Sinex,  pp. 1-6
Measurements of sea surface sun-glitter,  Toshimasa Kawanishi, Akihiko Kumada, and Manabu Kaio,  pp. 7-10
Expert system tools for describing and predicting the coastal ocean environment,  D. J. Scheerer and H. L. Dantzler Jr.,  pp. 11-16
Wave & swell measurements & models
Wave breaking characteristics estimated from wave staff measurements,  Seigfried Stolte,  pp. 17-22
The application of computational geometry to the analysis of directional wave spectra as measured by H.F. radar,  F. E. Isaac and L. R. Wyatt,  pp. 23-27
A system to monitor ocean wave fields,  F. Ziemer and J. Dittmer,  pp. 28-31
A field validation of a directional waverider in a SEAWATCH buoy,  Stephen F. Barstow, Ola Hang, and Tom van der Vlugt,  pp. 32-37
On nonlinear extrapolation of the linear wave theory for shallow flows,  E. L. Amromin, Yu. S. Timoshin, and L. G. Stchemelinin,  pp. 38-41
Tsunami response of the tension leg platform under unbalanced initial tension,  Toshimasa Kawanishi, Shinobu Ohashi, Hiroaki Han-ya, and Hiroshi Kobayashi,  pp. 42-47
Active radiometry : Sar and altimeters
RADARSAT-simulated and ERS-1 observations of ocean features in the Strait of Georgia,  Gordon C. Staples, Gordon C. Staples, Sally E. Tinis, and Sally E. Tinis,  pp. 48-53
Polarimetric behaviour of the ocean backscattering,  D. Laurent, D. Laurent, E. Pottier, J. Saillard, J. Saillard, and E. Pottier,  pp. 54-59
A regional geoid from the National Remote Sensing Centre Limited,  P. A. M. Berry, P. A. M. Berry, H. K. Wilson, and H. K. Wilson,  pp. 60-63
World wave climatologies from satellite altimeters,  S. F. Barstow, S. F. Barstow, T. I. Bern, T. I. Bern, S. Bjerken, S. Bjerken, T. I. Brate, T. I. Brate, O. Haug, O. Haug, O. G. Houmb, O. G. Houmb, and H. E. Krogstad,  pp. 64-68
Textural analysis of ocean surface images,  Laurence Hafemeister, Laurence Hafemeister, Patrick Duvaut, Patrick Duvaut, Jean-Pierre Cocquerez, and Jean pierre Cocquerez,  pp. 69-74
"Rocky Water 93/10": In-situ measurements supported by satellite remote sensing and high resolution ocean modelling in near real time,  T. Wahl, T. Wahl, J. Glattetre, J. Glattetre, T. Jenserud, T. Jenserud, E. A. Martinsen, A. Skoelv, V. Sveen, E. A. Martinsen, and V. Sveen,  pp. 75-80
Observations of swell off Mauritania by ERS1 synthetic aperture radar,  P. Forget and P. Forget,  pp. 81-86
Intelligent mission control
A two level approach for underwater path planning,  João Sequeira and Maria Isabel Ribeiro,  pp. 87-91
A system for the automatic survey of underwater structures,  G. Conte, S. Zanoli, A. Perdon, and A. Radicioni,  pp. 92-95
Computational architectures for the control of underwater robots,  P. Baiardi, P. Bianchetti, G. Bruzzone, G. Cannata, G. Casalino, and G. Veruggio,  pp. 96-101
VORTEX-PILOT: A top-down approach for AUVs mission telerobotics language,  E. Le Rest, L. Marcé, and V. Rigaud,  pp. 102-107
Modular integrated man-machine interaction and control,  Jan Olav Hallset and Gunnar Berre,  pp. 108-112
Towards autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) through sensor-based high level control,  A. Santos, D. Simon, and V. Rigaud,  pp. 113-118
Software design techniques for the man machine interface to a complex underwater vehicle,  Roger P. Stokey,  pp. 119-124
Handling unanticipated events in single and multiple AUV systems,  Roy M. Turner, Peggy S. Eaton, and Martin J. Dempsey,  pp. 125-130
A dynamically configurable architecture for the control of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles,  J. Borges  Sousa, F. Lobo Pereira, and E. Pereira da Silva,  pp. 131-136
Underwater vision & environment acquisition
Automatic visual station keeping of an underwater robot,  Richard L. Marks, Howard H. Wang, Michael J. Lee, and Stephen M. Rock,  pp. 137-142
Integrated imagery management system,  L. Morin, Y. Richer, and M. Rivest,  pp. 143-149
Innovations on underwater stereoscopy: The new developments of the TV-Trackmeter,  D. Maddalena, W. Prendin, and M. Zampato,  pp. 150-156
Robotic arms and telemanipulation
Advanced telerobotic controller,  Donald G. Langrock and David R. Broome,  pp. 157-162
Task enhancement of an underwater robotic arm by graphical simulation techniques,  R. S. McMaster, J. H. Nixon, B. G. Boyle, and D. Fouchier,  pp. 163-167
Teleprogramming to perform sophisticated underwater manipulative tasks using acoustic communications,  Craig Sayers, Matthew Stein, Angela Lai, and Richard Paul,  pp. 168-173
Aspects of the design and development of a subsea dextrous grasping system,  D. M. Lane, J. Sneddon, D. J. O'Brien, J. B. C. Davies, and G. C. Robinson,  pp. 174-181
Testing a stereo vision system for motion compensation,  Jason Tisdall, Martin Hall, Trevor Larkum, and David Broome,  pp. 182-187
An innovative electromechanical underwater telemanipulator - Present status and future development,  A. Terribile, W. Prendin, and R. Lanza,  pp. 188-191
Low frequency shallow water propagation
Effects of bottom reflectivity on volume (fish) and bottom backscattering in shallow water,  Orest Diachok and John R. Preston,  pp. 192-196
Environmental ocean ultra low frequency pressure fields generalized data limits estimate,  A. M. Derjavin and A. G. Semenov,  pp. 197-200
Average decay law of sound intensity and surface noise vertical angular distribution in waveguide with random inhomogeneities,  B. G. Katsnelson,  pp. 201-205
Calculation of the characteristics of the sound propagated in the shallow water and reconstruction of bottom parameters using acoustical data,  B. G. Katsnelson and L. G. Kulapin,  pp. 206-209
Sea bottom effects at low seismic frequencies: Observation and modeling,  S. Le Roux, M. Dietrich, F. Glangeaud, P. Charvis, J. Deverchère, and S. Operto,  pp. 210-215
Propagation measurements in a shallow water environment,  Shaari M. Unger and Raymond J. Kraszewski,  pp. 216-219
The effect of anisotropy of layered porous sediments on the plane wave reflection coefficient,  Mohsen Badiey, Alexander H-D. Cheng, and Indra Jaya,  pp. 220-222
Integration of intensity of long-range ocean reverberation over surface of fixed delay of response,  M. Yu. Andreev,  pp. 223-228
Theoretical signal processing & neural nets
Characterisation of time series from non-linear systems,  T. M. Buzug,  pp. 229-234
A simulation network of first order auditory neurons for preprocessing of acoustic signals,  N. A. Dubrovsky and L. K. Rimskaya-Korsakova,  pp. 235-238
Sea-floor classification by neural hybrid system,  B. Zerr, E. Maillard, and D. Gueriot,  pp. 239-243
DCPA simulation model for automatic collision avoidance decision making systems using fuzzy sets,  J. Zhao, M. Tan, W. G. Price, and P. A. Wilson,  pp. 244-249
High frequency propagation & bottom interaction
Ocean bottom acoustic interactions in MCM,  N. P. Chotiros,  pp. 250-254
Monostatic and bistatic bottom scattering: Recent experiments and modeling,  K. Williams and D. Jackson,  pp. 255-260
High frequency propagation & bottom interaction
High-frequency propagation statistics in a shallow water environment,  M. A. Wilson, R. W. Farwell, and S. Stanic,  pp. 261-265
Synthetic images of proud targets,  G. Steven Sammelmann, J. T. Christoff, and J. D. Lathrop,  pp. 266-271
High-frequency acoustic modeling,  R. L. Martin and R. W. Farwell,  pp. 272-277
High frequency signal fluctuations in shallow water propagation,  D. Jourdain,  pp. 278-283
Tranducers and arrays
Great depth, high efficiency, broadband, reliable low frequency transducer for acoustical oceanography,  Y. Le Gall, D. Boucher, X. Lurton, and A. M. Bruneau,  pp. 284-288
Analysis of a flextensional transducer using piece-part equivalent circuit models: Determination of the shell contribution,  J.-C. Debus, B. Hamonic, and B. Damiri,  pp. 289-294
Optimization of heat transfer in a low-frequency piezoelectric projector,  Bertrand Dubus, P. Bigotte, G. Grosso, and D. Boucher,  pp. 295-300
Element placement in thinned arrays using genetic algorithms,  D. J. O'Neill,  pp. 301-306
An analytical model for the hydrostatic pressure response of a 1-3 composite,  R. E. Montgomery and C. Richard,  pp. 307-312
Initial results of monitoring corrosivity in submarine sonar domes: The Dome Water Monitoring Instrumentation System (DWMIS) experiment, January-August 1993,  C. Sandwith, R. Ruedisueli, J. Papageorge, and B. Eng,  pp. 313-318
Fisheries monitoring
Automatic shoal recognition and classification based on MOVIES-B software,  C. Scalabrin, N. Diner, and A. Weil,  pp. 319-324
Shallow and deep water bottom statistic characterisation: Fishery environment,  F. Borghini and A. Di Sibio,  pp. 325-330
"Biology" data base and possibilities of studying polycyclical processes in ecosystems,  V. B. Darnitsky and V. K. Ozerin,  pp. 331-335
Biochemical measurements
CARIOCA--Drifting buoys to monitor global warming,  J. R. Walton,  pp. 336-340
Chemical sensors based multi-element system for sea environmental monitoring and control,  Y. G. Vlasov, A. V. Legin, E. A. Bychkov, and M. I. Ozernoy,  pp. 341-345
Evaluation of flow injection analysis based method for in situ chemical measurements,  D. Birot, A. Daniel, H. Floch, M. Lehaitre, B. Leilde, and E. Menut,  pp. 346-351
CARIOCA: Drifting buoys to quantitatively assess the exchange of CO2 at the interface atmosphere ocean EUREKA project EU 819,  P. Brault,  pp. 352-356
Metrology and calibration
Quiet source acoustic measurement system,  Terrance S. Cox and R. Kraszewski,  pp. 357-361
Forward-based portable acoustic measurement system (FORMS),  Michael P. Schilt and Robert Green,  pp. 362-367
Built-in test and the oceanographic sensor,  J. P. Vessey and T. H. Williams,  pp. 368-371
Pressure or depth?,  S. Oldfield,  pp. 372-376
An equipment for simultaneous nuclei and biological activity measurements in deep sea water,  J.-Y. Billard, B. Gindroz, P. Cerrutti, and P. Geistdoerfer,  pp. 377-383
Open ocean monitoring
Routine data quality control in a data centre. The example of the TOGA/WOCE Subsurface Centre,  Gilbert Maudire,  pp. 384-389
Main features and acoustic impact of internal tides being propagated along the seasonal thermocline in the Bay of Biscay,  Jean-Marc Darras, Annick Pichon, and G. Dubois,  pp. 390-395
Optimal observations of stationary turbulence with Lagrangian drifters,  K. Owens, L. Piterbarg, and B. Rozovskii,  pp. 396-401
TOGA-TAO array sampling schemes and sensor evaluations,  L. J. Mangum, H. P. Freitag, and M. J. McPhaden,  pp. 402-406
An automated naval oceanographic monitoring system,  John C. Neal, H. Lee. Dantzler Jr., and David J. Sides,  pp. 407-411
Development of a synoptic approach for monitoring oceanic circulation,  A. I. Alexanin and A. Kazansky,  pp. 412-417
Variability of hydrophysical fields in the Western Pacific and its relation to El-Nino,  A. L. Berestov, V. A. Burkov, A. I. Kharlamov, O. V. Kondrateva, and R. I. Gouskina,  pp. 418-422
On subsurface current remote sensing by surface sound-scattering measurements,  E. A. Kopyl,  pp. 423-427
Image processing, corrections & enhancements
DELPH-SONAR: A compact system for the acquisition and processing of side scan sonar images,  D. Charlot, R. Girault, and B. Zerr,  pp. 428-432
Sonar mosaic computation from multibeam echo sounder,  J. M. Augustin, C. Edy, B. Savoye, and E. Le Drezen,  pp. 433-438
Shade correction of side-scan sonar imagery by histogram transformation,  Geoffrey Shippey, Anders Bolinder, and Rustan Finndin,  pp. 439-443
Active contour models for infrared cloudy shapes segmentation,  C. Collet and P. Thourel,  pp. 444-448
Adaptative segmentation of SAR images,  A. Marzouki, Y. Delignon, and W. Pieczynski,  pp. 449-454
Image processing for activated towed array sonar displays,  Thorsten M. Buzug, Jan-Peter Babst, and Jochen Ziegenbein,  pp. 455-460
Image processing, corrections & enhancements
Classification of side-scan sonar images through parametric modeling,  D. T. Cobra and H. A. de Moraes,  pp. 461-464
Remotely operated vehicles
The design of small diameter neutrally buoyant electro-optic tether cables for maximum power transfer,  Christopher J. von Alt and N. Forrester,  pp. 465-470
Active variable buoyancy control system for MBARI's ROV,  W. J. Kirkwood and D. E. Steele,  pp. 471-476
ROV deployment design for performance and survivability,  Franz S. Hover and James B. Newman,  pp. 477-482
Tiburon: Development of an ROV for ocean science research,  James B. Newman and Debra Stakes,  pp. 483-488
Use of identification and fault diagnostic methods for underwater robotics,  Yu K. Alekseev, V. V. Kostenko, and A. Ye. Shumsky,  pp. 489-494
Underwater vehicle tether management systems,  B. A. Abel,  pp. 495-500
Development of a robot for subsea intervention,  H.-R. Niemann and E. Aust,  pp. 501-504
ROV 6000--Objectives and description,  Marc Nokin,  pp. 505-510
Advanced data management for ROV 6000,  J.-F. Cadiou, F. Lecornu, and C. Marchalot,  pp. 511-514
ROV intervention for effective cable burial--An overview of recent achievements,  I. D. Bonnon,  pp. 515-520
Advanced signal processing applications
Time-frequency analysis of model based pulse scattering from a fluid-elastic interface with periodic roughness,  Garner C. Bishop and Quyen Huynh,  pp. 521-526
Array localization using least squares error minimization,  V. William Porto,  pp. 527-532
Underwater image compression using the wavelet transform,  David F. Hoag and Vinay K. Ingle,  pp. 533-537
Using the wavelet transform for the detection of magnetic underwater transient signals,  André Quinquis and Christian Dugal,  pp. 538-543
Sonar signal processing using tangent clusters,  Robert Mandelbaum and Max Mintz,  pp. 544-549
Deconvolution of marine seismic signals: An adaptive algorithm based on implicit system modelling and higher order statistics,  Andrea Caiti and Giorgio Cannata,  pp. 550-555
A sonar signal processing system based on TMS320 series,  Huizhi Cai and Jun Qiao,  pp. 556-561
Detection, localisation and classification
Data fusion for detecting sonar contacts from multiple sensors,  Richard L. Mason,  pp. 562-567
Sequential classification of spherical acoustic objects in motion,  Roger F. Dwyer,  pp. 568-572
Hybrid and polarity-coincidence correlation processing,  B. Bajic,  pp. 573-578
On a choice of the optimum sounding signal for a time-delay measuring system,  A. I. Yaremchuk,  pp. 579-584
Identification of independent components using cumulants and coherences,  P. Ruiz,  pp. 585-590
Robust classification of sector-scan sonar image sequences,  M. J. Chantler and J. P. Stoner,  pp. 591-596
Identification of underwater acoustic noise,  José Ribeiro-Fonseca and Luís Correia,  pp. 597-602
Array modeling and signal detection for nonGaussian data,  Chaarles R. Baker,  pp. 603-608
On detecting linear frequency modulated waveforms in dispersive channels: Alternatives to segmented replica correlation,  Paul M. Baggenstoss,  pp. 609-614
Tomography and matched field processing
Model-based ocean acoustic passive localization,  J. V. Candy and E. J. Sullivan,  pp. 615-620
Universal wave approach to ocean acoustic tomography and Cramer-Rao bounds of sound speed field recognition,  V. V. Borodin, G. R. Minasian, and M. Yu. Galaktionov,  pp. 621-626
Acoustic modelling in SOFAR: Application to interpretation of GASTOM 90,  T. George, P. Mechler, and Y. Stephan,  pp. 627-632
Significance and feasibility of a joint assessment of arrival angles and times in experimental tomography methodology,  C. Noël, C. Viala, F. Evennou, and Y. Stephan,  pp. 633-638
Tomography data assimilation in an ocean general circulation model of the Mediterranean Sea,  François Van Den Berghe, Fabienne Gaillard, and Yann Stephan,  pp. 639-641
Description of an autonomous system of acquisition and real time processing for acoustic source monitoring,  B. Faure, D. Baribaud, G. Lejeune, J. Lienard, and M. Raynal,  pp. 642-645
Analysis of the channel time response from modal filtering and array beamforming: Application to ocean tomography,  P. Le Le Bras,  pp. 646-650
Seismics bottom survey
Development of deep-water array for subbottom profiler,  B. A. Kasatkin, Ju. G. Larionov, and Ju V. Matvienko,  pp. 651-652
Combining F90 and PVM to construct synthetic seismograms by ray-tracing,  Y.-H. De Roeck and R.-E. Plessix,  pp. 653-658
Bottom classification using information in the spectral domain and time-frequency domain,  D. Vray, P. Delachartre, N. Andrieux, and G. Gimenez,  pp. 659-664
PASISAR: Processing of very high-resolution near-bottom seismic data,  F. Hernandez, B. Marsset, B. Savoye, Y. H. De Roeck, J. Meunier, and L. Lopes,  pp. 665-670
Integration of geotechnical and geophysical data: GEOSIS project,  J. Meunier, B. Marsset, J. F. Nauroy, J. C. Dubois, H. Kuhn, J. P. Kervadec, F. Lapierre, and A. Puech,  pp. 671-676
SHRIMP: An investigation tool for pipeline and cable burial,  A. Puech, F. Cour, J. Meunier, J. Michel, and J. Dubois,  pp. 677-682
Towards the integration of new geophysical methodologies into offshore site investigation practice,  Angela Davis, Jim Bennell, Ron Haynes, and Dei Huws,  pp. 683-688
Optical and laser measurements
The measurement of optical attenuation in sea water,  J. Aiken, S. J. Hudson, and J. P. Vessey,  pp. 689-693
Measurements of oceanic bubble size distributions,  Gerrit de Leeuw and Leo H. Cohen,  pp. 694-699
A novel laser radar system for subsea inspection and mapping,  John O. Klepsvik, Morten Bjarnar, Per Ø. Brosstad, Dag A. Braend, and Herleif Westrum,  pp. 700-705
Measurements of ultraviolet reflection on coastal sand,  Toshimasa Kawanishi, Hironobu Kadomatsu, and Toshio Chiba,  pp. 706-709
Antifouling leaching technique for optical lenses,  W. J. Strahle, C. L. Perez, and M. A. Martini,  pp. 710-715
Surface mapping and imaging using low power lasers,  Frank M. Caimi and Anthony G. Bessios,  pp. 716-721
Laser range gate underwater imaging advances,  Barry A. Swartz,  pp. 722-727

VOLUME 3

  Program:Oceans engineering for today's technology and tomorrow's preservation

   Sub-Program: Technical program

Water currents, floaters and drifters
A new Global Positioning System drifter buoy,  Ronald W. Muzzi, Ronald W. Muzzi, Michael J. McCormick, and Michael J. McCormick,  pp. 1-4
Remotely sensed surface currents in Monterey Bay from multiple HF radar installations,  J. D. Paduan and J. D. Paduan,  pp. 5-10
Chaotic behavior of coastal currents due to random wind forcing,  E. Simiu and E. Simiu,  pp. 11-16
MARVOR float present results from the SAMBA experiment,  M. Ollitrault, M. Ollitrault, N. Cortès, N. Cortès, G. Loaëc, G. Loaëc, J. P. Rannou, and J. P. Rannou,  pp. 17-22
Shipborne measurement of surface current fields by HF radar,  K.-W. Gurgel and K.-W. Gurgel,  pp. 23-27
Influence of mooring dynamics on current records,  C. Ratsivalaka, C. Ratsivalaka, F. R. Martin-Lauzer, F. R. Martin-Lauzer, E. Le Marchand, and E. Le Marchand,  pp. 28-33
Lagrangian ambient noise drifter,  W. C. Risley, W. C. Risley, I. A. Fraser, I. A. Fraser, G. T. Leger, and G. T. Leger,  pp. 34-39
Simultaneous use of eulerian and lagrangian currents measured by VHF radars for estimating the horizontal diffusion coefficient in coastal circulation,  Néhmé Baghdadi, Pierre Broche, and Pierre Broche,  pp. 40-44
Ocean forecast : Towards operational systems
United States Navy operational oceanographic nowcast/forecast system,  D. L. Durham and D. L. Durham,  pp. 45-50
Oceanographic data collection system,  Jean-Pierre Prost and Christophe Levisage,  pp. 51-62
Assimilation of Topex/Poseidon altimeter data into a circulation model of the North Atlantic,  C. Le Provost, J. Verron, E. Blayo, J. M. Molines, and B. Barnier,  pp. 63-68
Ocean forecast intervention using combined visualisation of oceanographic and remote sensed data,  C. Schofield, C. Schofield, J. Martin, and J. Martin,  pp. 69-74
Global and regional ocean thermal analysis systems at Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center,  James A. Cummings,  pp. 75-81
SWAFS: Shallow water analysis and forecast system,  Melody Clifford, Charles Horton, and Joyce Schmitz,  pp. 82-87
Structure of operational oceanographic nowcast and forecast systems,  Michel Bouvet and Michel Bouvet,  pp. 88-92
Intelligent dynamics control
A nonlinear sliding mode autopilot for unmanned undersea vehicles,  S. J. Hills and D. R. Yoerger,  pp. 93-98
Review of control methods for underwater vehicles navigation in uncertain environment,  Nicolas Seube,  pp. 99-104
Integrated design of navigation, guidance and control systems for unmanned underwater vehicles,  Daniel Fryxell, Paulo Oliveira, António Pascoal, and Carlos Silvestre,  pp. 105-110
A variable structure control of a remotely operated vehicle,  G. Conte and G. Orlando,  pp. 111-115
Using SIGNAL for developing neural control systems,  Gildas Cherruel, Yvon Autret, and François Dupont,  pp. 116-120
Depth control of an unmanned underwater vehicle using neural networks,  R. Sutton, C. Johnson, and G. N. Roberts,  pp. 121-125
Multiple agents architecture for intelligent command and control system of AUVs: Application to the MARIUS vehicle,  J. P. Pignon and C. Bizingre,  pp. 126-131
RMS Titanic: Past, present and future
The RMS Titanic 1985 discovery expedition,  J. L. Michel and R. D. Ballard,  pp. 132-137
The structural failure of the Titanic,  William H. Garzke Jr., David K. Brown, and Arthur D. Sandiford,  pp. 138-148
The conservation of Titanic artefacts at EDF-Valectra laboratory,  M. Albouy, N. Lacoudre, and E. de Lavergne,  pp. 149-153
Underwater operations with the "MIR" submersibles in 1990-1994,  Anatoly M. Sagalevitch,  pp. 154-158
Low frequency deep water propagation
Two-way solution of underwater sound propagation problem in two- and three-dimensional environment by pseudodifferential parabolic equation technique,  C. V. Aviloff,  pp. 159-162
Scattering of narrow band noise by slowly moving body in the ocean,  A. G. Semenov,  pp. 163-167
An accurate method of 2-D vector wave field in ocean layered media numerical modeling,  A. G. Semenov,  pp. 168-171
Short range propagation through an inhomogeneous medium,  N. G. Pace, W. J. Wood, and C. M. A. Jones,  pp. 172-177
Influence of oceanic irregularities on the temporal and angular structure of the sound field at the beginning of the far convergence zone investigated by modified ray method,  A. M. Plotkin,  pp. 178-183
Deep scattering layer investigation through multi-beam bathymetry,  A. Marino and A. Geneva,  pp. 184-188
A new method for acoustic ray tracing,  A. Zielinski and X. Geng,  pp. 189-194
Element level simulation of sonar echo from a moving target in an ocean waveguide,  Kodali V. Rao, Nelson M. Kee, Patrick W. Goalwin, and Henrik Schmidt,  pp. 195-199
Sea floor survey and mapping
Measurement of sea bed topography and bistatic scattering coefficients with steered frequency source arrays,  Shelby F. Sullivan Jr. and Paul Hursky,  pp. 200-206
Hydroacoustical experiments for determination of sediment parameters,  S. Ivansson, P. Morén, E. Parastates, and V. Westerlin,  pp. 207-212
Analysis of multibeam echo-sounder signals from the deep seafloor,  X. Lurton, S. Dugelay, and J. M. Augustin,  pp. 213-218
Wide swath bathymetry and imagery systems some users observations and thoughts,  H. Tonchia and F. Parthiot,  pp. 219-224
Evaluation of a deep water wide swath echo sounder for hydrographic surveys,  H. Tonchia,  pp. 225-230
Performance of angle estimation methods applied to multibeam swath bathymetry,  F. Le Clerc,  pp. 231-236
A new generation deep water multibeam echo sounder,  J. F. Denis and B. Ollivier,  pp. 239-243
First results from a deep tow multibeam echo-sounder,  C. de Moustier, F. N. Spiess, D. Pantzartzis, R. Zimmerman, R. M. Lawhead, and F. V. Pavlicek,  pp. 244-249
Sediment transport measurements
Acoustic vorticity meter for benthic boundary layer flow measurements,  Albert J. Williams III, Eugene A. Terray, Fredrik T. Thwaites, and John H. Trowbridge,  pp. 250-253
Application of a fluorescent grain detector/counter for sand transport evaluation in the littoral zone,  H. L. Howa and A. De Resseguier,  pp. 254-257
Measurements with a three frequency echo sounder for the detection of suspended matter in a river estuary,  A. Seibt-Winckler and F. Schirmer,  pp. 258-262
Multifrequency acoustic imaging of suspended sediment processes,  P. D. Thorne and P. J. Hardcastle,  pp. 263-268
Numerical modeling of sediment transport processes caused by deep sea mining discharges,  J. A. Jankowski, A. Malcherek, and W. Zielke,  pp. 269-277
The "SAMPLE system", a new concept of benthic station,  H. Jestin, P. Le Hir, and P. Bassoullet,  pp. 278-283
Investigation of suspended sediment transport using ultrasonic techniques,  I. K. Bjørnø and L. Bjørnø,  pp. 284-286
In-situ particle sizing at sea bottom interface,  M. Lehaitre, A. Le Noac'h, M. Lunven, and H. Szychter,  pp. 287-291
Pollution monitoring
A drifter for tracking oil spills using the Argos system,  A. B. Ages, B. R. de Lange Boom, and M. J. Woodward,  pp. 292-297
ARCOBLEU, an integrated surveillance system for chronic and accidental pollution,  Alain H. Carof, Didier Sauzade, and Y. Hénocque,  pp. 298-302
Automatic monitoring and sampling of harmful substances in estuaries and coastal waters,  H.-D. Knauth and F. Schroeder,  pp. 303-307
Application of fluorescence synchronous spectra for oil pollution identification,  V. I. Yuzhakov and S. V. Patsayeva,  pp. 308-312
Passive radiometry
Fisheries enforcement through vessel localization using AVHRR and SAR technology,  Mark H. Freeberg, Robert C. Wrigley, Gordon C. Staples, and Glen Klock,  pp. 313-318
Multiscale analysis of shapes applied to thermal infrared sea surface images,  B. Lemonnier, R. Delmas, C. Lopez, and E. Duporte,  pp. 319-322
A microsatellite system for fine tracking of drifting buoys,  R. Ligi, G. Betello, G. Borzelli, F. De Piccoli, B. Pavesi, and G. Rondinelli,  pp. 323-326
Seasonal variation of temperature in the English Channel: Numerical model and infrared remote sensing,  A. M. Jegou and P. Garreau,  pp. 327-332
A fast scanning high resolution in-water spectroradiometer,  E. S. Desa, E. Desa, R. G. Prabhudesai, and T. Suresh,  pp. 333-336
Ocean forecast: SOAP 93 and FOAM
Data assimilation in quasi-geostrophic ocean models,  Xavier Carton and Remy Baraille,  pp. 337-346
Data assimilation within the Forecasting Ocean Atmosphere Model (FOAM),  S. J. Foreman, M. J. Bell, J. O. S. Alves, R. M. Forbes, and A. Cooper,  pp. 347-352
FOAM - An operational forecasting ocean-atmosphere model for naval applications,  A. D. Heathershaw and S. J. Foreman,  pp. 353-358
Description of the ocean prediction system SOAP 93,  B. Le Squère and E. Dombrowsky,  pp. 359-362
Oceanographic results from the assimilation of ERS-1 altimetric data in SOAP 93 forecasting system,  E. Dombrowsky and B. Le Squère,  pp. 363-367
Analysis of wind satellite measurements during the SEMAPHORE experiment,  J. Tournadre, P. Queffeulou, and R. Abdellaoui,  pp. 368-371
Underwater navigation
US Navy unmanned undersea vehicle navigation,  C. Agoros,  pp. 372-377
Matrix algorithm for Doppler sonar navigation,  Ned A. Brokloff,  pp. 378-383
Integrated positioning system for underwater autonomous vehicle MT-88,  A. Ph. Scherbatjuk and Y. V. Vaulin,  pp. 384-388
Acoustic differential delay & Doppler tracking system for long range AUV positioning and guidance,  Alain H. Carof,  pp. 389-394
New advanced underwater navigation techniques based on surface relay buoys,  H. G. Thomas,  pp. 395-402
The feasibility of a very-long baseline acoustic positioning system for AUVs,  Xavier Lurton and Nicholas W. Millard,  pp. 403-408
Vehicle localisation in a poorly known environment,  Jan Opderbecke and Cécile Durieu,  pp. 409-414
Autonomous navigation with sparse reference points,  Isabel M. G. Lourtie and M. João Rendas,  pp. 415-420
AUV's hydrodynamics
Dynamic properties of AUV "Typhlonus",  L. V. Kiselyov and D. B. Khmelkov,  pp. 421-424
Hydrodynamic manoeuvrability data of a flatfish type AUV,  Christian Aage and Leif Wagner Smitt,  pp. 425-430
Development of a dynamic simulator for stability and control of towed underwater vehicles,  Francesco Nasuti, Mario Innocenti, and Aldo Balestrino,  pp. 431-436
OCEANES: A contribution to the development of system engineering tools,  L. Brisset, R. Eteki, H. Kermorgant, A. Peuch, and V. Rigaud,  pp. 437-442
Energy, power cells and thrusters
Turbine Under Gulf Stream (TUGS) overview of an energy source potential,  William A. Venezia and Andrew M. Clark,  pp. 443-448
Fuel cell power systems for submersibles,  Henry J. DeRonck,  pp. 449-452
Choice of ROV's thruster set power according to footprint's radius on steady motion,  D. A. Herman, V. V. Kostenko, and I. G. Mokeeva,  pp. 453-456
MESMA-AIP system for submarines,  P. Kerros, C. Inizan, and D. Grousset,  pp. 457-466
Communication systems
The design and performance of a compact underwater acoustic network node,  Mark Johnson, David Herold, and Josko Catipovic,  pp. 467-471
Design and test of a multicarrier transmission system on the shallow water acoustic channel,  S. Coatelan and A. Glavieux,  pp. 472-477
Analysis of the performance of an underwater acoustic communications system and comparison with a stochastic model,  R. Galvin and R. F. W. Coates,  pp. 478-482
An experimental study of rough surface scattering and its effects on communication coherence,  R. H. Owen, B. V. Smith, and R. F. W. Coates,  pp. 483-488
Toward a digital acoustic underwater phone,  A. Goalic, J. Labat, J. Trubuil, S. Saoudi, and D. Rioualen,  pp. 489-494
Underwater acoustic channel simulations for communication,  A. Essebbar, G. Loubet, and F. Vial,  pp. 495-500
Real time underwater communications,  Joël Labat,  pp. 501-506
Performance of high data rate acoustic underwater communication systems using adaptive beamforming and equalizing,  D. Billon and B. Quellec,  pp. 507-512
Electromagnetic field models
Modelization of underwater magnetic objects according a dipolar or an ellipsoidal hypothesis,  André Quinquis,  pp. 513-518
Vectorial magnetic field of a vessel from the vertical field,  José Carlos Alves Pinheiro,  pp. 519-521
Electromagnetic propagation in conducting shallow water,  J. Y. Bruxelle,  pp. 522-527
Geographical information systems
Marine geophysics modeling with geographic information systems,  C. Drutman and K. A. Rauenzahn,  pp. 528-531
A geographic information system for operational use in pelagic fisheries - FIS,  J. A. Triñanes, J. M. Cotos, A. Tobar, and J. Arias,  pp. 532-535
Nearshore areas and GIS; Sensitivity to eutrophication in Brittany, France,  M. Urvois, P. Watremez, and J. Y. Piriou,  pp. 536-540
Electronic navigational chart data,  Jean-Lue Déniel,  pp. 541-544
Precision attitude measurements for survey vessels,  Freddy Pøhner and Inger Steensen,  pp. 545-550
The NELS network: (Northwest European Loran C System),  D. Sennedot and F. Hubert,  pp. 551-558
Synthetic aperture sonar
Comparison of the mapping resolution of the ACID synthetic aperture sonar with existing sidescan sonar systems,  V. S. Riyait, M. A. Lawlor, A. E. Adams, O. R. Hinton, and B. S. Sharif,  pp. 559-564
Methods for increasing the azimuth resolution and mapping rate of a synthetic aperture sonar,  M. A. Lawlor, A. E. Adams, O. R. Hinton, V. S. Riyait, and B. Sharif,  pp. 565-570
Experiments on a sonar with a synthetic aperture array moving on a rail,  S. Guyonic,  pp. 571-576
Integrated short term navigation of a towed underwater body,  G. Damy, M. Joannides, F. LeGland, M. Prévosto, and R. Rakotozafy,  pp. 577-582
Benthic landers and bottom stations
A dynamic benthic laboratory,  C. J. Teal,  pp. 583-586
Main functions of MABEL modules and its individual use as separate scientific tools,  G. Luther, J. Vollbrandt, and A. Werner,  pp. 587-593
Reliability of benthic stations: The NADIA II example,  Luc Floury, Jean-François Rolin, and Michel Champ,  pp. 594-599
Polar oceanography
Coupling and propagation of elastic waves in Arctic pack ice,  Susan M. Jarvis, Gerald M. Santos, Peter J. Stein, and Steven E. Euerle,  pp. 600-605
Heat flux from leads in pack ice from a Landsat TM image,  R. W. Lindsay,  pp. 606-611
Measuring ocean parameters at extremes of temperature,  G. W. Neal and S. Oldfield,  pp. 612-616
SARA, an autonomous underwater vehicle for researches in Antarctica,  B. Papalia, W. Prendin, and G. Veruggio,  pp. 617-620
ROBY goes to Antarctica,  Riccardo Bono, Giorgio Bruzzone, Massimo Caccia, Filippo Grassia, Edoardo Spirandelli, and Gianmarco Veruggio,  pp. 621-625
Autonomous station for meteo-oceanographic data acquisition in Antarctica: Prototype development and results from the first operative phase,  F. Gasparoni, G. Busetto, and A. Cucinotta,  pp. 626-630