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A Process for Producing Ice Coverage Marine Information Objects (MIOs) in IHO S-57 Format [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
While global warming may be opening up more Arctic waters in the summer, ice still infests key shipping lanes in the northern hemisphere during the winter months.
Agi, Benson   +4 more
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Nonlinear Model Predictive Control for a Dynamic Positioning Ship Based on the Laguerre Function

open access: yesJournal of Marine Science and Engineering
In this paper, we present a novel nonlinear model predictive control (NMPC) algorithm based on the Laguerre function for dynamic positioning ships to solve the problems of input saturation, unknown time-varying disturbances, and heavy computation.
Xiaobin Qian   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Design of the obstacle detection system with the SONAR MK3 on Guanay II AUV [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV) perform inspection missions and intervention in known and unknown environments, where it is necessary to ensure their safety. The AUV must have the ability to detect and avoid obstacles in the path of navigation.
Galarza Bogotá, Cesar Mauricio   +5 more
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Effects of Fatigue on Navigation Officers and SWOT Analyze for Reducing Fatigue Related Human Errors on Board [PDF]

open access: yesTransNav, 2007
Maritime industry is still a human-centered industry in spite of latest technologies which has developed for reducing marine accidents. Human based errors cause marine accidents more than equipment based problems.
Ozcan Arslan, Ismail Deha Er
doaj  

Omnidirectional underwater surveying and telepresence [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Exploratory dives are traditionally the first step for marine scientists to acquire information on a previously unknown area of scientific interest. Manned submersibles have been the platform of choice for such exploration, as they allow a high level ...
Bosch Alay, Josep   +8 more
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Marine Navigation Special Names

open access: yesIzvestiâ Ûžnogo Federalʹnogo Universiteta: Filologičeskie Nauki, 2018
The article discusses issues of structuring the denotative class of “wind”, a fragment of scientific periphery, during its construction at the end of XVII – XIX centuries. Conceptualization features of the noted object characteristics are studied. Newly constructed in the marine professional sphere special names for “wind” are described, as being ...
openaire   +1 more source

Detecting fish aggregations from reef habitats mapped with high resolution side scan sonar imagery [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
As part of a multibeam and side scan sonar (SSS) benthic survey of the Marine Conservation District (MCD) south of St. Thomas, USVI and the seasonal closed areas in St. Croix—Lang Bank (LB) for red hind (Epinephelus guttatus) and the Mutton Snapper (MS) (
Arsenault, Jean-Luc   +4 more
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The Impact of an Oceanic Mesoscale Anticyclonic Eddy in the East China Sea on the Tropical Cyclone Yagi (2018)

open access: yesAtmosphere
In August 2018, tropical cyclone (TC) Yagi rapidly intensified as it passed over an oceanic mesoscale anticyclonic eddy (eddy) in the East China Sea, increasing in TC intensity from a tropical storm to a severe tropical storm.
Jianxiang Sun   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Inland Navigation Technology \u2709 - Digital Technology Impact on Safety and Efficiency [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
This workshop discussed the impact of digital technology on inland navigation safety and efficiency from the combined perspective government agencies and waterway operators.
Alexander, Lee
core   +1 more source

CLIWOC multilingual meteorological dictionary [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
This dictionary is the first attempt to express the wealth of archaic logbook wind force terms in a form that is comprehensible to the modern-day reader.
Báez, C.   +11 more
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