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Publication Year: 2013, Page(s):C1 - C4
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• IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering publication information

Publication Year: 2013, Page(s): C2
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• Excellence in Review 2012

Publication Year: 2013, Page(s):209 - 210
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• Modeling and Simulation of an AUV Simulator With Guidance System

Publication Year: 2013, Page(s):211 - 225
Cited by:  Papers (7)
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An intelligent autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) simulator with path-planning capability was developed. A guidance system of the simulator automatically generates continuous-curvature paths of a cubic B-spline class constrained by the minimum turning radius of the marine vehicle and waypoints. The simulator of the guidance system includes a line-of-sight (LOS) algorithm and a horizontal proporti... View full abstract»

• Vehicle Motion in Currents

Publication Year: 2013, Page(s):226 - 242
Cited by:  Papers (8)
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In this paper, we present a nonlinear dynamic model for the motion of a rigid vehicle in a dense fluid flow that comprises a steady, nonuniform component and an unsteady, uniform component. In developing the basic equations, the nonuniform flow is assumed to be inviscid, but containing initial vorticity; further rotational flow effects may then be incorporated by modifying the angular rate used in... View full abstract»

• Motion Parameter Optimization and Sensor Scheduling for the Sea-Wing Underwater Glider

Publication Year: 2013, Page(s):243 - 254
Cited by:  Papers (13)
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Underwater gliders adjust buoyancy to generate gliding motion through water columns using a pair of wings. Various types of underwater gliders have been developed and have been tested as efficient long-distance, long-duration ocean sampling platforms. We introduce the Chinese Sea-Wing underwater glider and develop methods to increase its gliding range by optimizing the steady motion parameters to ... View full abstract»

• Linear Generator Connected to a Resonance-Rectifier Circuit

Publication Year: 2013, Page(s):255 - 262
Cited by:  Papers (11)
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This paper describes a linear direct driven generator used for wave energy utilization. The generator is placed on the seabed and connected to a buoy on the ocean surface. Due to the reciprocating motion of the translator, an electrical conversion system is needed between the wave energy converter (WEC) and the grid. Depending on how the conversion system is designed, the generator will be subject... View full abstract»

• Identification for a Heading Autopilot of an Autonomous In-Scale Fast Ferry

Publication Year: 2013, Page(s):263 - 274
Cited by:  Papers (6)
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The aim of this paper is to obtain a heading model for the purpose of control of an in-scale fast-ferry TF-120 physical model, including the dynamics and kinematics, using a remote experimentation platform for marine vehicles. The physical model is developed to be autonomous and is controlled remotely from a PC using WiFi communications. The identification and validation of the model dynamics is o... View full abstract»

• Theoretical Improvements When Using the Second Harmonic Signal in Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers

Publication Year: 2013, Page(s):275 - 284
Cited by:  Papers (1)
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Acoustic Doppler current profilers and velocity logs are devices that compute the Doppler frequency shift undergone by a pulse after reflection by floating particles in water or by the seafloor. Using this Doppler shift, the velocity of the water currents carrying the reflecting particles or the speed of a vessel relative to the sea bottom can be estimated. The attainable performance of Doppler lo... View full abstract»

• Mapping Tidal Current Structures in Zhitouyang Bay, China, Using Coastal Acoustic Tomography

Publication Year: 2013, Page(s):285 - 296
Cited by:  Papers (9)
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The first Chinese coastal acoustic tomography (CAT) experiment for mapping the tidal currents in Zhitouyang Bay near Zhoushan Island was successfully performed with seven acoustic stations from July 12 to 13, 2009. Using CAT, the horizontal distributions of the tidal currents in the tomography domain were calculated by the inverse analysis, in which the travel time differences for sound traveling ... View full abstract»

• Improving Sonar Performance in Shallow Water Using Adaptive Beamforming

Publication Year: 2013, Page(s):297 - 307
Cited by:  Papers (10)
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Multipath propagation degrades the performance of active, bottom-imaging sonars in shallow-water environments. One way to avoid multipath interference is to use a vertical array with a narrow enough angular response to separate the direct bottom return from the multipath. However, this requires a large array and is often infeasible for practical reasons. In this study, we focus on the use of adapt... View full abstract»

• Wideband Robust Capon Beamforming for Passive Sonar

Publication Year: 2013, Page(s):308 - 322
Cited by:  Papers (4)
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In passive sonar, narrowband adaptive beamforming techniques can be exploited to increase the signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR), providing that array steering vector (ASV) errors and cross-spectral density matrix (CSDM) estimation errors can be controlled. When beamforming large aperture, many-element arrays in dynamic scenarios, the number of stationary snapshots available for CSDM e... View full abstract»

• New Sparse Adaptive Algorithms Based on the Natural Gradient and the ${L}_{0}$ -Norm

Publication Year: 2013, Page(s):323 - 332
Cited by:  Papers (18)
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A new algorithmic framework for sparse channel identification is proposed. Although the focus of this paper is on sparse underwater acoustic channels, this framework can be applied in any field where sequential noisy signal samples are obtained from a linear time-varying system. A suit of new algorithms is derived by minimizing a differentiable cost function that utilizes the underlying Riemannian... View full abstract»

• Multiple-Resampling Receiver Design for OFDM Over Doppler-Distorted Underwater Acoustic Channels

Publication Year: 2013, Page(s):333 - 346
Cited by:  Papers (30)
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In this paper, we focus on orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) receiver designs for underwater acoustic (UWA) channels with user- and/or path-specific Doppler scaling distortions. The scenario is motivated by the cooperative communications framework, where distributed transmitter/receiver pairs may experience significantly different Doppler distortions, as well as by the single-user ... View full abstract»

• Performance Results of Two Iterative Receivers for Distributed MIMO OFDM With Large Doppler Deviations

Publication Year: 2013, Page(s):347 - 357
Cited by:  Papers (15)
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This paper studies a distributed orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) system with multiple quasi-synchronous users, where different users may transmit different numbers of parallel data streams. The distinction from most existing work is that the multipath channels for different users have significantly different Doppler scales. Such a setting with two single-transmitter users was fir... View full abstract»

• NEMO-SN1 Abyssal Cabled Observatory in the Western Ionian Sea

Publication Year: 2013, Page(s):358 - 374
Cited by:  Papers (14)
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The NEutrino Mediterranean Observatory-Submarine Network 1 (NEMO-SN1) seafloor observatory is located in the central Mediterranean Sea, Western Ionian Sea, off Eastern Sicily (Southern Italy) at 2100-m water depth, 25 km from the harbor of the city of Catania. It is a prototype of a cabled deep-sea multiparameter observatory and the first one operating with real-time data transmission in Europe si... View full abstract»

• Dynamic Analysis of Motion of Crawler-Type Remotely Operated Vehicles

Publication Year: 2013, Page(s):375 - 382
Cited by:  Papers (4)
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A crawler system has the potential to expand research and development on seafloors with irregular steep terrain and sand. Characteristic parameters in water, such as added mass, buoyancy, and hydrodynamic forces, considerably affect and decrease the mobility of crawler-type remotely operated vehicles (ROVs). To study and evaluate the mobile performance of a crawler system, it is important to inves... View full abstract»

• Development and Performance Tests of a Sensor Suite for a Long-Term Borehole Monitoring System in Seafloor Settings in the Nankai Trough, Japan

Publication Year: 2013, Page(s):383 - 395
Cited by:  Papers (6)
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In the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP), the long-term borehole monitoring system (LTBMS) has been planned for installation into boreholes in seafloor settings in the Nankai Trough, Japan. The LTBMS sensors are extremely sensitive instruments for collecting broadband dynamics to elucidate the mechanisms of megathrust earthquakes, which occur repeatedly in plate subduction zones. However, d... View full abstract»

• New Step for Broadband Seismic Observation on the Seafloor: BBOBS-NX

Publication Year: 2013, Page(s):396 - 405
Cited by:  Papers (1)
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Essential information for clarifying geodynamic processes is obtained by imaging the Earth's interior through geophysical observations. Huge oceanic areas are important locations for conducting such observations. The broadband ocean-bottom seismometer (BBOBS) that we developed has been used since 1999 in several array observations, which gave us new information. But, the BBOBS's noise model in per... View full abstract»

• Erratum to “Challenges, Benefits, and Opportunities in Installing and Operating Cabled Ocean Observatories: Perspectives from NEPTUNE Canada” [C. R. Barnes, M. M. R. Best , F. R. Johnson, L. Pautet, and B. Pirenne, IEEE J. Ocean. Eng., Vol. 38, No. 1, pp. 144–157, Jan. 2013]

Publication Year: 2013, Page(s): 406
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In the authors' biographies section of [1], the location of Laurentian University was incorrect. Instead of Ottawa, the location should be Sudbury. In addition, Lucie Pautet was incorrectly listed as being Associate Director for NEPTUNE Canada, Victoria, BC, Canada, from 2009 to 2011. The dates should be from 2010 to 2012. View full abstract»

• Open Access

Publication Year: 2013, Page(s): 407
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• IEEE Xplore Digital Library

Publication Year: 2013, Page(s): 408
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• IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society Information

Publication Year: 2013, Page(s): C3
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Aims & Scope

The IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering (ISSN 0364-9059) is the online-only quarterly publication of the IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society (IEEE OES). The scope of the Journal is the field of interest of the IEEE OES, which encompasses all aspects of science, engineering, and technology that address research, development, and operations pertaining to all bodies of water. This includes the creation of new capabilities and technologies from concept design through prototypes, testing, and operational systems to sense, explore, understand, develop, use, and responsibly manage natural resources.

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Editor-in-Chief
N. Ross Chapman
School of Earth & Ocean Sciences
University of Victoria