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Session 1Synthetic Aperture Process:Active & Passive ISession Chair: Dr. Ferial El-Hawary

BH Engineering Systems Ltd.P. O. Box 25041

Halifax, NS, Canada

Co-Chair:Stephen M. Holt

Mitretek Systems, IncOceanic, Atmospheric and Space Programs

MS-Z3407525 Colshire DriveMcLean, VA 22102

Invited PaperLong Range Active SyntheticAperture Sonar Results 1

Enson Chang, David S. Marx, Matthew A. Nelson, WalterD. Gillespie, Angela Putney, L. Kieffer Warman, Ralph E.Chatham and Bryan N. Barrett: Dynamic Technology Inc.,Torrance, CA

On the Role of Modeling in PassiveSynthetic Aperture Processing 7

E.J. Sullivan; Naval Undersea Warfare CenterNewport, RI

Session 11Acoustic Bottom Measurements andCharacterization ISession Chair: Marian O. Clough

Naval Oceanographic OfficeApplied Hydrography^ Division

Nautical Charting Branch

Co-Chair:Jon Preston

Quester Tangent Corporation99-9865 West Saanich Road

Sidney, BC, Canada V8L 5Y8

Geocoding Sidescan Sonar Data - anInverse Problem 11

John A. Fawcett, Defence Research Establishment Atlantic,Canada

High Resolution Analysis of Ultra-Shallow WaterAcoustic Travel Time and Gain Perturbations 17

G. Salles, O.R. Hinton, A.E. Adams and B.S. Sharif;Underwater Acoustic Group, University of Newcastle, UK

Session 21Conducting Business in the OCEANSMarketplaceSession Chair: Elizabeth Corbin

Ocean Resource BranchDepartment of Business

Economic Development & TourismState of HawaiiP. O. Box 2359

Honolulu, HI 96804

Co-Chair:Helge Minken

VP of TechnologyAandera Instruments A/S

Fanaveien 13bN-5221,Nesttun

NORWAY

Massachusetts Ocean Technology Network:A Model for Marine Technology BusinessCooperation, Development and Growth 21

Maggie Linskey Merrill, Massachusetts Ocean TechnologyNetwork, Hingham, MA

Maximizing the Internet to ImproveBusiness and Communications in theMarine Industry ...; 31

Margo Newcomb, MLN Marketing, Forestdale, MA;Maggie Linskey Merrill, Marine Marketing Services,Hingham, MA

Growth by Acquisition: Considerations andLessons Learned

John Coughlin, Benthos, Inc., Falmouth, MA39

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Session 31Undersea Cable Route PlanningSession Chair: Pamela J. Hurst

Director, Program Integration, Advance ProjectsGeneral Dynamics, Advance Technology Systems

67 Whippany RoadWhippany, NJ 07981

Co-Chair:Godick Gvldenege

Oceaneering International

Use of Marine Remote SensingData for Submarine Cable RoutePlanning and Siting 45

Payson R. Whitney, III and Charles J. Natale, Jr., ESS,Wellesley, MA; James P. Nash, P.E., TransEnergie US, Ltd.

Oceans Explorer - A Web-based Tool forCable Route Planning and Design 55

Mary Baker Wiley, James Case, Roger Wells and RobertMorton, Science Applications International Corporation,Newport, RI

Session 41Trends in Vehicles: UUVs and AUVsSession Chair: Dan White

PresidentTSC Publishing Corp

10 SE Central Parkwasy, Suite 130Stuart, FL 34994

Co-Chair:Bruce C. Gilman

Sonsub International, Inc.15950 Park Row

Houston, TX 77074

UUV Master Plan: A Vision for NavyUUV Development ..:., 65

Barbara Fletcher, Space and Naval Warfare Systems CenterSan Diego, CA; Paul Dunn, Naval Undersea WarfareCenter, Newport. RI

Object Oriented and Formal Methods forAUV Development 73

Philippe Dhaussy, Joel Champeau, Roderic Moitie andArmelle Prigent, ENSIETA, Brest, France

Session 51Marine Positioning and GPS ISession Chair: Dr. Patrick Fell

Building 1200Naval Surface Warfare Center

Dahlgren,VA 22448-5000

Co-Chair:James R. Ackeret

U.S. Army Topographic CenterAttn: CETEC-GD-R

7701 Telegraph RoadAlexandria, VA 22315-3864

Engineering the World's Largest DGPS Network 79D.B. Wolfe, C.L. Judy, E.J. Haukkala and D.J. Godfrey,USCG C2CEN, Portsmouth, VA

Marine Positioning: State of Technology 89Patrick Fell and George A. Maul, Naval Surface WarfareCenter, Dahlgren, VA

Session 61Measurement TechnologySession Chair: Terry Thompson!

T. Thompson, Ltd.P.O. Box 478

Lions Bay, BC, VON 2EO, Canada

Demonstration Test of LBVDS InstrumentedTow Cable in Waters South of New England- Initial Results 93

Anthony Ruffa, Jason Bard, Michael Sundvik, NUWC,Newport, RI

Trawl-Safe Profiler Development at SACLANT Centrefor Shallow Water Environmental Assessment and RealTime Modeling 99

Robert Tyce, Federico de Strobel, Vittorio Grandi andLavinio Gualdesi, SACLANT Undersea Research Centre,San Bartolomeo, Italy

Acoustic Provincing of Ocean Basins 105M.D. Mandelberg and L.J. Frizell-Makowski, JohnsHopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel,MD

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Session 71Ocean Monitoring: Ocean ChemistrySession Chair: Kenneth Ferer

Neptune Sciences, Inc.10627 Crestwood DriveManassas.VA 20190

Co-Chair:Richard L. Crout. PhD

Naval Meterorology and Oceanography Command1020 Balch Blvd.

Stennis Space Center, MS 39529-5005

A New Sampler for Monitoring Fluid and ChemicalFluxes in Hydrologically Active Submarine Environments109

M. Kastner, and Y. Weinstein, Scripps Inst. Oceanography,La Jolla, CA; H. Jannasch, MBARI; J. Martin, University ofFlorida

Remotely Deployable Water Sampler 113Steven A. Ruberg and Brian J. Eadie, NOAA/GLERL, AnnArbor, MI

Automation of a Mass Spectrometer andExtraction Line for the Determination ofNoble Gas Isotopes in Rocks 119

Robin Singer, Josh Curtice, Mark Kurz and Dempsey Lott,Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA

Session 81U/W Comms: Algorithm Development &Experimental ResultsSession Chair: Geoff Edelson

Sanders, A Lockheed Martin CompanyAdvanced Systems and Technology

MER15-2651, P. O. Box 868Nashua, NH 03061-0868

Co-Chair:Milica Stojanovic

Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyAADept.,MIT35-311

Cambridge, MA 02139

Invited PaperHypothesis-Feedback Equalization for Direct-SequenceSpread-Spectrum Underwater Communications 123

M. Stojanovic, MIT; L. Freitag, Woods HoleOceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA

Invited PaperSurvey and Analysis of Underwater Acoustic Channelsfor Coherent Communication 131

Lee Freitag and Mark Johnson, Woods HoleOceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA; MilicaStojanovic, MIT

Session 91AUVs/UUVs:Session Chair:....

Vehicles IJohn Bunce

Neptune Sciences, Inc.150 Cleveland Ave.

Slidell, LA 70458

Co-Chair:Kenneth P. Fox Jr.

Draper LaboratoryMS 56, 555 Technology Square

Cambridge, MA 02139

THE DEVELOPMENT OF THEAUV -URASHIMA- 139

K. Tamura, T. Aoki, T. Nakamura, S. Tsukioka,T. Murashima, H. Ochi, H. Nakajoh, T. Ida, andT. Hyakudome Japan Marine Science and TechnologyCenter (JAMSTEC) Natsushima, Yokosuka, Kanagawa,Japan

New Capabilities of the REMUS AutonomousUnderwater Vehicle 147

Mike Purcell, Ben Allen, Chris von Alt, Tom Austin, NedForrester, Rob Goldsborough and Roger Stokey, WoodsHole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA

A New Autonomous Underwater Vehicle for ImagingResearch 153

Ryand Eustice, Oscar Pizarro, Chris Roman and HanumantSingh, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WoodsHole, MA

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Session 101Exhibitor Product Showcase:ROVs and CTD Handling SystemsSession Chair: T..-. Hugh Murphy

Executive DirectorSlater Center for Ocean Technology

University of Rhode IslandSouth Ferry Road

Narragansett, RI 02882

Co-Chair:Christian Casagrande

Ocean Technology CenterUniversity of Rhode Island

South Ferry RoadNarragansett, RI 02882

Application of New Technologies to the MAX ROVERand MINI MAX 2000 ROVs 157

Chris Nicholson and Robert Lobecker, Deep Sea SystemsIntl., Falmouth, MA

Development of the Phantom /// RemotelyOperated Vehicle 163

Dirk Rosen and Phil Ballou, Deep Ocean Engineering, Inc.,San Leandro, CA

CTD Traction Winch System and MotionCompensated Crane 167

Dan Cobb, Dynacon Inc., Bryan, TX

AUV/ROV Propulsion Thrusters 173Bert DeWijs, SubSea Propulsion, A subsidiaryof Klein Associates, Inc.

Session 2Synthetic Aperture Process: Active & Passive IISession Chair: Edmund Sullivan

Naval Undersea Warfare CenterCode 8212, 1176 Howell. Street

i Newport, RI 02841-1808

Co-Chair:Dr. Stanley G. Chamberlain

Raytheon Electronics SystemsMail Stop T3TN46

Tewksbury,MA 01876

Invited PaperMulti-Aspect Synthetic Aperture Sonar 177

James T. Christoff and Jose E. Fernandez: Coastal SystemStation, Panama City, FL

Invited PaperArray Measurements and Characterizations withRelative Velocity as a Parameter

William M. Carey, Boston University, Boston, MA181

Invited PaperModal Mapping in Shallow Water Using SyntheticAperture Horizontal Arrays 185

George V Frisk, Kyle M. Becker, and James A. Doutt,Department of Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering -Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA

Invited PaperMatched Image Processing for UndersampledSynthetic Aperture Sonar 189

Geoffrey Edelson, Sanders - A Lockheed Martin Co.,Nashua, NH; Charles Gedney, Philip Abbot and Ira Dyer,OASIS, Inc.Lexington, MA; Kenneth Rolt, Sonetech Corp.,Bedford, NH

Session 12 ,Acoustic Bottom Measurementsand Characterization IISession Chair: Jon Preston

Quester Tangent Corporation99-9865 West Saanich Road

Sidney, BC, Canada V8L 5Y8

Co-Chair:Marian O. Clouph

Naval Oceanographic OfficeApplied Hydrography Division

1 Nautical Charting Branch

Simultaneous Compression and Denoising ofSide Scan Sonar Images Using the DiscreteWavelet Transform 195

Rita Cunha, ISR/IST; Mario Figueiredo, IT/IST; CarlosSilvestre, ISR/IST, Lisbon, Portugal

A New Pitch / Yaw Stabilized BathymetricSurvey System 201• Kenneth C. Kiesel, L-3 Communications / SeaBeam

Instruments, Walpole, MA

Bathymetric Survey using a SeaBat 8101Multibeam Echo Sounder Mounted in theForward Looking Direction 207

J.D. Harris II, R.N. Carpenter and C. Foreman, NavalUndersea Warfare Center, Newport, RI

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> «T& Table of ContentsA Model Based System for SimultaneouslyEstimating Bathymetry and Sound SpeedCharacteristics - Simulation Results 213

David Cousins, BBN Technologies, Middletown, RI; Dr.James Miller, Ocean Engineering Department - Universityof Rhode Island

Session 22Marine Law and PolicySession Chair: Harry M. Strong

Mitretek Systems, Inc.MS-Z340, 7525 Colshire Dr.

McLean, VA 22102

Co-Chair:Porter Hoagland

Marine Policy CenterMS#41

Woods Hole Oceanographic InstitutionWoods Hole MA 02543

International Regulation of Underwater Sound 221Elena McCarthy, University of RI, Kingston, RI

Revisions of Prospecting Regulations for Mineralsother than Oil, Gas,,and Sulphur on the OuterContinental Shelf 229

Keith Meekins, Minerals Management Service, Herndon,VA

Recent Developments in OceanographicResearch Vessel Law 233

Dennis Nixon, UNOLS, University of RI, Kingston, RI

Marine Technology as an Instrumentality for Peace.... 237Robert B. Abel, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken,NJ

Session 32Undersea Cable Burial SystemSession Chair: Robert Bannon

Bannon International Consulting301 Willow Run

East Stroudsburg, PA

Co-Chair:Brad Moonev

International Consultant2111 Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite 1009S

Arlington, VA 22202

A Spurting System for Shallow Water CableBurying

Lian Lian and Daoyan Wang, Shanghai Jiao TongUniversity, Shanghai, China

241

Tow/Umbilical Cable System for Deep Venture ICable Burial Plow 245

Jeffrey Kurt, General Dynamics ATS, Whippany, NJ; MarkLambert, Raytheon; Joel McClurkin, Vector CableCompany; Tobt Selcer, Dynacon

Raytheon's Integrated Systems for UPLOWa Cable Burial System 249

Raymond Ballweg, Raytheon, Portsmouth, RI

New Advances in Jet-Assisted Plowing for theUndersea Cable Construction Industry 267

Frank D. Messina, SeaTech Solutions, Inc., Millington, NJ;Donald Dean, Caldwell Cable Ventures, Inc. Baltimore,MD; James H. Kober, General Dynamics AdvancedTechnology Systems, Whippany, NJ

Session 42Mine Warfare: Detection and ClassificationSession Chair: Dr. Douglas Todoroff

Office of Naval ResearchCode 7180

Arlington, VA

Co-ChairJohn Impagliazzo

NUWCCode 8212, Bldg 679

1176 Howell StreetNewport, RI 02841

Computer Aided Detection/Computer Aided Classificationand Data Fusion Algorithms for Automated Detection andClassification of Underwater Mines 277

Charles Ciany and Jim Huang, Raytheon SystemsCompany, Portsmouth, RI

Mine Classification Based on Raw Sonar Data: anApproach Combining Fourier Descriptors, StatisticalModels and Genetic Algorithms 285

I. Quidu and J. Ph. Malkasse, Thomson Marconi Sonar,Brest cedex, France; G. Burel and P. Vilbe,, L.E.S.T., Brestcedex, France

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I. Quidu and J. Ph. Malkasse, Thomson Marconi Sonar,Brest cedex, France; G. Burel and P. Vilb,, L.E.S.T., Brestcedex, France

Session 52Marine Positioning and GPS IISession Chair: Dr. Patrick Fell

Building 1200Naval Surface Warfare Center

Dahlgren,VA 22448-5000

Co-Chair:Lloyd HuffNOAA-UNH

24 Colorus RoadDurham, NH 03824

An Integrated Approach to Electronic Navigation 299Peter T. Shaw and William Pettus, SSC-SDSan Diego, CA

High Quality Heave Measurements Based on GPSRTK and Accelerometer Technology 309

John-Morten Godhavn, Navia Maritime AS - DivisionSeatex, Trondheim, Norway

Laboratory and Field Evaluation of PreciseLightweight GPS Receiver (PLGR+95 & PLGR+96)Accuracy 315

Louis A. Fatale, D.C. Oimoen, J.R. Ackeret and J.A.Messmore, U.S. Army Topographic Engineering Center,Alexandria, VA

Session 62Sonar Potpourri: Some Very Interesting PapersSession Chair: Richard L. Crout. PhD

Naval Meterorology and Oceanography Command1020 Balch Blvd.

Stennis Space Center, MS 39529-5005

Co-Chair:Edgar An

Florida Atlantic UniversityMiami, FL

Results of Synthetic Aperture Sonar Experiments 323M. Neudorfer, J. Kosalos and R. Bonneau, RaytheonCompany, Portsmouth, RI

Detecting Ripple Patterns in Mission Videos 331Adriana Olmos, Manuel Trucco, Dave Lane and KatiaLebart, Ocean Systems Lab Dept of Computing andElectrical Engineering - Heriot-Watt Universrity,Edinburgh, UK

Obstacle Detection by a Forward Looking SonarIntegrated in an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle 337

Antoine Martin, Dr. Edgar An, Dr. Kevin Nelson and Dr.Samuel Smith, Sea Tech, Florida Atlantic University, Dania,FL

Session 72Ocean Monitoring: Ocean ProfilesSession Chair: Kenneth Ferer

Neptune Sciences, Inc.10627 Crestwood DriveManassas,VA 20190

Co-Chair:Archie T. Morrison HI Ph.D.

Senior Engineer for Electronic SystemsMcLane Research Laboratories, Inc.

Falmouth Technology Park121 Bernard E. Saint Jean Drive

East Falmouth, MA 02536

Elevators—Autonomous Transporters ForDeepsea Benthic Sample Recovery 343

M.F. Bowen, P.J. Bernard and D.E. Gleason, Woods HoleOceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA; L.L.Whitcomb, JHU

Web-centric Instrumentation: Controlling andMonitoring a Vertical Profiler using aWWW Browser 349

Roger P. Stokey, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution,Woods Hole, MA

The McLane Moored Profiler: An AutonomousPlatform for Oceanographic Measurements 353

Archie T. Morrison III and John D. Billings, McLaneResearch Laboratories, Inc., East Falmouth, MA; KennethW. Doherty and John M. Toole, Woods HoleOceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA

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Table of ContentsA Comparison of LADCP and CTD Performanceon a Slide-Down-Wire Frame Versus a StandardCTD Frame 359

Daniel J. Torres, Robert Millard, Marshall Swartz and JohnToole; Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WoodsHole, MA

An Automated Method of Processing Datafrom Profiling Floats

E. T. Montgomery and R.W. Schmitt, Woods HoleOceanographic Institute, Woods Hole, MA

367

Session 82U/W Comms: Doppler Impactand CompensationSession Chair: Dr. Josko Catipovic

NUWCNewport, RI 02841-1708

Closed Loop Doppler Tracking and Compensation forNon-Stationary Underwater Platforms 371

B. S. Sharif, J. Neasham, O. R. Hinton and A. E. Adams,Underwater Acoustics Group Department of Electrical andElectronic Engineering - University of Newcastle,Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

Wideband Acoustic Communications: DispellingNarrowband Myths ". 377

J.J. Davies, S.A. Pointer, S.M. Dunn, Defence Evaluation &Research Agency, Dorchester, Dorset, UK

A Real-Time High Data Rate Acoustic CommunicationsReceiver Demonstration System 385

S. M. Dunn, Jonathon Davies and Stephan A. Pointer,Defence Evaluation & Research Agency, WinfrithTechnology Center, Dorchester, Dorset, UK

Session 92AUVs/UUVs: Vehicles IISession Chair: Bruce C. Gilman

Sonsub International, Inc.15950 Park Row

Houston, TX 77074

Co-Chair:Brad Mooney

International Consultant2111 Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite 1009S

Arlington, VA 22202

AUV Commercialization -Who's Leading the Pack? 391

Robert L. Wernli, SPAWAR Systems Center San Diego, SanDiego, CA

RAO: A Low-Cost AUV for Testing 397Daniel Avia, Miguel de Diego, Gabriel Oliver, Alberto Ortizand Julian Proenza, Maths and Computer Science Dpt. -University of the Balearic Islands, Spain

Evolution of the Autonomous SurfaceCraft At/TOCAT 403

Justin Manley, Aaron Marsh, MIT Sea Grant AUV Lab;Whitney Cornforth and Colette Wiseman, MIT Departmentof Ocean Engineering, Cambridge, MA

Robotic Ocean Vehicles for Marine ScienceApplications: the European ASIMOV Project 409

The ASIMOV Team - Institute for Systems and Robotics(ISR) / Institute SuperiorTecnico (1ST), Lisbon, Portugal;ORCA Instrumentation, Brest, France ; SystemTechnologies, Ulverston, United Kingdom; ENSIETA -Ecole Nationale Superieur des Ingenieurs des Etudes etTechniques d'Armement, Brest, France ; IMAR / DOP -Institute do Mar / Departamento de Oceanografia e Pescas,University of Azores, Horta, Portugal; GESMA - Grouped'Etudes Sous-Marines de L'Atlantique, Brest, France;School of Ocean Sciences, University of Wales Bangor, •Anglesey, United Kingdom; Antonio Pascoal, co-author.

Session 102Exhibitor Product Showcase:Communication SystemsSession Chair: John L. Coughlin

President & CEOBenthos, Inc.

Co_Chair:Kevin McCarthyVP of Marketing

Benthos, Inc

Wire Line Quality Underwater Wireless CommunicationUsing High Speed Acoustic Modems 417

Ning Xiao, Yu, Linquest, San Diego, CA

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Session 3Matched Field Applicationsin Sonar Processing ISession Chair: .-.; Alex Tolstoy

Atolstoy Sciences8610 Battailles Ct.

Annadale,VA 22003

Co-Chair:Edmund Sullivan

Naval Undersea Warfare CenterCode 8212, 1176 Howell Street

Newport, RI 02841-1808

Invited PaperGeoacoustic Inversion and Appraisal

Stan Dosso, School of Earth and Ocean Sciences -University of Victoria, BC, Canada

423

A Long-Lead Forecast Model for the Prediction of ShelfWater Oscillations along the Caribbean Coast of theIsland of Puerto Rico 429

Marvi Teixeira, Electrical Engineering Department -Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico; Jorge Capella,Marine Sciences Department - University of Puerto Rico

Experimental Results for Matched-Field Processing witha Small-Aperture Mid-Frequency Array 439

Seth B. Suppappola, Brian F. Harrison and Robert B.MacLeod, Naval Undersea Warfare Center - SubmarineSonar Department, Newport^ RI

Session 13Environmental Acoustics:Transmission, Noise and Scattering ISession Chair: Dr Judith Bishop

NUWCNewport, RI 02841

Co-Chair:Dr. Jim Lynch

Woods Hole Oceanographic InstitutionWoods Hole, MA

A Frequency-Domain Approach to SimulatingAmbient Noise Fields 447

Andrew L. Rosenfeld, Paul C. Hines, and Daniel L. Hutt,Defence Research Establishment Atlantic, Canada

Oceanic Low Frequency Ambient Noise 453William M. Carey, Boston University, Boston, MA

Session 23Partnership for Ocean MonitoringSession Chair: C. Reid Nichols

President and OceanographerMarine Information Resources Corp.

9673 Gwynn Park DriveEllicott City, MD 21042

Co-ChairHarry M. Strong

Mitretek Systems, Inc.MS-Z340, 7525 Colshire Dr.

McLean, VA 22102

MYSound - A Partnership for Monitoring Long IslandSound Water Quality and Dynamics 459

W. Frank Bohlen, M. M. Howard-Strobel, and DavidCohen, Department of Marine Sciences - University ofConnecticut; Peter Tebeau, Martha Murphy MarineResearch Associates, LLC, Groton, CT

IRL: An Interactive Real-TimeLogging System for ROVs 465

S. Kim Juniper, John F. Garrett, Keith Shepherd, KeithTamburri and Kim Wallace, Canadian ScientificSubmersible Facility, Sidney, B.C. Canada

A LEAG of Their Own a Partnership for the MississippiRiver—Gulf of Mexico System 475Larry Warrenfeltz, John McLachlan and Douglas Meffert,Tulane/Xavier Center for Bioenvironmental Research, LA;George Rey, COTS Technology LLC

Session 33Underwater Fiber Optic SystemsSession Chair: '. Steven L. Hannuksela

NAVSEAPMS395/NSWCCD Code27DS

Naval Sea Systems Command, PMS395H2531 Jefferson Davis Highway, CPK-5, Suite 900

Arlington, VA 22242-5101

Co-Chair:Sandi Agen

General Dynamics Advance Technology SystemsWhippany, NJ

Trends in Undersea Fiber Optic Systems 479Pamela J. Hurst and William D. Miller, General DynamicsAdvanced Technology Systems, Whippany, NJ

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Remotely Operated Vehicles Evolution For MaintenanceandRepair of Fibre Optic Systems 489

Robert T. Bannon, Bannon International Consulting, EastStroudsburg, PA

Optimized Image Sequence Analysis for Real-TimeUnderwater Cable Tracking 497

Miquel Simo, Alberto Ortiz and Gabriel Oliver, Maths andComputer Science Dpt. - University of the Balearic Islands,Palma de Mallorca, Spain

Advancements in ROV and Trenching Technology 505Susanna Dona, Sonsub, Houston, TX

Session 43Ocean PollutionSession Chair: James Barbera

Rockville, MD 20853

Co-Chair:Porter Hoagland

Marine Policy CenterMS#41

Woods Hole Oceanographic InstitutionWoods Hole MA 02543

Developing Methods for Assessing ContaminantBioavailability on a Coral Atoll : 509

Daniel J. Sheehy, Aquabio, Inc., Arlington, MA

Source Investigation of Non-Rain Induced FreshwaterInputs to the San Pedro Shelf, California 517

George Robertson, Mike Mengel, Fred O'Brien, HaiNguyen, and Charles McGee, Orange County SanitationDistrict; Don Maurer, California State University, LongBeach, CA

Session 53Very Large Ocean PlatformsSession Chair: Jerry Boatman

Naval Meterology and Oceanography Command1020 Balch Blvd.

Stennis Space Center, MS 39529

Co-Chair:Dr. Diane Pi Massa

Woods Hole GroupFalmouth Technology Park

East Falmouth, MA 02536

Hydroelastic Response Reduction Systemof A Very Large Floating Structure withWave Energy Absorption Devices 527

Hisaaki Maeda, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan;Yukihisa Washio and Hiroyuki Osawa, Japan MarineScience and Technology Center; Chan-Kyu Rheem andTomoki Ikoma, Institute of Industrial Science, Universityof Tokyo; Yasushi Onishsi and Mamoru Arita, GraduateSchool of Nihon University

Slowly Varying Wave Drifting Force on A Very LargeFloating Structure in Short Crested Waves 533

Tomoki Ikoma and Chan-Khu Rheem, Institute ofIndustrial Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan;Hisaaki Maeda, University of Tokyo

Hydroelastic Response of Mat-type VLFS: Effects ofNon-Zero Draft and Mass Assumptions 541

- Jang Whan Kim and R. Cengiz Ertekin, SOEST,University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI

Session 63Water Current Measurements:Surface Current by Radar and DriftersSession Chair: Albert J. Williams HI

Woods Hole Oceanographic InstitutionApplied Ocean Physics and Engineering

MS#12Woods Hole, MA 02543

Co-Chair:Donald Barrick

CODAR Ocean Sensors, Ltd.1000 Fremont Avenue, Suite K

Los Altos, CA 94024

Determination of the Sea Surface Current FieldFrom the Doppler Shift of the Coherent RadarBackscatter with Grazing Incidence 549

H. Hatten, J. Seemann and F. Ziemer, GKSS ResearchCenter, Geesthacht, Germany; A. Bezuglov and V Veremjev,Electro Technical University, St Peterburg, Russia

Coastal Surface-Current Mapping to 200 km withLong-Range SeaSonde 555

Don Barrick, Pete Lilleboe, Belinda Lipa and LauraPederson, CODAR Ocean Sensors, Los Altos, C A

Use of GPS Drifters for Measurementof Near Surface Currents in a Wide Strait 559Dario Stucchi and Richard Thomson, Institute of Ocean

Sciences, Sidney, BC, Canada

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Session 73Ocean Monitoring: Data CommunicationsSession Chair: Dr. George Frisk

Woods Hole^Oceanographic InstitutionWoods Hole, MA

Co-Chair:R. Dick Blidberg

Autonomous Undersea Systems Institute86 Old Concord Turnpike

Lee, NH 03824

System Design Aspects of a Steerable DirectionalAcoustic Communications Transducer for AutonomousUndersea Systems 565

N. Fruehauf and Joseph A. Rice, Space & Naval WarfareSystems Center, San Diego, CA

Real-Time Delivery of Subsurface CoastalCirculation Measurements from DistributedInstruments using Networked Acoustic Modems 575

Dan Codiga and Philip Bogden, Department of MarineSciences - University of Connecticut, Groton, CT;Joe Rice, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center,San Diego, CA

NeMONet: A Near Real-TimeDeep Ocean Observatory 583

Scott Stalin, Christian Meinig and Hugh Milburn, NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, WA

Very Low Bit Rate Video Compression forAcoustic Transmission of Subsea Images ofHydrothermal Vents 589

Jorge Barbosa and Victor Barroso, Instituto SuperiorTecnico - ISR, Lisboa, Portugal

Session 83U/W Comms: Non-Coherent SamplingSession Chair: James Preisig

; Woods Hole Oceanographic InstitutionMS-@11

Woods Hole, MA

Co-Chair:Dale Green

BenthosFalmouth, MA

SignalEx: Linking Environmental Acoustics with theSignaling Schemes 595

Michael B. Porter, Science Applications InternationalCorp., La Jolla, CA and Scripps Institution ofOceanography, La Jolla, CA; Vincent K. McDonald, Paul A.Baxley and Joseph A. Rice, Space and Naval WarfareSystems Center, San Diego

Improved Chirp FSK Modem for High ReliabilityCommunications in Shallow Water 601

Jochen R. Alleyne, Lester R. LeBlanc, PR, Matthew Singer,Pierre-Phillippe Beaujean, Cecile Boubli and Guenael T.Strutt, Florida Atlantic University, Ocean EngineeringDepartment, Dania, FL

Session 93AUVs/UUVs: SensorsSession Chair: Jim Allan

Kongsberg Simrad

Co-Chair:Dan Cobb

Dynacon831 Industrial Blvd.Bryan, TX 77803

In-situ Chemical Analysis using Mass Spectrometry onUnmanned Underwater Vehicles 605

R. T. Short, D. P. Fries, M. L. Kerr, COT; R. H. Byrne, Deptof Marine Science, University of South FloridaSt. Petersburg, FL

AUV Acoutic Payload Integration 611William Key, Klein Associates, Inc., Salem, NH

Sensor Development: Progress Towards Systemsfor AUVs/UUVs 617

Larry Langebrake, James Patten, Eric Kaltenbacher, ScottSamson, Eric T. Steimle, James Patten, Chad E. Lembke,Robert H. Byrne and Kendall Carder, COT, University ofSouth Florida, St. Petersburg, FL

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Session 103Exhibitor Product Showcase: Sensor SystemsSession Chair: Richard M. Butler. Jr.

--_ Aanderaa Instruments A/S234 Highland Avenue

So. Attleboro, MA 02703-6846

Co-Chair:Dr. Kenneth Baldwin

ProfessorUniversity of New Hampshire

Mechanical Engineering Dept.Chase Ocean Engineering Laboratory

24 Colovos RoadDurham, NH 03824

New Non-External Field Inductive Conductivity Sensor(NXIC) for Long Term Deployment in BiologicallyActive Regions 623

Alan Fougere, Falmouth Scientific Inc., Cataumet, MA

A Novel Fiber-Optic Sensor for theLong-Term, Autonomous Measurement ofpCO2 in Seawater 631

Stephany I. Rubin and H. Ping Wu, YSI, Inc.Yellow Spring, OH

The Growth in Towed Undulating Vehicles forOceanographic Data Gathering : 641

Richard Burt, Chelsea Instruments Ltd.

Session 4Matched Field Applicationsin Sonar Processing IISession Chair: Edmund Sullivan

Naval Undersea Warfare CenterCode 8212, 1176 Howell Street

Newport, RI 02841-1808

Co-Chair:Alex Tolstoy

Atolstoy Sciences8610 Battailles Ct.

Annadale,VA 22003

Invited PaperFast Matching Methods for Inversionwith Underwater Sound

Zoi-Heleni Michalopoulou, Xiaoqun Ma, MichelePicarelli, and Urmi Ghosh-Dastidar, Department ofMathematical Sciences - New Jersey Institute ofTechnology, Newark, NJ

Invited PaperMatchless Field Processing in Shallow Water 653

Gerald L. D'Spain, William A. Kuperman, and James J.Murray, Marine Physical Laboratory of the ScrippsInstitution of Oceanography, San Diego, CA

Session 14Underwater ArchaeologySession Chair: Dr. Jim Lynch

Woods Hole Oceanographic InstitutionWoods Hole, MA

Co-Chair:Dr. George Frisk

Woods Hole Oceanographic InstitutionWoods Hole, MA

Design and Implementation of Advanced UnderwaterImaging Systems for Deep Sea Marine ArchaeologicalSurveys 661

Dwight F. Coleman, Institute for Exploration, Mystic, CT;James B. Newman, Woods Hole Marine Systems Inc.;Robert D. Ballard, Institute for Exploration

Use of Automated Seabed Photomosaicing in ForensicAnalysis of the RMS TITANIC Disaster 667

Paul K. Matthias, Polaris Imaging; Richard F. Silloway,SNAME Marine Forensics Panel (SD-7) EngineeringPartners International, Inc., Kingwood, TX

A Marine Forensic Analysis of theRMS TITANIC 673

William H. Garzke, Jr., Gibbs & Cox, Inc., Alexandria, VA.;Timothy Foecke, National Institute of Standards andTechnology; Paul Matthias, Polaris Imaging; David Wood,Gibbs & Cox, Inc.

Marine Archaeology and Protection of Heritage inDeeper Water - Consequences for Future OffshoreConstruction Projects 691

Fredrik Sareide Department of Marine Systems DesignNorwegian University of Science and Technology,Marek E. Jasinski, Institute of Archaeology NorwegianUniversity of Science and Technology, Norway

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Table of Contents

Session 24Partnership to Advance TechnologySession Chair: Martin Klein

Co-Chair:C. Reid Nichols

President and OceanographerMarine Information Resources Corp.

9673 Gwynn Park DriveEllicott City, MD 21042

Building and Sustaining Marine ;

Technology PartnershipsC. Reid Nichols, Marine Information ResearchCorporation, Ellicott City, MD

699

The NOAA/UNH Joint Hydrographic Center and theUNH Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping: AnEducational and Research Partnership of theFederal Government, the University ofNew Hampshire and Ocean Industry 705

Andrew A. Armstrong, NOAA/University of New HampshireJoint Hydrographic Center, Durham, NH ; Larry Mayer,University of New Hampshire Center for Coastal andOcean Mapping, Durham, NH

The Outsourcing of Hydrographic Survey by NOAA:An Industry Perspective of a Partnership in theMaking for the New Millennium .". 711

Rod E. Evans, Steven A. Lemke, Robert W. Morton andWalter S. Simmons, Science Applications InternationalCorporation, Newport, RI

Session 34Detection, Localization, and Tracking ISession Chair: Robert Bannon

Bannon International Consulting301 Willow Run

East Stroudsburg, PA

Co-Chair:Godick Gyldenege

Oceaneering International

Automated Multibeam Data Cleaning andTarget Detection

Kevin Bongiovanni and Christopher LirakisBBN Technologies, Middletown, RI

719

Real-time Localization of MultipleAcoustic Transponders Using aTowed Interrogation Transducer

John Osier and Jeffrey Beer, Defence ResearchEstablishment Atlantic, Darthmouth, Canada

725

Volume 2Session 44Weapons: Virtual Training and Water Scouring;And Underwater ConnectorsSession Chair: Tom Coughlin

Vector Cable Company555 Industrial Road

Sugarland,TX 77478-2899

Co-Chair:Bill Miller

General Dynamics ATS Consulting Member

Virtual Training for Live Fire NavalGunfire Support 733

Dale L. Paquette and Linda M. Gouveia, NUWC, Newport,RI

Challenges Facing Developers of Systems for WaterImpact Scoring of Advanced Weapons 739

George T. Shoemaker, Ph.D., NUWC, Newport, RI

Contact Free High-Pressure Bulk Head Connector forPower and Data Transmission Via Magnetic Field forDeep-Sea Instrument Launchers 745

Peter Diekmann, University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany

Session 54Oceanographic Research Vessels ISession Chair: John F. Bash

University of Rhode IslandP. O. Box 392

Sanderstown, RI 02874

Co-ChairDavid McCarren

College of Marine StudiesUniversity of Delaware, Robinson Hall

Newark, DE

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