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A method for on-line water current velocity estimation using Lol-cost autonomous underwater vehicles
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
Advances in the miniaturization of microelectronics has greatly contributed to the proliferation of small, low cost autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs). These affordable vehicles offer organizations a flexible platform ...
A planned approach to high collision risk area
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
This thesis examines the transition of a vessel from the open ocean, where collisions are rare, to a high risk and heavy traffic area such as a Traffic Separation Scheme (TSS). Previous autonomy approaches generally view ...
Automated open circuit scuba diver detection with low cost passive sonar and machine learning
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
This thesis evaluates automated open-circuit scuba diver detection using low-cost passive sonar and machine learning. Previous automated passive sonar scuba diver detection systems required matching the frequency of diver ...
Coordinated tracking and interception of an acoustic target using autonomous surface vehicles
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
In today's highly advanced society, more industries are beginning to turn to autonomous vehicles to reduce costs and improve safety. One industry in particular is the defense industry. By using unmanned and autonomous ...
Development and deployment of a novel deep-sea in situ bubble sampling instrument for understanding the fate of methane in the water column
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
Methane (CH₄) is a potent greenhouse gas that is often found in a solid, hydrate clathrate form in marine sediments along continental margins and will often escape from the seafloor and rise through the water column as ...
Stochastic acoustic ray tracing with dynamically orthogonal equations
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
Developing accurate and computationally efficient models for ocean acoustics is inherently challenging due to several factors including the complex physical processes and the need to provide results on a large range of ...
Real time bottom reverberation simulation in deep and shallow ocean environments
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)
Due to the costs involved and time required to perform experiments at sea, it is important to provide accurate simulations of the ocean environment. Using the ray tracing code, BELLHOP, the Mission Oriented Operating Suite ...
Field deployable dynamic lighting system for turbid water imaging
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)
The ocean depths provide an ever changing and complex imaging environment. As scientists and researches strive to document and study more remote and optically challenging areas, specifically scatter-limited environments. ...
Modeling wind forcing in phase resolving simulation of nonlinear wind waves
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)
Wind waves in the ocean are a product of complex interaction of turbulent air flow with gravity driven water surface. The coupling is strong and the waves are non-stationary, irregular and highly nonlinear, which restricts ...
Interannual variability of the Pacific water boundary current in the Beaufort Sea
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
Between 2002 and 2011 a single mooring was maintained in the core of the Pacific Water boundary current in the Alaskan Beaufort Sea near 152° W. Using velocity and hydrographic data from six year-long deployments during ...