Proceedings of IEEE Oceans'98 Conference

Acropolis Convention Center, Nice - France28 September - 1 October, 1998

Table of Contents

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Foreword

VOLUME 1

   Sub-Program: Underwater acoustics

Underwater propagation
Chair(s): Jose M. F. Moura, Carnegie Mellon Univ., USA; Luc Leviandier, TMS SAS, France
Modelling acoustic propagation in the time domain,  C. H. Harrison and A. J. Robins,  pp. 1-5
A comparison of modelled time series with measurements,  C. H. Harrison, A. J. Robins, and A. Cowley,  pp. 6-9
Internal waves and acoustic variability,  A. J. Elliott and J. F. E. Jackson,  pp. 10-14
Parameters evaluation of waveguide with use of the moving tonal source,  Agranovski Alexander, Byneev Osman, and Rosenberg Alexander,  pp. 15-17
Detection of embedded objects
Chair(s): N. P. Chotiros, ARL-Univ. of Texas, USA; A. M. G. H. Saanen, TNO - FEL, The Netherlands
Characterization of buried objects in marine sediments,  R. Guillermin, J. P. Sessarego, and J. Sageloli,  pp. 18-21
Acoustic penetration of a sandy shallow water sediment in the 500 to 1000 Hz band,  N. P. Chotiros,  pp. 22-25
Developments in acoustic sediment classification,  Douglas N. Lambert, Donald J. Walter, David C. Young, Sean R. Griffin, and Kim C. Benjamin,  pp. 26-31

   Sub-Program: Oceanographic instrumentation

Profilers
Chair(s): Gérard Loaec, IFREMER, France; F. T. Thwaites, W.H.O.I., USA
A winch and cable for the Autonomous Vertically Profiling Plankton Observatory,  F. T. Thwaites, S. M. Gallager, C. S. Davis, A. M. Bradley, A. Girard, and W. Paul,  pp. 32-36
Observing operationally in situ ocean water parameters: The EMMA system,  Richard Conogan and Jean-Paul Guinard,  pp. 37-41
PROVOR: A hydrographic profiler based on MARVOR technology,  Gérard Loaec, Norbert Cortes, Martin Menzel, and Jacky Moliera,  pp. 42-45

   Sub-Program: Signal, image, information processing

Motion estimation from video images
Chair(s): André Quinquis, ENSIETA, France; Franck Caimi, Harbour Branch, USA
Robust feature tracking in underwater video sequences,  T. Tommasini, A. Fusiello, V. Roberto, and E. Trucco,  pp. 46-50
Applications of direct 3D motion estimation for underwater machine vision systems,  S. Negahdaripour, X. Xu, and A. Khamene,  pp. 51-55
Underwater imaging system to support ROV guidance,  Silvia Maria Zanoli and Primo Zingaretti,  pp. 56-60
Autonomous navigation of underwater vehicles,  A. Branca, E. Stella, and A. Distante,  pp. 61-65

   Sub-Program: Coastal management and ocean resources

Ocean monitoring modeling and management
Chair(s): Georges Pichot, Management Unit of the North Sea Models, Belgium; Jerry Carroll, CNMOC, Stennis Space Center, USA
A calibrated 3-D hydrodynamic and transport model for managing the salinity regime of the Indian River Lagoon,  Gary A. Zarillo,  pp. 66-71
Processes controlling circulation on the shelf and shelf edge region off the north-east coast of Spain: A modelling study,  Jiuxing Xing and Alan M. Davies,  pp. 72-76
Response actions at offshore hazardous waste sites,  J. Lindsay, H. Karl, P. McGillivary, P. Vogt, R. Hall, I. MacDonald, and B. Coles,  pp. 77-81

   Sub-Program: Data acquisition and processing

Data compression and data bases 1
Chair(s): Freddy Pohner, Kongsberg SIMRAD Subsea, Norway; Edward Gough, APL University of Washington, USA
Objective analysis of temperature and salinity historical data set over the Mediterranean basin,  Didier Jourdan, Efstathios Balopoulos, Maria-Jesus Garcia-Fernandez, and Catherine Mallard,  pp. 82-87
Supporting meteorological and oceanographic nowcasting through in-situ data acquisition, real-time processing and information transfer,  Andrew K. Rogers and Charles E. Brooks,  pp. 88-92
An Oceanographic Data Acquisition System (ODAS) for Ethernet LANs for Spanish research vessels,  J. Sorribas, A. Tudela, A. Castellón, O. Chic, Z. García, J. Prades, and D. Montero,  pp. 93-97

   Sub-Program: Positioning, navigation and control

Underwater positioning 1
Chair(s): Jean-François Denis, Thomson Marconi Sonar S.A.S., France; John Beukers, Navigation Management, USA
Underwater vehicle positioning with correlation sonar,  Karine Mio, Yves Doisy, and Vincent Rigaud,  pp. 98-102
POS/SV-An aided inertial navigation system for submersible vehicles,  Steven Woolven and Mark Field,  pp. 103-107
Positioning accuracy for the HUGIN detailed seabed mapping UUV,  Bjørn Jalving and Kenneth Gade,  pp. 108-112

   Sub-Program: Underwater vehicles and systems

UUV systems and applications 1
Chair(s): Gwynn Griffiths, SOC, UK; Mack O'Brien, Draper Laboratory, Cambridge, USA
Experimental results of Autonomous Underwater Vehicle 'AQUA EXPLORER 2' for inspection of underwater cables,  Junichi Kojima, Yoichi Kato, Kenichi Asakawa, and Naomi Kato,  pp. 113-117
Hugin--An untethered underwater vehicle for seabed surveying,  Jon Kristensen and Karstein Vestgård,  pp. 118-123

   Sub-Program: Underwater acoustics

Interactive poster session
Acoustic performance of a multi-line system towed in several ocean environments,  Robert M. Zeskind, Jean-Pierre Feuillet, and Walter S. Allensworth,  pp. 124-128
Measurement of seafloor roughness with close range digital photogrammetry,  A. P. Lyons, T. Akal, and E. Pouliquen,  pp. 129-133
Noise source calibration in test tank,  N. Cochard, P. Arzelies, J. L. Lacoume, and Y. Gabillet,  pp. 134-137
Acoustic tomography as a tool for the Arctic Ocean salinity monitoring: Feasibility and perspectives,  K. D. Sabinin, V. M. Kudryashov, and G. I. Kozoubskaia,  pp. 138-142
Numerical modeling of the Bering Strait acoustical monitoring,  K. V. Avilov, V. D. Krupin, and K. D. Sabinin,  pp. 143-147
A time-frequency method for classifying objects at low frequencies,  Geoffroy Nicq and Marc Brussieux,  pp. 148-152
Ownship interference cancellation and source localization,  Ivars P. Kirsteins, José M. F. Moura, John W. Fay, and Sanjay K. Mehta,  pp. 153-157

   Sub-Program: Oceanographic instrumentation

Interactive poster session
Turbidity sensor for underwater applications,  Saba Mylvaganam and Torgeir Jakobsen,  pp. 158-161
Parametric estimation of ocean waves using distributed source modeling,  Amir Samadi and Saeed Gazor,  pp. 162-166
CRIE. (Control Remoto de Instrumentación Embarcada - Remoted Control of Embarked Instrumentation). A virtual instrument for oceanographic and analysis instrumentation,  A. Mánuel, Pablo Rodríguez, A. Garrido, J. Gómez, and E. Trullols,  pp. 167-170
Underwater video profiler for the "In situ" study of suspended particulate matter,  M. Picheral, J.-M. Grisoni, L. Stemmann, and G. Gorsky,  pp. 171-173
Adaptive tuning of heave filter in motion sensor,  John-Morten Godhavn,  pp. 174-178
Microstructure profiler to study mixing and turbulent transport processes,  Hartmut Prandke and Adolf Stips,  pp. 179-183
Sea wave direct acoustic measurement from an oceanographic buoy,  R. Bozzano, R. Mantovani, A. Siccardi, M. Soldani, and G. Tacconi,  pp. 184-188
Development of ALTUS, a high frequency acoustic submersible recording altimeter to accurately monitor bed elevation and quantify deposition or erosion of sediments,  H. Jestin, P. Bassoullet, P. Le Hir, J. L'Yavanc, and Y. Degres,  pp. 189-194

   Sub-Program: Underwater vehicles and systems

Interactive poster session
A vision-based system for autonomous underwater vehicle navigation,  Gian Luca Foresti, Stefania Gentili, and Massimo Zampato,  pp. 195-199

   Sub-Program: Positioning, navigation and control

Interactive poster session
Tele-assistance task planning for dextrous underwater manipulation,  M. F. C. Pickett and D. M. Lane,  pp. 200-204

   Sub-Program: Underwater vehicles and systems

Interactive poster session
Effect of large-amplitude internal waves on a towed depressor,  Andrey N. Serebryany,  pp. 205-208

   Sub-Program: Underwater acoustics

Propagation effects in the water column
Chair(s): Alain Plaisant, Thomson Marconi Sonar S.A.S., France; R. L. Field, NRL-Stennis, USA
The effects of a dynamic shallow water front on acoustic propagation,  R. L. Field, M. K. Broadhead, and G. Peggion,  pp. 209-213
Sound fluctuations due to soliton-like internal waves crossing shallow water acoustic trace,  B. G. Katsnelson and S. A. Pereselkov,  pp. 214-218
Sound speed fluctuations and signal coherence in very shallow water: Experimental description,  Oddbjørn Bergem and Nicholas G. Pace,  pp. 219-223
Multibeam echosounders
Chair(s): Marc Pinto, SACLANTCEN, Italy; D. N. Lambert, NRL-Stennis, USA
A new deep water multibeam echosounder-TSM 5265,  Jean François Denis and Bernard Ollivier,  pp. 224-227
Statistical characterization of multibeam echosounder data,  L. Hellequin,  pp. 228-233
Maximum swath width obtainable with multibeam echosounders-Comparison and discussion of experiments vs predictions,  Jean-Marie Augustin and Xavier Lurton,  pp. 234-238

   Sub-Program: Oceanographic Instrumentation

Current measurements
Chair(s): Jan Bosman, RIKZ, Netherland; Albert J. Williams 3rd, W.H.O.I., USA
The single axis sample volume of the BASS rake acoustic current sensor,  Archie T. Morrison III,  pp. 239-243
Earth coordinate 3-D currents from a modular acoustic velocity sensor,  Albert J. Williams III and Fredrik T. Thwaites,  pp. 244-247
An inverted echo sounder for monitoring layer thickness in stratified oceans,  J. Ashley, R. Spencer, and J. Vassie,  pp. 248-252
Results of a horizontally mounted acoustic Doppler current profiler,  Sicco D. Kamminga, Natascha van Neerven, and Cor Mooiman,  pp. 253-256

   Sub-Program: Signal, Image, Information Processing

Underwater computer vision and pattern recognition
Chair(s): Vittorio Murino, University of Udine, Italy; Andrea Trucco, University of Genoa, Italy
Automatic mosaic creation of the ocean floor,  Nuno Gracias and José Santos-Victor,  pp. 257-262
Quantitative photomosaicking of underwater imagery,  Hanumant Singh, Jonathan Howland, Dana Yoerger, and Louis Whitcomb,  pp. 263-266
3-D analysis of behavioral responses of aquatic life using stereo video imagery,  Ken Ishii, Hideyuki Takahashi, Ken'ichi Oda, Takahito Kojima, Hideo Soeda, Katsunori Takemoto, Masaharu Hiwada, and Satoru Sameshima,  pp. 267-271
Uncalibrated vision for 3-D underwater applications,  K. Plakas, E. Trucco, and A. Fusiello,  pp. 272-276
On shape and motion recovery from underwater imagery for 3D mapping and motion-based video compression,  S. Negahdaripour, S. Zhang, X. Xun, and A. Khamene,  pp. 277-281

   Sub-Program: Coastal management and ocean resources

Integrated coastal zone management
Chair(s): Didier Sauzade, IFREMER, France; Takeo Kondo, Nihon University, Japan
The impact of the United Nations Convention on Law of the Sea on marine scientific research,  Edward Dangler,  pp. 282-288
Sustainable fisheries: The South Florida experience,  Nancy B. Thompson, James Bohnsack, Joan Browder, John Hunt, and Thomas Schmidt,  pp. 290-294
Role and use of technologies in relation to integrated coastal zone management,  Michele Capobianco, Francesco Gasparoni, and Gian Mario Bozzo,  pp. 295-300
Impact of an industrial and urban sewage off a coral fringing reef at Mauritius (Indian Ocean): Modeling of plumes, distribution of trace metals in sediments and effects of the eutrophisation on coral reef communities,  B. A. Thomassin, Ph. Gourbesville, B. Gout, and A. Arnoux,  pp. 301-305

   Sub-Program: Data acquisition and processing

Data compression and data bases 2
Chair(s): Simon Boxall, Univ. of Southampton, UK; Edward Gough, APL Univ. of Washington, USA
A regional geophysical database for shallow water acoustic predictions,  C. E. Solberg and D. Tollefsen,  pp. 306-312

   Sub-Program: Underwater acoustics

Multibeam echosounders
Chair(s): Marc Pinto, SACLANTCEN, Italy; D. N. Lambert, NRL-Stennis, USA
Testing a new algorithm for automatic processing of bathymetric data,  Gaetano Canepa and Oddbjørn Bergem,  pp. 313-317

   Sub-Program: Data acquisition and processing

Data compression and data bases 2
Chair(s): Simon Boxall, Univ. of Southampton, UK; Edward Gough, APL Univ. of Washington, USA
A fast algorithm for the computation of induced geomagnetic field in the oceans using remote reference signals,  J. Berthier and R. Blanpain,  pp. 318-321
Geomagnetic noise reduction from sea surface, high sensitivity magnetic signals using horizontal and vertical gradients,  J. Berthier, F. Robach, B. Flament, and R. Blanpain,  pp. 322-325

   Sub-Program: Positioning, Navigation and Control

Underwater positioning 2
Chair(s): Antonio Pascoal, IST, Portugal; John Beukers, Navigation Management, USA
Demonstration of a vision-based dead-reckoning system for navigation of an underwater vehicle,  Andreas Huster, Stephen D. Fleischer, and Stephen M. Rock,  pp. 326-330
An integrated navigation system for a long range AUV,  Claude Barrouil and Jérôme Lemaire,  pp. 331-335
Adaptive sensing for terrain aided navigation,  H. J. S. Feder, J. J. Leonard, and C. M. Smith,  pp. 336-341
Design and testing of navigation algorithm for shallow water autonomous underwater vehicle,  Nikos Tsourveloudis, Denis Gracanin, and Kimon P. Valavanis,  pp. 342-346
AUV navigation: Increased robustness and efficiency by fusion of active and passive modes,  M. João Rendas and Isabel M. G. Lourtie,  pp. 347-351

   Sub-Program: Underwater Vehicles and Systems

UUV systems and applications 2
Chair(s): Vincent Rigaud, IFREMER, France; Claude Brancart, Draper Laboratory, Cambridge, USA
"New methods for deep sea intervention on benthic laboratories". DESIBEL project. Final results, comparisons of concepts and at sea validation,  V. Rigaud, D. Semac, M. Nokin, G. Tietze, H. Amann, V. Goetz, and A. Pascoal,  pp. 352-356
REDERMOR: An experimental platform for ROV/AUV field sea trials,  Gilles Mailfert and Jérôme Lemaire,  pp. 357-362
The AUSI/IMTP solar powered autonomous undersea vehicle,  D. Richard Blidberg, James Jalbert, and Mikhail D. Ageev,  pp. 363-368
The Cetus UUV/EOD robotic work package: A low-cost shallow-water UUV system for underwater search and intervention,  G. M. Trimble,  pp. 369-373

   Sub-Program: Underwater acoustics

Propagation in shallow water
Chair(s): Chris Harrison, BAeSEMA LTD, UK; Hassan Ali, ONR, Japan
Complex reflection phase gradient for the rapid characterization of shallow water sea bottoms,  P. Joseph,  pp. 375-379
Propagation of sound in sands: Measurements and modeling,  L. Guillon, A. Moussatov, B. Brouard, and C. Ayrault,  pp. 380-384
Experimental study of wave propagation models for sediments by calibrated transmission experiments on laboratory scale,  S. Vandenplas, B. T. Abdellatif, L. Peirlinckx, and L. Van Biesen,  pp. 385-389
1-200 Hz wave propagation in shallow water,  M. Nardin, F. Glangeaud, and D. Mauuary,  pp. 390-394
Transducers and arrays
Chair(s): Leif Björnö, Technical University of Denmark; Marc P. Olivieri, Florida Atlantic University, USA
Numerical optimization of sonar arrays using FE/BE methods,  Amanda Gallaher, Patrick Macey, and David Hardie,  pp. 395-398
Quantifying mutual interactions between transducers within active sonar arrays,  S. Morgan, D. J. W. Hardie, and P. C. Macey,  pp. 399-402
The digital transducer, new sonar technology,  William Acker, Dan Wiggins, and Janusz Burczynski,  pp. 403-404

   Sub-Program: Oceanographic Instrumentation

Wave and tide measurements
Chair(s): Jan Bosman, RIKZ, Netherland; François Peynaud, Thomson Marconi Sonar S.A.S., France
An instrument for accurate sea level and wave measurement,  P. R. Foden, R. Spencer, and J. M. Vassie,  pp. 405-408
Automated leveling in a real-time sea level monitoring system,  Bernard J. Kilonsky and Mark A. Merrifield,  pp. 409-413
Directional wave measurements from the ASIS (Air-Sea Interaction Spar) buoy,  W. M. Drennan, H. C. Graber, M. A. Donelan, and E. A. Terray,  pp. 414-418

   Sub-Program: Signal, Image, Information Processing

Textures in underwater images
Chair(s): Yann Stephan, CMO - EPSHOM, France; D. Micklovic, AETC Corp., San Diego, USA
TexAn: Textural analysis of sidescan sonar imagery and generic seafloor characterisation,  Ph. Blondel, L. M. Parson, and V. Robigou,  pp. 419-423
Texture analysis for seabed classification: Co-occurrence matrices vs. self-organizing maps,  N. Pican, E. Trucco, M. Ross, D. M. Lane, Y. Petillot, and I. Tena Ruiz,  pp. 424-428
Texture-based techniques for interpretation of seismic images,  Marwan A. Simaan,  pp. 429-432
Seabed simulations with fractal techniques,  Stéphane Guillaudeux and Éric Maillard,  pp. 433-437

   Sub-Program: Coastal management and ocean resources

Sediment Transport 1
Chair(s): André Monaco, CNRS URA 715, France; Albert J. Williams 3rd, W.H.O.I., USA
Application of acoustics for measuring nearbed sediment processes: An integrated approach,  Peter D. Thorne, Peter J. Hardcastle, and Paul S. Bell,  pp. 438-441
Monitoring of the water column and subbottom sediments using acoustic arrays in the northern Gulf of Mexico,  J. Robert Woolsey and Thomas M. McGee,  pp. 442-443
Adaptation of 2D sediment transport patterns using 3D hydrodynamic modelling,  H. Verbeek, M. H. P. Jansen, and C. A. H. Wouters,  pp. 444-448
Structured light approach for measuring sea ripple characteristics,  S. Baglio, C. Faraci, and E. Foti,  pp. 449-453

   Sub-Program: Remote Sensing

HF Radars
Chair(s): Philippe Forget, Université de Toulon et du Var, France; Malcom L. Heron, James Cook University, Australia
Validation of routine waveheight measurements on HF ocean radars,  Malcolm L. Heron, Hans C. Graber, and Scott F. Heron,  pp. 454-458
Analysis of second order HF radar sea spectra recorded in storm conditions,  S. P. Kingsley, A. Matoses, and L. R. Wyatt,  pp. 459-462
HF radar wave measurement in high sea-states,  Lucy R. Wyatt,  pp. 463-466
The dynamics of freshwater plumes at the Dutch coast as observed by high-resolution HF radar,  Klaus-Werner Gurgel, Heinz-Hermann Essen, and Thomas Schlick,  pp. 467-471

   Sub-Program: Positioning, Navigation and Control

Underwater communications 1
Chair(s): Roland Person, IFREMER, France; Maurice J. Moroney Jr. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Cambridge, USA
Long range acoustic communications,  A. Plaisant,  pp. 472-476
Underwater acoustic communication system of AUV,  Zhu Wei-Qing, Wang Chang-Hong, Pan Feng, Zhu Min, Wang Rui, Zhang Xiang-Jun, and Dai Yong-Mei,  pp. 477-481
A bidirectional coherent acoustic communication system for underwater vehicles,  Lee Freitag, Matthew Grund, Sandipa Singh, Samuel Smith, Reed Christenson, Larry Marquis, and Josko Catipovic,  pp. 482-486
Handshake protocols and adaptive modulation for underwater communications networks,  Maurice D. Green and Joseph A. Rice,  pp. 487-491

   Sub-Program: Underwater Vehicles and Systems

Control architectures for UUVs
Chair(s): Sam Smith, Florida Atlantic University, USA; Antonio Pascoal, IST, Portugal
Control architecture of a new deep scientific ROV: VICTOR 6000,  J.-F. Cadiou, S. Coudray, P. Léon, and M. Perrier,  pp. 492-497
Architecture, features and evaluation of effective, multi-purpose human computer interfaces,  P. Virgili, A. Bruno, Gi. Bruzzone, and E. Spirandelli,  pp. 498-502
Network architectures for underwater systems: Two applications of the CAN bus,  Jérôme Blandin and Pierre Léon,  pp. 503-507

   Sub-Program: Underwater acoustics

Bottom scattering
Chair(s): Xavier Lurton, IFREMER, France; Robert L. Martin, CNMOC-Stennis Space Center, USA
Applications of bottom backscattering theories to experiments,  Marc Gensane,  pp. 508-512
Identification of parametric models for ultrasonic reflection experiments performed on sediments at oblique incidence,  AbdellatifBey Bey Temsamani, Luc Peirlinckx, Steve Vandenplas, and Leo van Biesen,  pp. 513-517
Models for seafloor roughness and volume scattering,  Anatoliy N. Ivakin,  pp. 518-521

   Sub-Program: Signal, Image, Information Processing

Data processing for platform design and control
Chair(s): André Quinquis, ENSIETA, France; San Smith, Florida Atlantic University, USA
Measuring instrumentation in magnetic silencing: Orthonormal discrete transforms of magnetic signatures,  Alexander Kildishev, Ljubov Silayeva, and Serge Volokhov,  pp. 522-526
SABRINA: A system to get an acoustic control of the FRV Thalassa,  M. E. Bouhier, P. Duformentelle, B. Duchene, M. Drogou, P. Arzelies, and N. Diner,  pp. 527-531
Empirical prediction methods for rudder forces of a novel integrated propeller-rudder system,  Kourosh Koushan and Ehsan Mesbahi,  pp. 532-537
Rudder servo-system fault diagnosis using neural network fault modeling,  Zoran Vukic, Dean Pavlekovic, and Henrieta Ozbolt,  pp. 538-543

   Sub-Program: Oceanographic Instrumentation

Buoys and drifters
Chair(s): Peter Seifert, GKSS, Germany; JC. Mc Call, National Data Buoy Center, USA
Advances in National Data Buoy Center technology,  J. C. McCall,  pp. 544-548
Autonomous buoyed environmental system,  Vincent K. McDonald, J. Mark Stevenson, Susan G. Briest, and Jack R. Olson,  pp. 549-553
Experiment with aircraft-deployed bathythermic buoys in the Bay of Biscay (West of France),  V. Mariette, P. Mouge, J. Rolland, P. Blouch, M. Deveaux, B. Petolas, and V. Verbeque,  pp. 554-558
Innovative oceanographic sensor technology for use in air deployable buoy systems,  Joseph McCandless, William Collins, Robert Maffione, and Roger Holler,  pp. 559-563
An ARGOS-reporting, A-size minibuoy that measures ocean ambient noise time histories for periods up to one month,  Bernard G. Petolas and Raymond Mahr Jr.,  pp. 564-570

   Sub-Program: Signal, Image, Information Processing

Segmentation of Sonar Images
Chair(s): Andrea Trucco, University of Genoa, Italy; Vittorio Murino, University of Udine, Italy
Unsupervised image segmentation and image fusion for multi-beam/multi-aspect sidescan sonar images,  U. Hoelscher-Hoebing and D. Kraus,  pp. 571-576
Segmentation of 3D acoustic images for object recognition purposes,  Rajendra C. Patel and Alistair R. Greig,  pp. 577-581
A geometric approach to the segmentation and reconstruction of acoustic three-dimensional data,  Vittorio Murino, Alessandro Grion, and Stefano Bianchini,  pp. 582-586
Fish school analysis from multibeam sonar image processing,  Laurent Lecornu, Valérie Burdin, Carla Scalabrin, and Chafiaâ Hamitouche,  pp. 587-591
Quantitative acoustic color displays for classification with broadband sonars,  D. W. Miklovic and M. T. Bird,  pp. 592-597

VOLUME 2

   Sub-Program: Coastal management and ocean resources

Sediment transport 2
Chair(s): Huib de Vriend, Univ. of Twente, The Netherlands; Albert J. Williams III, W.H.I.O., USA
Numerical modelling of multiple scattering between two elastical particles,  Irina Bjørnø and Leif Bjørnø,  pp. 598-602
Spatial distribution of swell wave properties in a coastal area using satellite images,  H. Dupuis, P. Forget, V. Lafon, and J. M. Froidefond,  pp. 603-607
Influence of turbulence modelling on cross-shore suspended sediment transport,  K. Spielmann, D. Astruc, O. Thual, and G. P. Mocke,  pp. 608-612

   Sub-Program: Remote sensing

SAR and internal waves
Chair(s): Luc Leviandier, Thomson Marconi Sonar S.A.S., France; Alfred Ramamonjiarisoa, IRPHE CNRS, France
A new automatic internal wave detection and characterization method for SAR images,  Josep A. Ródenas and René Garello,  pp. 613-618
Experimental imaging of internal waves by a mm-wave radar,  G. Connan, H. D. Griffiths, P. V. Brennan, D. Renouard, E. Barthélémy, and R. Garello,  pp. 619-623
On the determination of characteristics of the interior ocean dynamics from radar signatures of internal solitary waves,  P. Brandt, A. Rubino, and R. Romeiser,  pp. 624-628
Investigation of perturbing action of atmospheric and internal oceanic processes on the waved sea surface using ocean remote sensing data,  Olga Lavrova, Marina Mityagina, and Konstantin Sabinin,  pp. 629-633

   Sub-Program: Positioning, navigation and control

Underwater communications 2
Chair(s): Gérard Loubet, LIS-CNRS, INPG, France; Robert Houghton, ISTI, Sacramento, USA
Underwater acoustic modem configured for use in a Local Area Network (LAN),  Maurice Green, Joseph A. Rice, and Steve Merriam,  pp. 634-638
An underwater communication testbed for telesonar RDT&E,  Vincent K. McDonald, Joseph A. Rice, and Chris L. Fletcher,  pp. 639-643
Time, frequency and angular dispersion modelling in the underwater communications channel,  S. Appleby and J. Davies,  pp. 644-649
Spread spectrum for underwater acoustic telemetry,  M. Stojanovic, J. G. Proakis, J. A. Rice, and M. D. Green,  pp. 650-654

   Sub-Program: Underwater vehicles and systems

UUV thruster dynamics and design
Chair(s): Nicolas Seube, ENSIETA, France; Tony Healey, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, USA
Optimal thruster configuration for omni-directional underwater vehicles. SamoS: A Pythagorean solution.,  François Pierrot, Michel Benoit, and Pierre Dauchez,  pp. 655-659
A four quadrant finite dimensional thruster model,  R. Bachmayer, L. L. Whitcomb, and M. A. Grosenbaugh,  pp. 660-666
Propulsor optimization for underwater vehicles,  L. Gautier and S. Cordier,  pp. 667-671
Design of AUV propeller based on a blade element method,  J. Cairns, E. Larnicol, P. Ananthakrishnan, S. Smith, and S. Dunn,  pp. 672-675
Observations on the dynamic performance of tunnel thrusters,  J. W. Whitney and S. M. Smith,  pp. 676-681

   Sub-Program: Underwater acoustics

Detection of seismic waves
Chair(s): Sergio M. Jesus, Universidade do Algarve, Portugal; Mr Oddbjorn Bergem, SACLANTCEN, Italy
Determination of shear wave properties in the upper seafloor using seismo-acoustic interface waves,  Svein Arne Frivik and Jens M. Hovem,  pp. 682-686
Beamforming performance of an array of sea-bed geophone sensors,  R. J. Brind, N. J. Goddard, and R. B. Whitmarsh,  pp. 687-693
Hydroacoustic monitoring system for the comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty,  Martin W. Lawrence and Patrick Grenard,  pp. 694-697
Detection of underwater explosion at very long range,  P.-F. Piserchia, D. Rodrigues, J. Virieux, and S. Gaffet,  pp. 698-702

   Sub-Program: Underwater vehicles and systems

AMADEUS gripper
Chair(s): Guiseppe Conte, University of Ancona, Italy; Robert L. Wernli, Naval Ocean System Center, San Diego, USA
Development of the Amadeus dextrous robot end-effectors,  G. Robinson, J. B. C. Davies, and J. P. P. Jones,  pp. 703-707
Modeling and control of new elements of the AMADEUS gripper designed for fast manipulative tasks,  V. Arrichiello, G. Bartolini, and M. Coccoli,  pp. 708-712
The sensing subsystems and force control of the AMADEUS dextrous underwater gripper,  D. J. O'Brien and D. M. Lane,  pp. 713-717
Evolution of design and implementation of an ergonomic human computer interface through the different phases of the AMADEUS project,  R. Bono, G. Veruggio, and P. Virgili,  pp. 718-722

   Sub-Program: Oceanographic instrumentation

Biofouling prevention
Chair(s): Dominique Festy, IFREMER, France; William Strackle, US Geological Survey, USA
Field results of antifouling techniques for optical instruments,  W. J. Strahle, F. S. Hotchkiss, and M. A. Martini,  pp. 723-727
A non destructive method for biofilm monitoring on optical systems,  S. Le Bras, D. Festy, N. Lacotte, and M. Lehaitre,  pp. 728-732
Biofilm prevention on optics by chlorine compound generation on tin oxide coating,  D. Festy, S. Le Bras, M. Clegg, N. Lacotte, M. Lehaitre, R. Menlove, and P. Sebastiao,  pp. 733-737

   Sub-Program: Signal, image, information processing

3D sonar vision
Chair(s): Alan C. Edwards, Oxford Computer Services, UK; Marwan Simaan, Univ. of Pittsburg, USA
The application of real time 3D acoustical imaging,  Rolf Kahrs Hansen and Poul Arndt Andersen,  pp. 738-741
Volumetric processing of Topas underwater acoustic data,  R. E. Loke and J. M. H. du Buf,  pp. 742-746
Map based underwater navigation using a multibeam echosounder,  M. Sistiaga, J. Opderbecke, M. J. Aldon, and V. Rigaud,  pp. 747-751
Use of forward scan sonar images for positioning and navigation by an AUV,  Joe Cuschieri and Shahriar Negahdaripour,  pp. 752-756

   Sub-Program: Coastal management and ocean resources

Sediment transport 3
Chair(s): André Monaco, CNRS URA, France; Ronald Waterman, Ministry of Transport, The Netherlands
Sand wave formation: A linear instability mechanism,  Natalia L. Komarova and Suzanne J. M. H. Hulscher,  pp. 757-761
3D sediment transport modelling in the Ebro River plume,  Nathalie Durand, Sylvain Ouillon, and Philippe Fraunie,  pp. 762-766
Monitoring of the evolution of a nourished beach in San Sebastian (N. Spain),  A. Uriarte, J. C. Santás, A. Caballero, and A. Borja,  pp. 767-772

   Sub-Program: Remote sensing

SAR swell and coastal zones
Chair(s): John Thomas, Oxford Computer Services, UK; René Garello, ENST Bretagne, Bretagne, France
A comparison study between SAR derived wave information and wave modelling results in coastal zone,  Philippe Forget, Antoine Mangin, and Stéphan Rousseau,  pp. 773-777
A ML multichannel ATI-SAR technique for measuring ocean surface velocities,  Fabrizio Lombardini, Hugh D. Griffiths, and Fulvio Gini,  pp. 778-782
Spatial frequency restoration,  Charles Penman, John O. Thomas, and Alan C. Edwards,  pp. 783-787
Halifax Harbour drained: Integration of multibeam, elevation, and SAR data,  Timothy A. Kearns,  pp. 788-793

   Sub-Program: Positioning, navigation and control

Underwater communications 3
Chair(s): Joel Labat, ENSTB, France; John D. Illgen, Illgen Simulation Technologies, USA
A frequency domain adaptive coded decision feedback equalizer for a broadband UWA COFDM system,  W. K. Lam, R. F. Ormondroyd, and J. J. Davies,  pp. 794-799
Trellis coded modulation schemes for underwater acoustic communications,  L. Venkata Subramaniam, B. Sundar Rajan, and Rajender Bahl,  pp. 800-804
Blind decision feedback equalization application to underwater communication systems,  J. Labat, J. Trubuïl, and M. Nicot,  pp. 805-809
Blind decision-feedback equalization of underwater acoustic channels,  João Gomes and Victor Barroso,  pp. 810-814

   Sub-Program: Underwater vehicles and systems

UUV fault tolerance and diagnostics
Chair(s): Bernard Amy, LISIA-CNRS, France; Mack O'Brien, Draper Laboratory, Cambridge, USA
Intelligent AUV on-board health monitoring software (INDOS),  Willi Hornfeld and Eberhard Frenzel,  pp. 815-819
Fault-tolerant control of an autonomous underwater vehicle,  Douglas Perrault and Meyer Nahon,  pp. 820-824
A model-based approach to fault diagnosis in unmanned underwater vehicles,  A. Alessandri, M. Caccia, and G. Veruggio,  pp. 825-829
Fault-diagnosis of subsea robots using neuro-symbolic hybrid systems,  B. Deuker, M. Perrier, and B. Amy,  pp. 830-834

   Sub-Program: Positioning, navigation and control

Interactive poster session
Simulation of GPS augmentation systems,  R. L. Houghton, J. G. Kirk, J. R. Auton, S. Chavin, J. Y. Cruz, and H. P. Thompson,  pp. 835-839
Video and graphic broadcasting information system for research vessels,  Fabrice Lecornu, Armel Rué, and Didier Lavoine,  pp. 840-844
Argos second and third generations: Enhancements finely tuned to oceanographic applications,  Christian Ortega,  pp. 845-848
Using a priori current knowledge on AUV navigation,  Nathalie Vasquez and M. João Rendas,  pp. 849-853
A spread-spectrum radio data link buoy for underwater sensing applications,  J. Mark Stevenson, Susan G. Briest, and Alan D. Fronk,  pp. 854-856

   Sub-Program: Data acquisition and processing

Interactive poster session
Procedures for ship collision avoidance,  Vladimir I. Churkin and Yuri I. Zhukov,  pp. 857-860
VADO: A Web based environment for visualization and analysis of oceanographic data,  E. del Rio, O. Rius, E. García-Ladona, and J. Font,  pp. 861-865
The passing of long internal and external gravity wave over a step. Laboratory and in-situ measurements compared with analytical modelling,  Katell Guizien, Caroline Ramirez, Eric Barthélemy, and Dominique Renouard,  pp. 866-870
Real-time altimeter data assimilation experiments in an Eastern North-Atlantic monitoring and prediction system,  Sylvie Giraud, Eric Dombrowsky, and Pierre Bahurel,  pp. 871-874
CERSAT activities and scatterometers value-added products,  Sylvie Pouliquen, Christophe Maroni, Valérie Harscoat, and Francine Loubrieu,  pp. 875-878

   Sub-Program: Remote sensing

Interactive poster session
MORSE: Mesoscale ocean radar signature experiments,  Luc Leviandier, W. Alpers, E. Barthelemy, P. Brandt, P. Brennan, G. Connan, A. C. Edwards, R. Garello, J. Rodenas, H. Griffiths, D. Renouard, A. Rubino, J. O. Thomas, and K. Woodbridge,  pp. 879-889
Microwave radar backscatter from the sea surface,  Alexei Nekrassov,  pp. 890-892
An approach to the general interpretation of internal wave imagery,  Alan C. Edwards, John O. Thomas, and Charles Penman,  pp. 893-897
Internal waves, topography and ocean fronts and eddies observed with ERS synthetic aperture radar,  H. Hajji, D. Bonicel, A. Ramamonjiarisoa, M. Joelson, M. Deveaux, R. Garello, and B. Chapron,  pp. 898-903
Modelisation of the spatial autocorrelation function of the heights of the sea,  C. Bourlier, J. Saillard, and G. Berginc,  pp. 904-908
Water quality and optical properties of coastal waters from hyperspectral data,  Florence Lahet, Sylvain Ouillon, and Philippe Forget,  pp. 909-913
Application of passive microwave polarimetry for sea surface parameters retrieval,  Alexey V. Kuzmin, Michael N. Pospelov, and Yuri G. Trokhimovski,  pp. 914-918

   Sub-Program: Underwater acoustics

Biological classification
Chair(s): G. C. Bishop, NUWC, USA; John Papadakis, Forth-IACM, Greece
Inversion of acoustic waveguide propagation features to measure oxygen synthesis by Posidonia oceanica,  Jean-Pierre Hermand, Pamela Nascetti, and Francesco Cinelli,  pp. 919-926
Acoustic backscattering from marine vegetation,  R. Bozzano, R. Mantovani, A. Siccardi, and L. Castellano,  pp. 927-930

   Sub-Program: Underwater vehicles and systems

Robotic arm-vehicle coordination
Chair(s): Daniel Simon, INRIA, France; François Pierrot, LIRM CNRS, France
Hybrid position/force control of a ROV with a manipulator,  Lionel Lapierre, Philippe Fraisse, and Nacer K. M'Sirdi,  pp. 931-935
A comparative study of neglected dynamics on an underwater vehicle/manipulator system under nonlinear robust control,  Ernesto Olguín Díaz, Carlos Canudas de Wit, and Michel Perrier,  pp. 936-940
Model development of an underwater manipulator for coordinated arm-vehicle control,  Kortney N. Leabourne and Stephen M. Rock,  pp. 941-946
AMADEUS: Dual-arm workcell for co-ordinated and dexterous manipulation,  D. Angeletti, G. Bruzzone, M. Caccia, G. Cannata, G. Casalino, S. Reto, and G. Veruggio,  pp. 947-952

   Sub-Program: Oceanographic instrumentation

Chemical instruments
Chair(s): Marie-Louise Tercier, University of Genova, Switzerland; R. H. Byrne, University of South Florida, USA
Development of an in-situ long pathlength spectrophotometric sensor for oceanic chemical analysis,  R. D. Waterbury, R. H. Byrne, and W. Yao,  pp. 953-955
A novel probe and microsensors for in situ, continuous, automatic profiling of trace elements in natural waters,  M.-L. Tercier-Waeber, C. Belmont-Hébert, J. Buffle, F. Graziottin, G. C. Fiaccabrino, and M. Koudelka-Hep,  pp. 956-959

   Sub-Program: Signal, image, information processing

Synthetic aperture sonar
Chair(s): Didier Billon, Thomson Marconi Sonar S.A.S., France; Stanley Chamberlain, Raytheon Systems, USA
Spatial sampling ambiguities in synthetic aperture sonar for broadside and squint look operations,  R. McHugh, S. Shaw, and N. Taylor,  pp. 960-964
Theoretical performance and experimental results for synthetic aperture sonar self-calibration,  Didier Billon and Franck Fohanno,  pp. 965-970

   Sub-Program: Coastal management and ocean resources

Ocean resource technologies
Chair(s): Joe Vadus, Global Ocean, USA; Aldo Drago, Council for Sciences and Technology, Malta
The ultimate ocean ranch,  Fujio Matsuda, Tom Tsurutani, James P. Szyper, and Patrick Takahashi,  pp. 971-976
Sustainable salmon aquaculture and tidal flushing in a macrotidal ecosystem: Cobscook Bay, Maine,  David A. Brooks, Michael W. Baca, and Yao-Tsai Lo,  pp. 977-982
Thermocline driven desalination: Status for Cape Verde,  Armand J. Silva, Robert L. Methot, Michael Panich, Joseph Van Ryzin, and John C. Whanon,  pp. 983-987
A parametric study of the hydroelastic response of a floating, mat-type runway in regular waves,  R. Cengiz Ertekin and Jang Whan Kim,  pp. 988-992
Coastal marine facilities created from large floating ice structures,  Joseph R. Vadus, Takeo Kondo, and Toshiaki Nakamura,  pp. 993-999

   Sub-Program: Remote sensing

Ocean color and SST
Chair(s): Farid Askari, Saclantcen, Italy; Virginie Lafon, Université de Bordeaux, France
Scaling property estimation of thermal sea surface turbulent structures on NOAA IR-imagery,  A. I. Alexanin, M. G. Alexanina, E. E. Herbek, and O. Ryabov,  pp. 1000-1005
Seawifs data interpretation in relationship with in-situ measurements in a coastal area,  Jean-Marie Froidefond, Samantha Lavender, Alain Herbland, Pierre Laborde, Virginie Lafon, and Hélène Dupuis,  pp. 1006-1009
A Hopfield neural network to track drifting buoys in the ocean,  V. Parisi, E. Garcia, J. Cabestany, J. Font, and J. Salas,  pp. 1010-1016
A neural network architecture for automatic extraction of oceanographic features in satellite remote sensing imagery,  Farid Askari and Benoit Zerr,  pp. 1017-1021

   Sub-Program: Positioning, navigation and control

Shallow water communications
Chair(s): Hayri Sari, Loughbourough University, UK / Robert Houghton, ISTI, Sacramento, USA
UW communication system design for severely dispersed channels,  J. J. Davies and S. A. Pointer,  pp. 1022-1027
Test of an high data rate acoustic link in shallow water,  Dominique Albonico, Franck Fohanno, and Joël Labat,  pp. 1028-1032
Using normal mode channel structure for narrow band underwater communications in shallow water,  A. G. Silva and S. M. Jesus,  pp. 1033-1037
Spreading sequences for underwater multiple-access communications,  Christophe Boulanger, Gérard Loubet, and Jean René Lequepeys,  pp. 1038-1042

   Sub-Program: Underwater vehicles and systems

UUV control and guidance
Chair(s): G. Trimble, Lockheed Martin Ocean, USA / Vincent Rigaud, IFREMER, France
Guidance and control of the SIRENE underwater vehicle: From system design to tests at sea,  P. Oliveira, C. Silvestre, P. Aguiar, and A. Pascoal,  pp. 1043-1048
Experiences on the modelling and identification of the heave motion of an open-frame UUV,  A. Alessandri, R. Bono, M. Caccia, G. Indiveri, and G. Veruggio,  pp. 1049-1053
Force control of underwater thrusters with application to AUV motion control,  L. Deniellou, Y. Gallou, P. Gourmelen, and N. Seube,  pp. 1054-1058
AUV motion in a wave field,  P. Ananthakrishnan and K-Q. Zhang,  pp. 1059-1063
Shallow water station keeping of AUVs using multi-sensor fusion for wave disturbance prediction and compensation,  Jeffery S. Riedel and Anthony J. Healey,  pp. 1064-1068

   Sub-Program: Underwater acoustics

Source localization in shallow water
Chair(s): Yan Stephan, EPSHOM, France; Yves Doisy, Thomson Marconi Sonar S.A.S., France
Sensitivity of acoustic source localization in shallow water,  Joakim O. Blanch,  pp. 1069-1073
Time-domain single hydrophone localization in a real shallow water environment,  Yung P. Lee,  pp. 1074-1077
Broadband source localization with a single hydrophone,  S. M. Jesus, M. B. Porter, Y. Stéphan, E. Coelho, and X. Démoulin,  pp. 1078-1082
Multipath characterization of hydroacoustic signals by autocoherence estimation,  Leif Persson, John W. C. Robinson, and Melvin J. Hinich,  pp. 1083-1087

   Sub-Program: Underwater vehicles and systems

GEOSTAR benthic station
Chair(s): Tamaki Ura, University of Tokyo, Japan
GEOSTAR - Scientific goals of the project and results of the first test phase,  P. Favali, G. Smriglio, L. Beranzoli, T. Braun, M. Calcara, G. Etiope, F. Frugoni, C. Millot, J. L. Fuda, M. Marani, F. Gamberi, J. V. Dobson, and N. Marshall,  pp. 1088-1090
GEOSTAR - Development and test of an innovative benthic station for long-term investigations at abyssal depths,  Francesco Gasparoni, Daniele Calore, Renato Campaci, and Andrea Marigo,  pp. 1091-1095
GEOSTAR - Development and test of a deployment and recovery system for deep-sea benthic observatories,  H. W. Gerber and D. Schulze,  pp. 1096-1101
GEOSTAR - Development and test of a communication system for deep-sea benthic stations,  J. Marvaldi, J. Blandin, Ch. Podeur, J. M. Coudeville, J. Antoine, D. Bardot, D. Fellmann, and D. Rhodes,  pp. 1102-1107

   Sub-Program: Oceanographic instrumentation

Water/sediment interface
Chair(s): Jacques Legrand, IFREMER, France; Kenneth Ferer, Neptune Sciences Inc., USA
Three-dimensional sediment transport measurements by acoustics (TRIDISMA),  J. A. Taylor, C. E. Vincent, P. D. Thorne, P. J. Hardcastle, V. F. Humphrey, J. D. Zhang, A. Schaafsma, C. M. Dohmen-Janssen, and M. Perennes,  pp. 1108-1114
Customisation of rapid visual reconnaissance technology for use within the deep sea-sediment profile imagery,  Anthony J. Grehan, Mark McKillen, and Brendan F. Keegan,  pp. 1115-1119
Autonomous deep-ocean lander vehicles; Modular approaches to design and operation,  Imants G. Priede, Steven Addison, Scott Bradley, Phil M. Bagley, Peter Gray, Cynthia Yau, Jean-Francois Rolin, Jerome Blandin, Jacques Legrand, Alexis Khripounoff, Annick Vangriesheim, Axel Cremer, Ursula Witte, Olaf Pfannkuche, Anders Tengberg, Stefan Hulth, Per Hall, Willem Helder, Tjerd Van Weering, and Gerard Duineveld,  pp. 1120-1125

   Sub-Program: Signal, image, information processing

Signal and data processing for bathymetry
Chair(s): Freddy Pohner, Kongsberg SIMRAD Subsea A/S, Norway; Christian de Moustier, Scripps Inst. of Oceanography, USA
Applications of interferometric swath bathymetry,  Matt Geen,  pp. 1126-1130
Precision analysis of bathymetry measurements using phase difference,  Xavier Lurton,  pp. 1131-1134
Multibeam data cleaning for hydrography using geostatistics,  Hervé Bisquay, Xavier Freulon, Chantal De Fouquet, and Christian Lajaunie,  pp. 1135-1143
Preliminary study on the distribution of artificial reefs by using multibeam echo sounder,  Shiahn-wern Shyue,  pp. 1144-1148

   Sub-Program: Coastal management and ocean resources

Coastal networks
Chair(s): Robert Woolsey, University of Mississippi, USA; Philippe Marchand, IFREMER, France
MAREL: Automated measurement network for the coastal environment,  Patrice Woerther and Anne Grouhel,  pp. 1149-1154
Development of operational oceanography in Greece by means of the POSEIDON system,  Takvor H. Soukissian, George Th. Chronis, and Seraphim Poulos,  pp. 1155-1159
The digital sea gauge network of the French Navy's hydrographic and oceanographic service-Réseau d'Observatoires du NIveau de la Mer-RONIM,  Serge Allain,  pp. 1160-1162
Metrological control for autonomous marine environment monitoring system,  Laurent Delauney, Christian Le Gall, and Jean Marie Vercelli,  pp. 1163-1167

   Sub-Program: Data acquisition and processing

Marine GIS
Chair(s): Jean Claude Salomon, IFREMER, France; Norman Miller, Norman Miller Associates, USA
Development of a marine G.I.S. with the view on the monitoring and modelling of the Guayas estuary and the Estero Salado in Ecuador,  Leo Van Biesen, Patrice T. K. Yamba, Zobeida Cisneros, Luc Peirlinckx, Tesfazghi Ghebreegziabeber, Michelle Tackx, Francisco Torres, Patrick Roose, Humberto Gomez, Stanislas Wartel, and Magda Vincx,  pp. 1168-1172
Operational use of oceanographic environmental data for naval operations,  Jean-Louis Esperandieu and Didier Pitrat,  pp. 1173-1177

   Sub-Program: Positioning, navigation and control

Underwater communication systems
Chair(s): Oliver Hinton, University of Newcastle, UK; Maurice J. Moroney Jr., Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Cambridge, USA
Comparison of adaptive algorithms for multichannel adaptive equalizers. Application to underwater acoustic communications,  V. Capellano and G. Jourdain,  pp. 1178-1182
Underwater voice communications using a modulated laser beam,  Hayri Sari and Bryan Woodward,  pp. 1183-1188

   Sub-Program: Underwater vehicles and systems

Image-based navigation for UUVs
Chair(s): Joao Randas, I3S-CNRS, Université de Nice, France; William Mc Farland, Draper Laboratory, Cambridge, USA
Underwater optical ranging system for ROV's,  M. R. Arshad and J. Lucas,  pp. 1189-1193
Underwater vehicle path planning using a multi-beam forward looking sonar,  Y. Petillot, I. Tena Ruiz, D. M. Lane, Y. Wang, E. Trucco, and N. Pican,  pp. 1194-1199
Development of a visually-guided autonomous underwater vehicle,  David Wettergreen, Chris Gaskett, and Alex Zelinsky,  pp. 1200-1204

VOLUME 3

   Sub-Program: Underwater acoustics

Tomography
Chair(s): Alex Tolstoy, Integrated Performance Decision Inco, USA; Michael Taroudakis, I.A.M.H., Greece
sirOb: An interactive package for inversion of parametric sonar data,  Andrea Caiti and Riccardo Zoppoli,  pp. 1205-1209
Geoacoustic tomographic inversion in shallow water,  A. Tolstoy,  pp. 1210-1213
Comparison between different inversion methods for ocean acoustic tomography (comparison on experimental data),  Patrick Pignot, Bernard Faure, and Guillaume Ginolhac,  pp. 1214-1218
A new modular instrumentation for ocean acoustic tomography, present status and future trends,  C. Gac, Y. Le Gall, T. Terre, B. Leduc, and R. Person,  pp. 1219-1223

   Sub-Program: Underwater vehicles and systems

Specialized ROV/UUV systems
Chair(s): John Tattersal, STN Atlas Elektronik GmbH, Germany; Tamaki Ura, Univ. of Tokyo, Japan
Development of a Non-Acoustic Sensor Platform (NASP),  John Morrison, Don Cowling, and Steve Takel,  pp. 1224-1229
The advantage of rubble mound roughness measurement by walking robot,  Jun'ichi Akizono, Toshinari Tanaka, Katsuei Nakagawa, Takashi Tsuji, and Mineo Iwasaki,  pp. 1230-1232
Submarine cable handling system for deep underwater vehicles,  Katsuyoshi Kawaguchi, Hiroyasu Momma, and Ryoichi Iwase,  pp. 1233-1237
Deep ocean autonomous submersible (lander) utilising a short base-line acoustic array for tracking particulate organic matter by fishes at abyssal depths,  P. M. Bagley, S. Bradley, S. Addison, I. G. Priede, and P. Gray,  pp. 1238-1244
Rejecting the disturbances due to the umbilical's traction in ROV's control,  G. Conte, A. Serrani, and A. M. Perdon,  pp. 1245-1249

   Sub-Program: Oceanographic instrumentation

Optical instruments I
Chair(s): John Watson, Aberdeen Univ., UK; Frank Caimi, Harbour Branch, USA
Lidar as part of an ROV-based sensor network for the detection of chemical pollutants on the seafloor,  Stefan Harsdorf, Manfred Janssen, Rainer Reuter, Bernhard Wachowicz, and Rainer Willkomm,  pp. 1250-1253
TLS: Tomoscopy by immersed laser spectroscopy,  U. Stute, M. Lehaitre, P. Rousseau, R. Berric, A. Le Noach, and O. Lado-Bordowsky,  pp. 1254-1258
Spatially variant and coherent illumination method for undersea object detection and recognition,  Frank M. Caimi, Bernard C. Bailey, and Joel H. Blatt,  pp. 1259-1263

   Sub-Program: Signal, image, information processing

Signal processing for active sonar
Chair(s): Genaviève Jourdain, LIS-CNRS, INPG, France; Roger Dwyer, USA
Classification of buried objects using a parametric sonar,  David Boulinguez, André Quinquis, and Marc Brussieux,  pp. 1264-1268
Statistical and neural techniques to buried object detection and classification,  M. Granara, A. Pescetto, F. Repetto, G. Tacconi, and A. Trucco,  pp. 1269-1273
Markov random fields for target classification in low frequency sonar,  R. Laterveer, D. Hughes, and S. Dugelay,  pp. 1274-1278
The use of higher order statistics to classify the non-linear behaviour of bubbles,  S. M. Simmons, O. R. Hinton, and A. E. Adams,  pp. 1279-1284
Low-speed targets sonar detection using autoregressive models in reverberation; Experimental performances for wideband signals,  V. Carmillet and G. Jourdain,  pp. 1285-1289

   Sub-Program: Coastal management and ocean resources

Coastal observing systems
Chair(s): Didier Sauzade, IFREMER, France; John Noakes, Univ. of Georgia, USA
Rapid mapping of anthropogenic radionuclides, metals, and organic compounds in surficial marine sediments,  John E. Noakes, Scott E. Noakes, Douglas K. Dvoracek, Randy A. Culp, and Parshall B. Bush,  pp. 1290-1295
Dual frequency acoustic classification of seafloor habitat using the QTC VIEW,  James L. Galloway and William T. Collins,  pp. 1296-1300
Estimating hurricane storm surge amplitudes for the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic coastlines of the United States,  Edwin P. Russo,  pp. 1301-1305

   Sub-Program: Data acquisition and processing

Modeling and simulation
Chair(s): Roger Proctor, Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory, UK; Norman Miller, Norman Miller Associates, USA
A comprehensive study of coastal currents in Mediterranean Sea: Use of an embedded model (METRO-MED project),  O. Raillard, L. Mortier, and S. Deleville,  pp. 1306-1308
A numerical model of the Gibraltar exchange (CANIGO project),  F. Martel,  pp. 1309-1312
Validation of a numerical model for the study of anchovy recruitment in the Bay of Biscay,  M. González, Ad. Uriarte, L. Motos, A. Borja, and A. Uriate,  pp. 1313-1318
A particle system formulation for tracking deformable structures,  Hussein Yahia, Jean-Paul Berroir, and Gilles Mazars,  pp. 1319-1323
Coastal oil pollution prediction by a tanker using cellular automata,  Takaaki Nakano, Junichi Hasegawa, and Shin Morishita,  pp. 1324-1328

   Sub-Program: Positioning, navigation and control

Global positioning
Chair(s): François Régis Martin Lauzer, Gesma, France; John D. Illgen, Illgen Simulation Technologies, USA
Global harmonization of radionavigation systems,  John Beukers and Robert Lilley,  pp. 1329-1335
The need for conformity in GPS navigation & pilotage systems,  Maurice J. Moroney Jr.,  pp. 1336-1339
Performance assessment of GPS augmentation systems,  R. L. Houghton, T. P. Strelich, C. M. Cluff, and J. C. Valine,  pp. 1340-1343
Using GPS at sea to determine the range between a moving ship and a drifting buoy to centimeter-level accuracy,  James A. Doutt, George V. Frisk, and Hugh Martell,  pp. 1344-1347

   Sub-Program: Underwater vehicles and systems

UUV navigation
Chair(s): David Lane, Heriott Watt University, UK; Christopher Hillenbrand, Naval Underwater Weapons Center, USA
Navigation systems design: An application of multi-rate filtering theory,  P. Oliveira and A. Pascoal,  pp. 1348-1353
State estimation and fix of an AUV in real time,  Norbert Toumelin and Jérôme Lemaire,  pp. 1354-1358
A flexible hardware in the loop simulator for a long range Autonomous Underwater Vehicle,  Frédéric Devie and Jérôme Lemaire,  pp. 1359-1363

   Sub-Program: Underwater acoustics

Radiated and ambient noise
Chair(s): William Carey, MIT, USA; Hayri Sari, Loughbourough University, UK
Adriatic Sea noise spectrum measurement and polynomial approximation,  Dario Matika and Henrieta Ozbolt,  pp. 1364-1367
Using ambient noise sonar (ANS) to probe the ocean environment in shallow water,  Marc P. Olivieri, Stewart A. L. Glegg, and Robert K. Coulson,  pp. 1368-1372
Ambient noise in the natural surf zone: Wave breaking frequencies,  Sarah J. Bass and Alex E. Hay,  pp. 1373-1377
On mechanism of wind-wave noise generation,  P. Tkalich and Chan Eng-Soon,  pp. 1378-1381

   Sub-Program: Underwater vehicles and systems

Underwater virtual reality
Chair(s): Jean François Cadiou, Ifremer, France; Glen N. Williams, Texas A&M University, USA
Mixing simulations and real subsystems for subsea robot development-- Specification and development of the core simulation engine,  D. M. Lane, G. J. Falconer, G. W. Randall, N. D. Duffy, J. T. Herd, P. Chernett, J. Hunter, M. Colley, J. Standeven, V. Callaghan, J. Smith, J. Evans, A. Woods, J. Penrose, G. A. Whittaker, D. Smith, and I. Edwards,  pp. 1382-1386
Underwater vehicle synthetic environment demonstration: An overview,  John Morrison,  pp. 1387-1391
Virtual reality simulation testbed for underwater environments,  Denis Gracanin, Maja Matijasevic, Nikos Tsourveloudis, and Kimon P. Valavanis,  pp. 1392-1396

   Sub-Program: Oceanographic instrumentation

Optical instruments 2
Chair(s): Michel Lehaitre, IFREMER, France; John Watson, Aberdeen University, UK
Technological improvement for in situ spectroscopy applied to coastal water monitoring,  M. Lehaitre, M. Leclercq, and D. Lepère,  pp. 1397-1400
Water monitoring using infrared fiber optic sensors,  B. Mizaikoff, M. Kraft, and M. Jakusch,  pp. 1401-1404
A quantitative stereoscopic video system for visually measuring the linear dimensions of free-swimming fish,  G. D. Steeves, R. H. Peterson, and L. D. Clark,  pp. 1405-1408

   Sub-Program: Signal, image, information processing

Multiple sources detection and tracking
Chair(s): Isabelle Herlin, INRIA, France; Richard Nadolink, N.U.W.C., USA
High resolution spectrum estimating algorithm,  Igor Luzin and Maxim Dubinsky,  pp. 1409-1412
A new order selection method for auto-regressive processes,  Mahmood Karimi and Mohammed H. Bastani,  pp. 1413-1417
Multiple source localization using partitioning algorithms,  N. V. Nikitakos, A. Leros, and S. K. Katsikas,  pp. 1418-1421
Radar/sonar multitarget tracking,  Marcelo G. S. Bruno and José M. F. Moura,  pp. 1422-1426

   Sub-Program: Coastal management and ocean resources

Ocean energy
Chair(s): Cengis Ertekin, University of Hawai; Jean Marvaldi, IFREMER, France
On control approaches for efficient primary energy conversion in irregular waves,  Umesh A. Korde,  pp. 1427-1431
Renewable energy source for Diego Garcia,  Robert H. Mayer and Francis C. Monastero,  pp. 1432-1435

   Sub-Program: Remote sensing

Radar laboratory experiments
Chair(s): Hugh Griffiths, University College London, UK; Martin Gade, Hamburg University, Germany
Picosecond optical pulse backscattering measurement: Determination of ocean water transfer function,  F. Pellen, X. Intes, Y. Guern, J. Cariou, and J. Lotrian,  pp. 1436-1438
Laboratory measurements of artificial rain impinging on a water surface,  N. Braun, M. Gade, and Philipp A. Lange,  pp. 1439-1444
Rain cells over the sea monitored by synthetic aperture and weather radars: A comparison,  C. Melsheimer and M. Gade,  pp. 1445-1448

   Sub-Program: Underwater vehicles and systems

ROVs and subsystems
Chair(s): Jean Louis Michel, IFREMER, France; R. Blidberg, AUSI, USA
A comparison between ship-mounted and cage-mounted passive heave compensation systems,  F. R. Driscoll, M. Nahon, and R. G. Lueck,  pp. 1449-1454
The development of a towed vehicle for optical mapping in shallow water,  Joseph H. J. Leach,  pp. 1455-1458
UUV docking systems
Chair(s): Jean Louis Michel, IFREMER, France; R Blidberg, AUSI, USA
An intelligent dock for an autonomous ocean sampling network,  Hanumant Singh, Steve Lerner, Keith von der Heyt, and Bradley A. Moran,  pp. 1459-1462
EURODOCKER-A universal docking-downloading-recharging system for AUVs: Conceptual design results,  Attilio Brighenti, Libero Zugno, Fernando Mattiuzzo, and Alberto Sperandio,  pp. 1463-1467

   Sub-Program: Signal, image, information processing

Interactive poster session
Magnetically quiet shipboard-type electrical equipment: Methods in design and manufacturing,  Pavel Dobrodejev, Serge Volokhov, and Alexander Kildishev,  pp. 1468-1472
Relative orientation and roto-rectification of stereoscopic underwater images,  José Francisco Zelasco and Diego Amín Dagum,  pp. 1473-1476
Wavelet compression in marine seismic data,  Marwan A. Simaan,  pp. 1477-1480
Frequency line extractor using multiple hidden Markov models,  D. Van Cappel and P. Alinat,  pp. 1481-1485
Simplified formulas for performance analysis of MUSIC and Min Norm,  Philippe Forster and Eric Villier,  pp. 1486-1490
Nonlinear filtering for a new nimble jammer,  Jean-Pierre Costa, Thierry Pitarque, and Philippe Rostaing,  pp. 1491-1495
Real-time architecture for cable tracking using texture descriptors,  Antoni Grau, Joan Climent, and Joan Aranda,  pp. 1496-1500
Reverberation characterization and suppression by means of principal components,  Thomas A. Palka and Donald W. Tufts,  pp. 1501-1506

   Sub-Program: Costal management and ocean resources

Interactive poster session
On-line monitoring of biofilm and T.R.O. by a new ENEL's system,  Pierangela Cristiani, Alfonso Mollica, and Giovanna Ventura,  pp. 1507-1511
Methods for evaluating debris on the deep sea floor,  F. Galgani and B. Andral,  pp. 1512-1524
Ocean resource technologies
Chair(s): Joe Vadus, Global Ocean, USA; Aldo Drago, Council for Sciences and Technology, Malta
The Blue Millennium,  Takeo Kondo, Tadashi Matsunaga, Joseph Vadus, and Patrick Takahashi,  pp. 1525-1528
Interactive poster session
POSEIDON: Marine environmental, monitoring, forecasting and information system for Greek waters,  George Th. Chronis, Seraphim Poulos, and Takvor H. Soukissian,  pp. 1529-1530
Sediment transport 3
Chair(s): André Monaco, CNRS URA 715, France; Ronald Waterman, Ministry of Transport, The Netherlands
Modelling the siltation in the Rotterdam harbour area,  A. van der Meulen, J. M. de Kok, and Z. B. Wang,  pp. 1531-1534
Interactive poster session
Determination of the turbulent transfer parameters in a coastal sea area by application of the ADCP devices,  V. V. Gorbatsky, D. V. Ivanov, and A. D. Litvin,  pp. 1535-1539
INDIA: Inlet Dynamics Initiative Algarve,  J. J. Williams, B. Arens, M. A. Davidson, J. M. A. Dias, H. Howa, B. A. O'Connor, A. Sarmento, J. S. Smith, and G. Voulgaris,  pp. 1540-1546

   Sub-Program: Underwater acoustics

Sonar
Chair(s): P. C. Hines, DREA, Canada; Benoît Rafine, DCN Ingénierie, France
Deployable multistatic active sonar: The cycle of system design, tests and data analysis,  Lorenzo Mozzone,  pp. 1547-1552
Fast and self-consistent ASW performance prediction,  M. A. Ainslie and C. H. Harrison,  pp. 1553-1557
A wide-band sonar for underwater acoustics measurements in shallow water,  Paul C. Hines, W. Cary Risley, and Martin P. O'Connor,  pp. 1558-1562
Target-boundary scattering and resonant detection and classification,  Garner C. Bishop and Judy Smith,  pp. 1563-1567

   Sub-Program: Underwater vehicles and systems

Underwater vehicles for science
Chair(s): Jean François Drogou, IFREMER, France; Vincent Muraciolli, COMEX pro, France
ROMEO goes to Antarctica,  R. Bono, G. Bruzzone, G. Bruzzone, M. Caccia, E. Spirandelli, and G. Veruggio,  pp. 1568-1572
Sea trials of the deep scientific system VICTOR 6000,  Marc Nokin,  pp. 1573-1577
Tiburon: Science and technical results from MBARI's new ROV integrated to a SWATH platform,  W. J. Kirkwood,  pp. 1578-1583
A specialized ROV for inspection of salt dome caverns,  Philip J. Ballou,  pp. 1584-1588
Subsea instrument deployments: Methodology and techniques using a work class remotely operated vehicle (ROV),  T. C. Dawe, D. S. Stakes, P. R. McGill, J. Barry, and S. Etchemendy,  pp. 1589-1593

   Sub-Program: Oceanographic instrumentation

Optical instruments 3
Chair(s): Bryan Mac Craith, Dublin University, Ireland; Archie Todd Morrison, III Mc Lane Laboratories, USA
On development of a submersible microscopes and image processing system,  Tatsuro Akiba, Mari Nakamura, and Yoshimi Kakui,  pp. 1594-1598
High-resolution in situ holographic recording and analysis of marine organisms and particles (HOLOMAR),  J. Watson, V. Chalvidan, J. P. Chambard, G. Craig, A. Diard, G. L. Foresti, B. Forre, S. Gentili, P. R. Hobson, R. S. Lampitt, P. Maine, J. T. Malmo, H. Nareid, A. Pescetto, G. Pieroni, S. Serpico, K. Tipping, and A. Trucco,  pp. 1599-1603
An optoelectronic sensor of mesoplankton as an addition to CTD-probes and towed vehicle,  Dmitry E. Levashov, Alexandr I. Zhavoronkov, and Alexandr P. Voronkov,  pp. 1604-1607

   Sub-Program: Signal, image, information processing

Signal and data processing for passive sonar
Chair(s): Georges Bienvenu, Thomson Marconi Sonar S.A.S., France; Marwan Simaan, University of Pittsburg, USA
Underwater acoustic array shape estimation and tracking using Kalman Filters,  Masud Bahadori, Mahmood Karimi, Mahmood Kamarei, and Kourosh Kalantar Zadeh,  pp. 1608-1612
Space-time signal processing algorithms for moving antennas,  I. I. Gorban,  pp. 1613-1618
The neurally-inspired contact estimator (NICE),  Christopher M. DeAngelis and James E. Whitney,  pp. 1619-1623
Real time processing of video data
Chair(s): Christian de Moustier, Scripps Ins. of Oceanography, USA
DSP hardware implementation of transform-based compression algorithm for AUV telemetry,  Donna M. Kocak and Frank M. Caimi,  pp. 1624-1628
Mathematical methods for mapping image and data compression transforms to adaptive computing systems,  Mark S. Schmalz, Gerhard X. Ritter, and Frank M. Caimi,  pp. 1629-1633

   Sub-Program: Underwater vehicles and systems

UUV control technologies
Chair(s): Bjorn Jalving, N.D.R.E., Norway; Glen N. Williams, Texas A&M University, USA
Optimal control of a deep-towed vehicle by optimization techniques,  L. Chauvier, G. Damy, J. Ch. Gilbert, and N. Pichon,  pp. 1634-1639
Robust control of underwater vehicles: Sliding mode control vs. Mu synthesis,  Giampiero Campa, Mario Innocenti, and Francesco Nasuti,  pp. 1640-1644
Tracking control of underwater vehicles including thruster dynamics by second order sliding modes,  G. Bartolini, E. Punta, and E. Usai,  pp. 1645-1649
Autonomous navigation of the free-swimming vehicle SIRENE,  J. Opderbecke, V. Rigaud, and D. Semac,  pp. 1650-1654

   Sub-Program: Coastal management and ocean resources

Student poster session
Monitoring of oceanic surface features in the central and south-western Kara Sea, using NOAA-AVHRR imagery,  B. Anselme,  pp. 1657-1660
Temperature changes of the detectibility of sea background slight-contrastic anomalous radar formations in sea surface radar sensing,  A. A. Arakelyan, A. K. Hambaryan, and A. K. Arakhlian,  pp. 1661-1665
Shallow water predictions and HF radar wave measurements in coastal areas,  S. Caires and L. R. Wyatt,  pp. 1666-1670
A Fourier-based motion estimation approach for wide band synthetic aperture sonar,  David Chevillon, Thierry Rastello, and Didier Vray,  pp. 1671-1675
A digital laser slopemeter for small scale sea surface roughness measurements,  G. J. Crossingham, B. J. Willoughby, D. Ramsden, and I. S. Robinson,  pp. 1676-1680
WHOI Cable: Time domain numerical modeling of moored and towed oceanographic systems,  Jason I. Gobat and Mark A. Grosenbaugh,  pp. 1681-1685
A portable simulation facility for the design of autonomous underwater vehicles,  G. Hackett and M. Nahon,  pp. 1686-1690
Combining wave energy and artificial reef technology for sustainable coastal resource development,  Amy E. Hower,  pp. 1691-1695
Drag characterization in the autonomous benthic explorer,  James C. Kinsey,  pp. 1696-1700
A miniaturised Fourier-transform infrared spectrometer for seawater monitoring,  M. Kraft, M. Jakusch, and B. Mizaikoff,  pp. 1701-1703
Optimum array signal processing in the presence of imperfect spatial coherence of wavefronts,  Giuseppe Montalbano and Georgij V. Serebryakov,  pp. 1704-1708
Sea temperature and cloudiness obtained with NOAA-14 AVHRR imagery,  Enrico Piazza,  pp. 1709-1713
The measurement and subsequent removal of surface current variation from OSCR radar backscatter,  Stephen Traylen and Lucy Wyatt,  pp. 1714-1718

   Sub-Program: Positioning, navigation, and control

Underwater positioning 1
Chair(s): Jean-François Denis, Thomson Marconi Sonar .S.A.S., France; John Beukers, Navigation Management, USA
POSIDONIA 6000: A new long range highly accurate ultra short base line positioning system,  Jean-Paul Peyronnet, Roland Person, and Frédéric Rybicki,  pp. 1721-1727

   Sub-Program: Underwater vehicles and systems

UUV systems and applications 2
Chair(s): Vincent Rigaud, IFREMER, France; Claude Brancart, Draper Laboratory, Cambridge, USA
Modeling and simulation for the FAU AUVs: Ocean explorer,  Huaying Lin, Dave Marco, Edgar An, Krish Ganesan, Sam Smith, and Tony Healey,  pp. 1728-1732
Control architectures for UUVs
Chair(s): Sam Smith, Florida Atlantic University, USA; Antonio Pascoal, IST, Portugal
A cooperative data management scheme for AUV,  Gildas Bayard, Edgar An, Samuel Smith, and Krish Ganesan,  pp. 1733-1738

   Sub-Program: Positioning, navigation and control

Shallow water communications
Chair(s): Hayri Sari, Loughbourough University, UK; Robert Houghton, ISTI, Sacramento, USA
Acoustic impulse response mapping for acoustic communications in shallow water,  Frank M. Caimi, Rangsan Tongta, Michael Carroll, and Syed Murshid,  pp. 1739-1743

   Sub-Program: Coastal management and ocean resources

Coastal observing systems
Chair(s): Didier Sauzade, IFREMER, France; John Noakes, University of Georgia, USA
The measurement of nearshore processes in the laboratory and the field using video imagery,  M. Alport, G. Mocke, K. Govender, and A. Marais,  pp. 1744-1748

   Sub-Program: Underwater vehicles and systems

UUV control technologies
Chair(s): Bjorn Jalving, N.D.R.E., Norway; Glen N. Williams, Texas A&M University, USA
AUV mission preparation as a multi-criteria optimization problem using statistical performance prediction,  M. João Rendas and Emmanuel Turcci,  pp. 1749-1753

   Sub-Program: Oceanographic instrumentation

Interactive poster session
A submersible respirometer designed to measure the metabolism of benthic marine plants and invertebrates,  Jean M. Jaubert, John R. M. Chisholm, Manuel Marchioretti, and Fabrice Priouzeau,  pp. 1754-1756
Wave and tide measurements
Chair(s): Jan Bosman, RIKZ, Netherland; François Peynaud, Thomson Marconi Sonar S.A.S., France
WACSIS-Wave Crest Sensor Intercomparison Study at the Meetpost Noordwijk measurement platform,  Robert F. van Unen, Aart A. van Beuzekom, George Z. Forristall, Jan-Petter Mathisen, and Jaap Starke,  pp. 1757-1761
Chemical instruments
Chair(s): Marie-Louise Tercier, University of Genova, Switzerland; R. H. Byrne, University of South Florida, USA
A multipurpose submersible chemical analyzer for various applications in marine environment,  D. Birot, N. Le Bris, B. Leidé, E. Menut, J.-F. Rolin, J.-C. Caprais, A. Khripounoff, P.-M. Sarradin, S. Blain, and J. Floch,  pp. 1762-1765
Optical instruments 1
Chair(s): John Watson, Aberdeen Univ., UK; Frank Caimi, Harbour Branch, USA
Processing techniques for multi-spectral laser line scan images,  Bryan W. Coles, William Radzelovage, Pierre Jean-Laurant, and Kamran Reihani,  pp. 1766-1779
Optical instruments 2
Chair(s): Michel Lehaitre, IFREMER, France; John Watson, Aberdeen University, UK
Technical elements and potential application of spectroscopy for ocean monitoring,  Heinz-Detlef Kronfeldt, Heinar Schmidt, Hans Amann, Brian Mac Craith, Michel Lehaitre, Michel Leclercq, Eusebio Bernabeu, Boris Mizaikoff, and Dave Grant,  pp. 1780-1784

   Sub-Program: Coastal management and ocean resources

Interactive poster session
The Dyfamed time-series station: A reference to coastal studies in the Mediterranean sea,  Isabelle Vescovali, Kadija Oubelkheir, Jacques Chiaverini, Marie-Dominique Pizay, Agnès Stock, and Jean-Claude Marty,  pp. 1785-1789
Mapping of the spread of the invasive alga Caulerpa taxifolia in shallow water habitats of the French Riviera using high resolution multispectral airborne imagery: Preliminary results,  Jean M. Jaubert, John R. M. Chisholm, Herb T. Ripley, Laura Pritchett, and David Cadot,  pp. 1790-1791

   Sub-Program: Oceanographic instrumentation

Optical instruments 3
Chair(s): Byran Mac Craith, Dublin University, Ireland; Archie Todd Morrison, III Mc Lane Laboratories, USA
ANTARES, a permanent deep undersea observatory for high energy cosmic neutrino detection,  V. Bertin,  pp. 1792-1796

   Sub-Program: Coastal management and ocean resources

Student poster session
Creation of models for the measurement of marine species using Along Track Video (ATV),  I. M. Williams, J. H. J. Leach, V. Wadley, and B. Barker,  pp. 1797-1801

   Sub-Program: Remote Sensing

SAR and internal waves
Chair(s): Luc Leviandier, Thomson Marconi Sonar S.A.S., France; Alfred Ramamonjiarisoa, IRPHE CNRS, France
Improvement and comparison of a dynamic tide model in the Elbe Estuary with ERS-2 satellite data,  Edzard Romaneeßen, Susanne Lehner, Norbert Winkel, and Elisabeth Rudolf,  pp. 1802-1806

   Sub-Program: Coastal management and ocean resources

Sediment transport 2
Chair(s): Huib De Vriend, University of Twente, The Netherlands; Albert J. Williams 3rd, W.H.I.O., USA
CCP-Correlation Current Profiler a comparison between laboratory and field measurements,  Robert F. van Unen, Aart A. van Beuzekom, Wilfried B. M. ten Brinke, and Henk L. H. Cox,  pp. 1807-1811

   Sub-Program: Oceanographic instrumentation

Profilers
Chair(s): Gérard Loaec, IFREMER, France; F. T. Thwaites, W.H.O.I., USA
Oceanology controlled buoyancy autonomous buoys,  V. A. Derevnin, A. K. Morozov, and V. A. Stepin,  pp. 1812-1816

   Sub-Program: Coastal management and ocean resources

Student poster session
Laboratory measurements of artificial rain impinging on a water surface,  Nicole Braun, Martin Gade, and Philipp A. Lange,  pp. 1817-1822

   Sub-Program: Underwater acoustics

Multibeam echosounders
Chair(s): Marc Pinto, SACLANTCEN, Italy; D. N. Lambert, NRL-Stennis, USA
The limits of spatial resolution achievable using a 30kHz multibeam sonar: Model predictions and field results,  John E. Hughes Clarke, James V. Gardner, Mike Torresan, and Larry Mayer,  pp. 1823-1827
Detection of embedded objects
Chair(s): N. P. Chotiros, ARL-University of Texas, USA; A. M. G. H. Saanen, TNO-FEL, The Nethelands
Sub-bottom characterisation using a parametric sonar,  Per Morén and Phil Jörgen,  pp. 1828-1832

   Sub-Program: Underwater Vehicles and systems

Image-based navigation for UUVs
Chair(s): Joao Rendas, 13S-CNRS, Université de Nice, France; William Mc Farland, Draper Laboratory, Cambridge, USA
Visual navigation of an autonomous underwater vehicle using image sequences of a scanning sonar,  Jenhwa Guo, Te-Chih Liu, and Sheng-Wen Cheng,  pp. 1833-1837

   Sub-Program: Coastal management and ocean resources

Sediment transport 3
Chair(s): André Monaco, CNRS URA 715, France; Ronald Waterman, Ministry of Transport, The Netherlands
An approach to the problem of the evaluation of horizontal flux of sediments in high energy environments by the use of a new passive sediment trap,  M. Orsi, A. Siccardi, and S. Tucci,  p. 1838

   Sub-Program: Positioning, navigation and control

Global positioning
Chair(s): François Régis Martin Lauzer, Gesma, France; John D. Illgen, Illgen Simulation Technologies, USA
Advanced tools for waterway pilotage,  David A. Phinney,  pp. 1839-1843

   Sub-Program: Coastal management and ocean resources

Integrated coastal zone management
Chair(s): Didier Sauzade, IFREMER, France; Takeo Kondo, Nihon University, Japan
Suitable indicator for the presence of sewage sludge in marine sediments,  Constantina Skanavis,  pp. 1844-1853