•o - GBV · and Technology 577 Molly W. Sullivan, Douglas J. Meffert, Center for Bioenvironmental Research Tulane and Xavier Universities, R. George Rey, COTS Technology, LLC Communication

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Table of ContentsThe National Center for the Mississippi RiverA Center For Exploring River Culture, Science,and Technology 577Molly W. Sullivan, Douglas J. Meffert, Center forBioenvironmental Research Tulane and Xavier Universities,R. George Rey, COTS Technology, LLC

Communication Networks ISession Chair David E. Everhart

Future Systems Program ManagerNSWCDD Coastal Systems Station

Panama City, FLSession Co-Chair John Meyer

Technical Deputy Director (acting)Commander, CNMOC

Stennis Space Center, MS

Combined Differential Doppler and Time DelayCompensation for an Underwater AcousticCommunication System 581J. S. Dhanoa, R. F. Ormondroyd, Cranfield University,Department of Aerospace, Power and Sensors, RoyalMilitary College of Science, Shrivenham, Swindon, UK

A Network-Centric UUV Acoustic MeasurementRange System 588John Walrod, Planning Systems Inc., Long Beach, MSCraig Nielsen, Keith Hertel, Doug Odell, CDNSWCAcoustic Research Detachment, Bayview, ID

Performance Comparison of RAKE andHypothesis Feedback Direct Sequence Spread SpectrumTechniques for UnderwaterCommunication Applications 594F. Blackmon, Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Newport, RI,E. Sozer, J. Proakis, Northeastern University, Boston, MA,M. Stojanovic, MIT, Cambridge, MA

A Network Protocol for MultipleAUV Localization 604M. Stojanovic, J. Leonard, P. Newman, MassachusettsInstitute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, L. Freitag,Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA

Communication Networks IISession Chair David E. Everhart

Future Systems Program ManagerNSECDD Coastal Systems Station

Panama City, FLSession Chair John Meyer

Technical Deputy Director (acting),Commander, CNMOC,


Multiuser Robust CDMA Detection for UnderwaterAcoustic Communication Channels 612Evriclea Voudouri-Maniati, Manhattan College Electricaland Computer Engineering Department, Riverdale, NY

Miniature Low Power Network Nodes forUndersea Systems and Sensor Networks 619Mark E. Henderson, John Walrod, D. Wayne Francis,Planning Systems, Inc., Long Beach, MS

Application of BP Neural Network Based PN CodeAcquisition System in Underwater DSSS AcousticCommunication 627Jiang-Yao Chen, Shun-Hsyung Chang, Department ofElectrical Engineering, National Taiwan Ocean UniversityKeelung, Taiwan

Volume Two

Communication NetworksSession Chair David E. Everhart

Future Systems Program ManagerNSECDD Coastal Systems Station

Panama City, FLSession Chair John Meyer

Technical Deputy Director (acting),Commander, CNMOC,


Oceanographic High ThroughputCommunications System 633Timothy N. Rosario, James E. Hardiman, Benthos, Inc.,North Falmouth, MA

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WetNet™, A Mutli-Client, MarineCommunication Network 637Sinjin Smith, Ray Kolar, Robert F. Varley, HarrisGovernment Communications Systems Division, Palm Bay,FL

SATCOM for Marine-Based UnmannedSystems 645Robert F. Varley, Raymond Kolar, Sinjin Smith, HarrisGovernment Communications Systems Division, Palm Bay,FL

Coral Reef ResourcesSession Chair Grady T\iell, Ph.D.

Optech InternationalStennis Space Center, MS

Box Model Analysis for the Estimation of the WaterMass Transport in Coral Reef Region, Japan 654Susumu Kanno, Fuyo Ocean Development and EngineeringCo., Ltd., Taitou-ku, Japan, Yasuo Furushima, ShingoMurakami, Japan Marine Science and Technology Center,Kanagawa, Japan, Mineo Okamoto, Tokyo University ofFisheries, Tokyo, Japan

Characteristics of physical environment of Japanesecoral reef region in Sekisei lagoon (Okinawaprefecture, JAPAN) 660Yasuo Furushima, Japan Marine Science and TechnologyCenter (JAMSTEC), Kanagawa, Japan, Mineo Okamoto,Tokyo University of Fisheries, Tokyo, Japan, SatoshiNijima, Kyushu University Amakusa Marine BiologicalLaboratory, Kumamoto, Japan, Susumu Kanno, Fuyo OceanDevelopment and Engineering Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan

Coupled ModelsSession Chair John M. Harding

Head, NRL Ocean Dynamics & Prediction BranchNaval Research Laboratory

Stennis Space Center, MSSession Chair Laurie Jugan

AVP Stennis R&D GroupPlanning Systems Incorporated


Preliminary Results from a Global Ocean/AtmospherePrediction System 667P. W. May, CSC, J. A. Cummings, T. F. Hogan, T. E.Rosmond, M. K. Flatau, P. W. deWitt, R. M. Passi,FNMOC, Monterey, CA

Table of ContentsNumerical Studies of Deep Convection in theNorthwestern Mediterranean Sea Using theCoupled Ocean/Atmosphere MesoscalePrediction System (COAMPS™) 672Xiaodong Hong, Richard Hodur, Naval ResearchLaboratory, Monterey, CA, Paul Martin and JamesCummings, Naval Research Laboratory, Stennis SpaceCenter, MS

The Distributed Integrated Ocean PredictionSystem (DIOPS) 680R. Allard, Naval Research Laboratory, Stennis Space Center,MS, J. Christiansen, T. Taxon, Argonne NationalLaboratory, Argonne, IL, S. Williams, Anteon, Inc.Middletown, RI, D. Wakeham, Neptune Sciences, Inc., SanDiego, CA

Model Predictions of Nearshore Processes nearComplex Bathymetry 685J.M. Kaihatu, K.L. Edwards, Naval Research LaboratoryOceanography, Stennis Space Center, MS, W.C. O'Reilly,Center for Coastal Studies, La Jolla, CA

Current Measurements - HF RadarSession Chair Albert J. Williams 3rd

Senior ScientistWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Woods Hole, MASession Co-Chair ... Dr. Donald Barrick, President

CODAR Ocean SensorsLos Altos, CA

An HF-Radar Test DeploymentAmidst anADCP Array on the West Florida Shelf 692F. J. Kelly, J. S. Bonner, J. C. Perez, J. S. Adams,D. Prouty, D. Trujillo, Conrad Blucher Institute forSurveying and Science, Texas A&M University-CorpusChristi, Corpus Christi, TX, R. H. Weisberg, M. E. Luther,R. He, R. Cole, J. Donovan, C. R. Merz, College of MarineScience, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL

HF Radar surface current measurements in the. Mississippi Sound compared to in-situ measurementsby ADCP and Lagrangian GPS Surface drifters 699Arne - R. Diercks, Charles Riley, Ocean Technologies,Stennis Space Center, MS, Vernon L. Asper, University ofSouthern Mississippi Department of Marine Science,Stennis Space Center, MS

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Table of ContentsCurrent Measurements -InstrumentationSession Chair Albert J. Williams 3rd


Woods Hole, MASession Co-Chair Dr. Sicco Kamminga

PresidentIngenieursbureau S.D. Kamminga BV

AK Zoetermeer, NL

Analog Output from a Differential Travel-Time CurrentMeter 708Archie T. Morrison III, Albert J. Williams 3rd,Andrew C. Waterbury, Colin M. Tierney, Woods HoleOceanographic Institution, Nobska DevelopmentCorporation

Pipe MAVS, a Deep-Ocean Flowmeter 713Albert J. Williams 3rd, Woods Hole OceanographicInstitution, Woods Hole, MA, Tor Bjorklund, University ofWashington School of Oceanography, Seattle, WAAllan Zemanovic, Nobska Development, Inc., Mashpee, MA

A Field Study of Horizontal Current Profilers 718K. L. Earwaker, D. McNally, H. H. Shih, Center forOperational Oceanographic Products and Services, SilverSpring, Maryland

Current Measurements -Intercomparisons and Real TimeMeasurementsSession Chair Albert J. Williams 3rd


Woods Hole, MASession Co-Chair.... Dr. Archie Todd Morrison III

Chief EngineerMcLane Research Lab. Inc.

East Falmouth, MA

Comparison of Current Meters in a CoastalEnvironment 724R. D. Rowsell, M. G. Skafel, Environment Canada NationalWater Research Institute, Burlington, Ontario, Canada

Intercomparison of MAVS with VACM,VMCM, FS12-D, and Aanderaa RCM 11Current Meters from a Mooring 730Albert J. Williams 3rd, Woods Hole OceanographicInstitution, Woods Hole, MA

Coastal Current Measurements Using an ADCPIn a Streamlined Sub-surface Mooring Buoy 736Richard W. Bourgerie, H.H. Shih, NOAA's OceanService, Silver Spring, MD, Teresa L. Garner,Environmental Careers Organization, Silver Spring, MD

Data Access/Retrieval/DisplaySession Chair Joe Stinus, Director

National Coastal Data Development CenterStennis Space Center, MS

Session Co-Chair Stephanie Alfieris MyrickComputer Scientist

Naval Research LaboratoryStennis Space Center, MS

How to Distribute Real-Time Marine Observations forMeteorologists 742David B. Gilhousen, National Data Buoy Center, StennisSpace Center, MS

ViewHDF: Visualization and Analysis Tool forHierarchical Data Format Files 744Kam-Pui Lee, Peter L. Spence, Science ApplicationsInternational Corporation, Hampton, VA

Data Mining Ocean Model Output at theNaval Oceanographic Office MajorShared Resource Center 751Pete Gruzinskas, Naval Oceanographic Office, StennisSpace Center, MS, Andy Haas, Ludwig Goon, NorthropGrumman Information Technology, Stennis Space Center,MS

DA_MAP: Data Analysis andModel Assessment Portal 756Sachin Kumar Bhate, John van der Zwaag, Jim Corbin,Fazilatur Rahman, Engineering Research Center,Mississippi State University, Stennis Space Center, MS

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Table of ContentsData Assimilation and Prediction ISession Chair John M. Harding, Head

NRL Ocean Dynamics & Prediction BranchNaval Research Laboratory

Stennis Space Center, MSSession Co-Chair Laurie Jugan



Ocean Prediction Capabilities(Present & Future) at theNaval Research Laboratory 763J. Harding, R. Preller, R. Rhodes, Oceanography Division,Naval Research Laboratory, Stennis Space Center, MS

An Operational Real-Time Eddy-Resolving 1/16°Global Ocean Nowcast/Forecast System 7690. M. Smedstad, Planning Systems Inc., MSAAP, StennisSpace Center, MS, H. E. Hurlburt, E. J. Metzger, R. C.Rhodes, J. F. Shriver, A. J. Wallcraft, Naval ResearchLaboratory, Stennis Space Center, MS, A. B. Kara, FloridaState University, Center for Ocean-Atmospheric PredictionStudies, Tallahassee, FL, C. P. Murray, NavalOceanographic Office, Stennis Space Center, MS

Real-time Ocean Data Assimilation andPrediction with Global NCOM 775C. Rowley, C. Barron, L. Smedstad, R. Rhodes, NavalResearch Laboratory, Stennis Space Center, MS

Data Assimilation and Prediction IISession Chair John M. Harding, Head





MASDA - MODAS AdaptiveSampling Decision Aid 781Mona J. Collins, NRL 7183, Stennis Space Center, MSDonald R. DelBalzo, NRL 7183, Stennis Space Center, MSCharlie N. Barron, NRL 7323, Stennis Space Center, MS,

.787Predictive Skill, Predictive Capabilityand Predictability in Ocean ForecastingA.R. Robinson, P.J. Haley, Jr., P.F.J. Lermusiaux,W.G. Leslie, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

Advanced Interdisciplinary Data Assimilation:Filtering and Smoothing via Error SubspaceStatistical Estimation 795P.F.J. Lermusiaux, A.R. Robinson, P.J.H. Haley,W.G. Leslie, Harvard University, Division of Engineeringand Applied Sciences, Cambridge, MA

Data Assimilation and Prediction IIISession Chair John M. Harding, Head





Implementation of an Infrastructure to SupportOperation and Evaluation ofGulf of Mexico Models 803Richard Patchen, Dynalysis of Princeton, Princeton, NJJohn Blaha, Naval Oceanographic Office, Stennis SpaceCenter, MS

Performance Metrics and Skill Assessment MethodsDemonstrated Using Numerical Model Resultsfor the Gulf of Mexico 810H. James Herring, Dynalysis of Princeton, Princeton, NJJohn P. Blaha, Naval Oceanographic Office, Stennis SpaceCenter, MS

An Operational Forecast Modeling Systemfor the Mississippi Sound/Bight 816Alan F. Blumberg, Quamrul Ahsan, Honghai Li,HydroQual, Inc., Mahwah, NJ, John Blaha, NavalOceanographic Office, Stennis Space Center, MS

The Calibration/Validation of a MississippiSound/Bight Model 823Quamrul Ahsan, Alan F. Blumberg, Honghai Li,HydroQual, Inc., Mahwah, NJ, John Blaha, NavalOceanographic Office, Stennis Space Center, MS

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An Estimation of Ekman and GeostrophicCurrent over the Texas-Louisiana Shelf 834K.-J. Joseph Yip, R. O. Reid, Department of OceanographyTexas A&M University, College Station, TX

A Rapidly Relocatable Prediction System:Operational Implementation and Validation 841Germana Peggion, University of Southern MississippiStennis Space Center, MS, Daniel Fox, Charlie Barron,

Naval Research Laboratory Stennis Space Center, MS

The Operational Evaluation of the Navy's GloballyRelocatable Tide Model (PCTides) 847R.H. Preller, P.G. Posey, G.M. Dawson, Naval ResearchLaboratory, Stennis Space Center, MS

A Web-Based GUI for the Set Up and Maintenance ofWave Models at the Naval Oceanographic Office 853J. C. Cranford, D. Oliver, P. D. Wilz, M. E. Woodward,Planning Systems, Inc., Stennis Space Center, MS

Data Assimilation and Prediction YSession Chair John M. Harding

Head, NRL Ocean Dynamics & Prediction BranchNaval Research Laboratory




The Development of an OperationalSWAN Model for NGLI 859James D. Dykes, Naval Oceanographic Office, StennisSpace Center, MS, Y. Larry Hsu, W. Erick Rogers, NavalResearch Laboratory, Stennis Space Center, MS

Predicting Sea Ice Conditions for MarineOperations in Ice-Covered Waters 867M. El-Diasty, A. El-Rabbany, G. Auda, Department ofCivil Engineering, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario,Canada

Estimating sea ice thickness distributionsand modeling their evolution in time 877K. R. Dedrick, National/Naval Ice Center, VirginiaPolytechnic Institute and State University, MarineInformation Resources Corporation, Ellicott City, MD,

DMEFS: A Web Portal for METOC Modeling 884Avichal Mehra, Jim Corbin, Tomasz Haupt, SachinBhate, Engineering Research Center, Mississippi StateUniversity, Stennis Space Center, MS

Data BasesSession Chair John A. Lever

Chief Information OfficerNaval Oceanographic Office


Design of a Naval Research Laboratory (NRL)System for Area of Interest Access to LargeVolumes of Bathymetric Data .*. 891Frank McCreedy, Ruth Wilson, Kevin Shaw, NavalResearch Laboratory, Stennis Space Center, MSJim Braud, Naval Oceanographic Office, Stennis SpaceCenter, MS,

Managing Heterogeneous Databases to Support DiverseProduct Requirements 895Wade Ladner, Naval Oceanographic Office, HydrographyDepartment, Stennis Space Center, MS, Jeff Moseley, NavalOceanographic Office, Office of the Chief InformationOfficer, Stennis Space Center, MS

VGRID: A Generic, Dynamic HDF5 StorageModel for Georeferenced, Grid Data 900Chad A. Steed, Naval Research Laboratory, Stennis SpaceCenter, MS, James E. Braud, The Naval OceanographicOffice, Stennis Space Center, MS, Kim A. Koehler,Neptune Sciences, Inc., San Diego, CA

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DivingSession Chair Dr. Sylvia A. Earle

Explorer in ResidenceNational Geographic Society

Washington, DCSession Co-Chair Bill Phoel,Ph.D.

PresidentUndersea Research Foundation International

Toms River, NJ

Electronic Diving Data Collection duringMonitor Expedition 2001 908D.G. Southerland, D.L. Davidson, Navy ExperimentalDiving Unit, Panama City, FL

Manned Evaluation of a Diver Heater UsingHydrogen Catalytic Reactions 913M. L. Nuckols, Ocean Engineering Program, U. S. NavalAcademy, Annapolis, MD, K. W. VanZandt, DeepSubmergence Branch, Coastal Systems Station, Panama City,FL

Hydrogen Fuel Storage / Delivery for a Diver HeaterUsing Hydrogen Catalytic Reactions 919K. W. Lindler, Mechanical Engineering Department, U. S.Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD, M. L. Nuckols, OceanEngineering Program, U. S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD

An Overview of Diving inContaminated Water 925W. A. Steigleman, III, U.S. Navy Experimental Diving Unit,Panama City, FL

Reestablishing a NationalMan in the Sea Program 930William C. Phoel, Phoel Associates, Inc., Toms River, NJ

Electro-Magnetic Detection ISession Chair Ted R. Clem

Coastal Systems StationPanama City, FI

Session Co-Chair Dr. Mike WynriSenior Research Physicist

NSWC, Dahlgren DivisionCoastal Systems Station

Panama City, FL

Table of ContentsMagnetic Anomaly Sensing System for MineCountermeasures Using High MobilityAutonomous Sensing Platforms 937Roy Wiegert, Brian Price and Jala! Hyder, Naval SurfaceWarfare Center, Dahlgren Division, Coastal Systems Station,Panama City, FL

Polatomic Advances in Magnetic Detection 945Robert E. Slocum, Gary Kuhlman, Larry Ryan, DonKing, Polatomic, Inc., Richardson, TX

Evaluation of the Polatomic P-2000 Laser PumpedHe-4 Magnetometer/Gradiometer 952D. Overway, T. Clem, J. Bono, J. Purpura, G. Allen,Coastal Systems Station, Panama City, FL, H. Van Wye, D.King, Polatomic, Inc., Richardson, TX

Of The Question Concerningly Developmentof Strict Seish Theory in the Seas withIntricate Bottom Relief 961V. I. Korochentsev, V.A. Kochetova, S.A. Shevkun,Far-Eastern State Technical University, Russia, Vladivostok

Electro-Magnetic Detection IISession Chair Dr. Mike Wynn

Senior Research PhysicistNSWC, Dahlgren Division

Coastal Systems StationPanama City, FL

Session Co-Chair Ted R. ClemCoastal Systems Station

Panama City, FL

Active Broadband Electromagnetic Detection andClassification of Buried Naval Mines 966I.J. Won, Steve Norton, Bill SanFilipo, Frank Funak,Geophex, Ltd., Raleigh, NC

Active Electromagnetic Detection of ObjectsBuried in the Sea Bottom 974John Bono, Naval Surface Warfare Center, DahlgrenDivision, Panama City, FL

Measurement of Magnetic Noise Characteristicson Select AUVS with some PotentialMitigation Techniques 978George I. Allen, John Purpura, David Overway, NavalSurface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division, Panama City, FL

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Table of ContentsMagnetic Sensor Operation On Board an AUV:Magnetic Noise Issues and a Linear SystemsApproach to Mitigation 985Mike Wynn, John Bono, Naval Surface Warfare Center,Dahlgren Division, Panama City, FL

Electro-Optic Signal andImage ProcessingSession Chair Dr. Jack Lloyd

Senior PhysicistAir Mine Countermeasures DivisionNSWC-DD Coastal Systems Station

Panama City, FLSession Co-Chair Jeff W. Rish III

Head, Electro-opting Sensing andSurveillance Technology Branch

NSWC-DD Coastal Systems StationPanama City, FL

Electro-Optic Identification Research Program 994James S. Taylor, Jr., Modeling and Prediction Branch,Coastal Systems Station, Panama City, FL, Mary C.Hulgan, Airborne Systems Development Branch, CoastalSystems Station, Panama City, FL

Process for the Development of Image Quality Metricsfor Underwater Electro-Optic Sensors ..1003James S. Taylor, Jr., Coastal Systems Station, Panama City,FL, Brett Cordes, Coastal Systems Station, Panama City,FL,

Investigation of Photometric Stereo Method for 3-DShape Recovery from Underwater Imagery 1010Shahriar Negahdaripour, H. Zhang, X. Han, Electrical andComputer Engineering Department, University of Miami,Coral Gables, FL

On the Way to Solve Lighting Problems inUnderwater Imaging 1018Rafael Garcia, Tudor Nicosevici, Xevi Cuff, ComputerVision and Robotics Group, Institute of Informatics andApplications University of Girona, Girona, Spain

Electronic Chart SystemsSession Chair Darrell Smith, CDR USN (Ret)

Research AssociateHydrographic Science Research CenterThe University of Southern Mississippi

Stennis Space Center, MSSession Co-Chair Doug Brunt

Manager Electronic ChartingCanadian Hydrographic Service

Ottawa, Canada

Next Generation ECDIS for Commercial andMilitary Uses 1025Bohdan Pillich, SevenCs, Hamburg, Germany,Christina Schack, Nielsen+Partner, Hamburg, Germany

Electronic Chart Display Overlay Development at theNaval Oceanographic Office for Use in TacticalApplications 1033Steven P. Harrison, Maxim F. van Norden, NavalOceanographic Office, Stennis Space Center, MS

U.S. Navy Progress in Electronic Navigation 1038Dave Gillard, Paul K. Heim II, Navigator of the NavyStaff, U.S. Naval Observatory, Washington, DC

NOAA's Electronic NavigationalChart Program 1042Nicholas E. Perugini, NOAA, Office of Coast Survey,National Ocean Service, NOAA, Silver Spring MD,

Three Dimensional Navigation 1046Kevin Peterson, SPAWARSYSCEN, Naval AmphibiousBase Little Creek, Norfolk, VA

Environmental Protection andCompliance ApplicationsSession Chair James Barbera

Ocean Engineering SocietyRockville, MD

Session Co-Chair Dr. John LathropHead, Littoral Warfare Sensing Technologies

Coastal Systems StationPanama City, FL

Field Measurement on the Comfort Level of AcousticEnvironment in Coastal Zone 1051Masatoshi Katayama, Faculty of Engineering, KyushuKyoritsu University, Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyushu, Japan

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Survey of Latent Hazard of a Sunken Tanker,Kyung Shin 1057Sung Hoon Byun, Hyeuk Jin Choi, Moon Jin Lee, ChangGu Kang, Korea Research Institute of Ships and OceanEngineering, KORD1, Yusung^gu, Daejeon, Republic ofKorea

The Application of EZ-Gram Sonar DisplayAids to the Marine Mammal Monitoring onNavy Undersea Ranges (M3R) System 1064Robert J. Barton HI, Susan Jarvis, Raymond J.Rowland, Dave Moretti, Naval Undersea Warfare Center,Newport, RI

The use of Conductivity Probes to locate AnimalBurrows in Mangrove Swamps 1071S.F. Heron, Physics Department, Marine GeophysicsLaboratory, James Cook University, Australia, Departmentof Physics, Georgetown University, Washington DCS.E. Hollins, P.V. Ridd, Physics Department, MarineGeophysics Laboratory, James Cook University, Australia

Integrating Ocean Acoustic Propagation Modelsand Marine Mammal Auditory Models 1078Haw-Jye Shyu, Roger Hillson, US Naval Research Lab,Washington, DC

Environmentally Adaptive Sensorsand SystemsSession Chair Dr. John Lathrop

Head, Littoral Warfare Sensing TechnologiesCoastal Systems Station

Panama City, FLSession Co-Chair James Barbera

Ocean Engineering SocietyRockville, MD

Synthesis of antennas located in a sea bay 1085V. I. Korochentsev, G.P. Turmov, V.V. Korochentsev, FarEastern State University, Russia, S. A. Shevkun, Far EasternState Technical University, Russia

AutoSurvey: Current Integration and theAutoSurvey Planner 1091Donald L. Brandon Jr., Brian S. Bourgeois, NavalResearch Laboratory, Stennis Space Center, MS

Table of ContentsA Model Based System for SimultaneouslyEstimating Bathymetry and Sound SpeedProfile Characteristics - Non-IsovelocitySimulation Results 1098D. B. Cousins, BBN Technologies, Middletown, RIJ. H. Miller, Department of Ocean Engineering, University.of Rhode Island, Narragansett R.I.

Are Ultra Low Frequency Waves SuitableFor Detection? 1109B. Nicolas, J. Mars, J-L. Lacoume, Laboratoire DesImages Et Des Signaux, Institut National Polytechnique deGrenoble, Saint Martin d'Heres, France, D. Fattaccioli,DGA/DCE/CTSN/SN/SF

Geographic Information SystemsSession Chair Stephanie Alfieris Myrick

Computer ScientistNaval Research Laboratory

Stennis Space Center, MSSession Co-Chair Joe Stinus, Director

National Coastal Data Development CenterStennis Space Center, MS

Brokering Meteorological andOceanographic Information in Support ofMilitary Operations Using GIS Technology 1114James D. Dykes, Todd E. Hancock, Naval OceanographicOffice, Stennis Space Center, MS

Comparisons of National Vertical and Chart Datumswith WGS 84 (EGM96) Geoid 1121P. Fell, M. Tanenbaum, Naval Surface Warfare CenterDahlgren, VA

Assessing the Vulnerability of the MississippiGulf Coast to Coastal Storms Using an On-LineGIS-Based Coastal Risk Atlas 1127Kelly Boyd, Rex Hervey, Jason Stradtner, NeptuneSciences Inc., National Coastal Data Development Center,Stennis Space Center, MS

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Table of ContentsGeology and GeophysicsSession Chair Dr. Patrick Fell

Naval Surface Warfare CenterDahlgren VA

Determining Geological Provinces inMediterranean Sea Sediment Core SamplesUsing Magnetic Susceptibility of Sapropelsand Volcanic Ash 1134Carter L. Gehman, Gene V. Kelly, Naval OceanographicOffice, Stennis Space Center, MS

.1139New Developments in Deep-Towed SeismicAcquisitionW. T. Wood, J. F. Gettrust, U. S. Naval ResearchLaboratory, Stennis Space Center, MS

Side-Scan Sonar Investigations and Hydroacoustic'Bubble' Quantifiction in an Area of Surface-NearGas Hydrate Occurrences: Recent Studies fromHydrate Ridge, Offshore Oregon 1143J. Greinert, PhD, I. Klaucke, PhD, GEOMAR ResearchCenter for Marine Geosciences, Kiel, Germany, P. Gimpel,PhD, Kiel, Germany

Homeland Security ISession Chair Dr. Andy Clark

PresidentHARRIS Maritime Communications

Melbourne, FLSession Co-Chair Dr. Donald L. Durham

CEOInnovative Strategic Advanced Systems

New Orleans, LA

Fleet Numerical Support for HomelandSecurity in the Wake of 9/11 1148M. A. Rennick, J. E. Joseph, M. J. Schorp, FleetNumerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center,Monterey, CA

Status of NOAA's Ocean Activities Relating toHomeland Security 1152S. P. DeBow, G. T. Noll, F. Aikman HI, D. W. Haines,NOAA Ocean Service, Silver Spring, MD

Homeland Security IISession Chair Dr. Andy Clark


Melbourne, FLSession Co-Chair Dr. Donald L. Durham


New Orleans, LA

"Repel boarders!" Low Tech Warfare in a HighTech Age: A Security Primer for OceanographicResearch Operations 1158Daniel S. Schwartz Vice President, Technical Affairs,Marine Technology Society, Chairman, Security Sub-Committee, UNOLS Research Vessel Operators'Committee, Manager of Marine Operations, University ofWashington

Commercial Ship Self Defense Against Piracy andMaritime Terrorism 1164Brian L. White, Kenneth J. Wydajewski, Aiion Systems,Inc., Chantilly, VA

Ship Berthing and Hull Inspection Using the CetusIIAUV and MIRIS High-Resolution Sonar 1172Gary M. Trimble, Marine Automation and RoboticsLockheed Martin Perry Technologies, Sunnyvale, CA, E. O.Belcher, Applied Physics Laboratory, University ofWashington, Seattle, WA.

Homeland Security IIISessions Chair Dr. Andy Clark


Melbourn, FLSessions Co-Chair Dr. Donald L. Durham


New Orleans, LA

Assessing Offshore Vulnerabilities and Counter-response Capabilities Using RapidOps 1176Jerry L. Harbour, Idaho National Engineering &Environmental Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID

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Processes and Techniques for ProvidingCritical Data to First Responders toMaritime Security Incidents 1180K. J. Wydajewski, B.L. White, Arion Systems, Inc.,Chantilly, VA

Augmenting and Complementing Current MaritimeDomain Awareness Systems Within the Gulf ofMexico Using Fiber Optic Network Systems 1191Kevin Peterson, Gulf Fiber Corp., Virginia Hoffman,Global Marine Systems

HydrographySessions Chair Leslie Sivak

Naval Oceanographic OfficeStennis Space Center, MS

Sessions Co-Chair Marian CloughNaval Oceanographic Office


Complete Coastal Mapping with Airborne 1194Lidar J. M. Wozencraft, Joint Airborne Lidar BathymetryTechnical Center of Expertise, US Army Corps of Engineers,Mobile, AL

Tow Vehicle Depth Verification 1199M. M. Harris, W. E. Avera, L. D. Bibee, Stennis SpaceCenter, MS

A Comparison of Acoustic Imagery of Sea FloorFeatures Using a Towed Side Scan Sonar and aMultibeam Echosounder 1203R.T. DeKeyzer, J.S. Byrne, J.D. Case, B.A. Clifford,W.S. Simmons, Science Applications InternationalCorporation, Newport, RI

Dealing with Increasing Data Volumes andDecreasing Resources 1212Jan Depner, Barbara Reed, Naval Oceanographic Office,Stennis Space Center, MS, Shannon Byrne, JeffreyParker, Science Applications International Corporation,Newport, RI, Mark Paton, Lindsay Gee, InteractiveVisualization Systems Inc., Fredericton, NB, Canada,Larry A. Mayer, Colin Ware, Center for Coastal and OceanMapping, UNH, Durham, NH

Lessons Learned in Multi-PlatformHydrographic Surveys 1223Maxim F. van Norden, Scott Ebrite, Douglas J. Cronin,Don Ventura, Naval Oceanographic Office, Stennis SpaceCenter, MS

Table of ContentsInformation Processing ISessions Chair V. William Porto

Exec. V.P. and Chief MathematicianNatural Selection Inc.

La Jolla, CA

Hand Signal Recognition for Diver -Machine Inter face 1231Chau-Chang Wang, Hong-Chan Hsu, Min-Shine Zeng,Institute of Undersea Technology, National Sun Yat-senUniversity, Kao-Hsiung, Taiwan

Gaining Tactical Advantage through UnderseaOceanographic Data Collection and Distributionfrom Navy Platforms by Exploiting ThroughThe Sensor (TTS) Technology and Net-CentricWarfare (NCW) to populate the Virtual NaturalEnvironment (VNE) as Part of the Navy FourDimensional Cube (4DCube) 1237Kim A. Koehler, Neptune Sciences, Inc., San Diego, CAJohn G. Kusters, Space and Naval Warfare SystemsCommand, San Diego, CA

Implementation of an Upgrade to the NavalOceanographic Office Information TechnologyEnterprise 1247David F. Hasenkampf, John A. Lever, Naval OceanographicOffice, Stennis Space Center, MS, Neal A. Martin,Henry Newman, Instrumental, Inc., Bloomington, MN

Information Processing IISessions Chair V. William Porto

Exec. V.P. and Chief MathematicianNatural Selection Inc.

La Jolla, CA

Quality Control of Ocean Temperature andSalinity Profile Data 1253Kenneth P. Grembowicz, Betty S. Howell, NavalOceanographic Office, Stennis Space Center, MS

Impact of Windowing and Subsampling Algorithms onAcoustic Scattering Strength Databases 1258W. E. Brown, Naval Oceanographic Office, Stennis SpaceCenter, MS, M. L. Barlett, Applied Research Laboratories,The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, R. L. Dicus,Science Applications International Corporation, McLean, VA

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Table of ContentsKnowledge Discovery in Oceanographic Databases:Issues of Complications in Data Sources 1264Roy Ladner, Fred Petry, Naval Research Laboratory,Stennis Space Center, MS

Improving Software Engineering Processes toSupport Operational Oceanography 1271Jeff Moseley, Naval Oceanographic Office, Stennis SpaceCenter, MS

Volume Three

Localization and Tracking ISessions Chair Christopher A. Sermarini

Research Electrical EngineerNSWCC-Coastal Systems

Panama City, FL

Track Parameterization for an AcousticHorizontal Line Array 1275Rockie L. Ricks, SPAWAR Systems Center, San Diego, CA

An Iterated-Extended Kalman Filter Algorithm forTracking Surface and Sub-Surface Targets 1283John C. Hyland, Coastal Systems Station, Panama City, FL

Bottom Mounted Active Sonar for Detection,Localization, and Tracking 1291Chris Eggen, Robert Goddard, Applied PhysicsLaboratory University of Washington, Seattle, WA

A Kalman Filtering Approach to Wideband ScatteringFunction Estimation and Tracking 1299Michael J. Roan, Leon H. Sibul, Applied ResearchLaboratory, The Pennsylvania State University, StateCollege, PA

Localization and Tracking IISessions Chair Christopher A. Sermarini

Research Electrical EngineerNSWCC-Coastal Systems

Panama City, FL

Feature Tracking and Depth Estimation inFront-Scan Sonar Image Sequences 1306Andrea Trucco, Simone Curletto, Alessandro Pescetto,Department of Biophysical and Electronic Engineering,University of Genoa, Italy

New Generation Acoustic PositioningSystems 1312Donald Thomson, Nautronix Ltd., UK, Scott Elson,Nautronix Inc Nautronix Inc., Houston, TX

Theory of Search for Moving Objects 1319Vasily V. Popovich, Yan A. Ivakin, Sergei S. Shaida,St. Petersburg Institute for Informatics and Automation ofthe Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia

Manned SubmersiblesSessions Chair Mike Harris

Mapping, Charting, and Geodesy Branch HeadNaval Research Laboratory


.1330Technological EvolutionMark Martin

A Basic Research on the Improvement ofPropulsion Maneuvering System and theAutomatic Motion Control of SHINKAI6500 1332Takuya Shimura, Yasutaka Amitani, Takao Sawa,Yoshitaka Watanabe, Japan Marine Science and TechnologyCenter (JAMSTEC), Yokosuka, Japan

Marine Education ISessions Chair Sharon Walker, Ph.D.

Associate Dean for OutreachCollege of Marine Sciences

The University of Southern MississippiDirector for Education

MS-AL Sea Grant ConsortiumOcean Springs, MS

Leveraging Oceanographic Resources inTeacher and Student Science Programs 1339Patricia S. Harrison, Bobbie Thompson, Mark Jarrett,Naval Oceanographic Office, Stennis Space Center, MS

The MATE Model: A Focused Effort toImprove Marine Technical Education &Meet Work Force Needs 1343Jill Zande, Deidre Sullivan, Saundra Butcher, MarineAdvanced Technology Education (MATE) Center, MontereyPeninsula College, Monterey, CA, Tom Murphree,Department of Meteorology, Naval Postgraduate School,Monterey, CA

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Documents

•o - GBV · and Technology 577 Molly W. Sullivan, Douglas J. Meffert, Center for Bioenvironmental Research Tulane and Xavier Universities, R. George Rey, COTS Technology, LLC Communication