Publications
“Using JALBTCX - USACE Airborne Topographic-Bathymetric Lidar to Update Coastal Bathymetry on NOAA Nautical Charts”, 2016 Canadian Hydrographic Conference. Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, 2016.
, “Airborne Lidar Bathymetry (ALB) Waveform Analysis for Bottom Return Characteristics”, SPIE Defense and Commercial Sensing. Baltimore, MD, 2016.
, “Airborne Lidar Bathymetry Beam Diagnostics Using an Underwater Optical Detector Array”, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, 2017.
Matthew_Birkebak_FinalThesis.pdf (6.43 MB)
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“Relationship Between Depth Measurement Uncertainty and Seafloor Characteristics in Airborne Lidar Bathymetry Systems”, 2017 U.S. Hydrographic Conference. Galveston, TX, p. Galveston, TX, 2017.
, “Bottom Characterization by Using Airborne Lidar Bathymetry (ALB) Waveform Features Obtained from Bottom Return Residual Analysis”, Remote Sensing of Environment, vol. 206. Elsevier, pp. 260-274, 2018.
, “Extracting Shallow-water Bathymetry from Lidar Point Clouds Using Pulse Attribute Data: Merging Density-based and Machine Learning Approaches”, Marine Geodesy, vol. 44(4) (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/01490419.2021.1925790). Taylor and Francis, pp. 259-286, 2021.
, “A procedure for developing an acceptance test for airborne bathymetric lidar data application to NOAA charts in shallow waters”, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Survey (NOS), Silver Spring, MD, 2013.
, “An Overview of ALS Technology”, in Airborne Topographic Lidar Manual, Bethesda, Maryland: American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS), 2012, pp. pp. 7-97.
, “Current work status of S-125 Navigational Services”, International Hydrographic Organization, Monaco, 2016.
NIPWG 3-28.1_S-125_NavigationalSerevices.pdf (281.8 KB)
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“A Mapping Focused Open-Sourced Software Framework for Autonomous Surface Vehicles”, Canadian Hydrographic Conference. p. Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, 2020.
202-4Du6-2810.pdf (143.96 KB)
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“Is Low Frequency Ocean Sound Increasing Globally?”, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, vol. 139. Acoustical Society of America, pp. 501-511, 2016.
, “Noise Level Correlates with Manatee Use of Foraging Habitats”, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, vol. 121. Acoustical Society of America, San Francisco, CA, pp. 3011-3020, 2007.
, “Are Manatees Modifying Their Vocalizations to Compensate for Noise?”, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2006.
, “Euclidean Reconstruction of Natural Underwater Scenes Using Optic Imagery Sequence”, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, 2015.
Han_Thesis.pdf (2.78 MB)
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“Nautical Cartography Competences and Their Effect to the Realisation of a Worldwide Electronic Navigational Charts Database, the Performance of ECDIS and the Fulfilment of IMO Chart Carriage Requirement”, Marine Policy, vol. 75. Elsevier, pp. 29-40, 2017.
, “Advances in Defining Fine- and Micro-Scale Pattern in Marine Plankton”, Aquatic Living Resources, vol. 16. Cambridge, pp. 131-136, 2003.
, “Long-term Seafloor Monitoring at an Open Ocean Aquaculture Site in the Western Gulf of Maine, USA: Development of an Adaptive Protocol”, Marine Pollution Bulleten, vol. 88. pp. 129-137, 2014.
, “Environmental Noise Levels Affect the Activity Budget of the Florida Manatee”, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2005.
, “Utilizing an Extended Target for High Frequency Multi-beam Sonar Intensity Calibration”, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, 2014.
thesis_JHeaton.pdf (1.83 MB)
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“Detection and Quantification of Submerged Oil Droplets by a Broadband, High-frequency Echo Sounder”, 2016 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference. p. Tampa, FL, 2016.
, “The Acoustics Environment of the Florida Manatee: Correlation of Noise and Level of Habitat Use”, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2004.
, “Characterizing and Quantifying Marine Methane Gas Seeps Using Acoustic Observations and Bubble Dissolution Models”, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, 2015.
pillsbury-liam-thesis.pdf (2.57 MB)
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“A Deep Scattering Layer Under the North Pole Pack Ice”, Progress in Oceanography, vol. 194. 2021.
, “Observing the Oceans Acoustically”, Frontiers in Marine Science, vol. 6. p. 426, 2019.
Howe et al_2019_Frontiers.pdf (6.67 MB)
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“Measurements of the Acoustic Properties of Crude Oil”, 5th Joint Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America and the Acoustical Society of Japan. p. Honolulu, HI, 2016.
, “Observations of Backscatter from Sand and Gravel Seafloors Between 170 and 250 kHz”, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, vol. 138. Acoustical Society of America, pp. 2169–2180, 2015.
weber-ward-acoustical-society-2015.pdf (2.89 MB)
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“Diameter and Density Dependent Target Strength of Submerged Oil Droplets Measured by a Broadband, High-frequency Echo Sounder”, 169th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America. p. Pittsburgh, PA, 2015.
, “Is Low Frequency Ocean Sound Increasing Globally?”, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, vol. 139. Acoustical Society of America, pp. 501-511, 2016.
, “Are Manatees Modifying Their Vocalizations to Compensate for Noise?”, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2006.
, “Measurements of High-Frequency Acoustic Scattering from Glacially-Eroded Rock Outcrops”, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, vol. 139. pp. 1833-1847, 2016.
J_Acoust_Soc_Am_vol_139_1833-1847.pdf (7.23 MB)
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“Evidence of Low-Frequency Multiple Scattering of Methane Gas Bubbles at Coal Oil Point, Santa Barbara, California”, 174th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America. p. New Orleans, LA, 2017.
, “Target Strength Observations of Wobbly Bubbles”, 171st Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America. p. Salt Lake City, Utah, 2016.
, “Experimental Observations of Acoustic Backscattering from Spherical and Wobbly Bubbles”, 173rd Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America. p. Boston, MA, 2017.
, “Acoustic Scattering of Large Wobbly Bubbles”, Bubbles 2017. Tromso, Norway, 2017.
, “Target Strength Measurements of Spherical and Wobbly Bubbles”, 177th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America. p. Louisville, KY, 2019.
, “Observations of Backscatter from Sand and Gravel Seafloors Between 170 and 250 kHz”, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, vol. 138. Acoustical Society of America, pp. 2169–2180, 2015.
weber-ward-acoustical-society-2015.pdf (2.89 MB)
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“Observing the Oceans Acoustically”, Frontiers in Marine Science, vol. 6. p. 426, 2019.
Howe et al_2019_Frontiers.pdf (6.67 MB)
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“Underwater radiated noise levels of a research icebreaker in the central Arctic Ocean”, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, vol. 133, pp. 1971–1980, 2013.
Roth et al. - 2013 - Underwater radiated noise levels of a research ice.pdf (4.65 MB)
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“Noise Level Correlates with Manatee Use of Foraging Habitats”, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, vol. 121. Acoustical Society of America, San Francisco, CA, pp. 3011-3020, 2007.
, “Development of a New Acoustic Mapping Method for Eelgrass Using a Multi-Beam Echo-Sounder”, GeoHab 2017. p. Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, 2017.
Norton_GeoHab2017_Abstract.pdf (203.77 KB)
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“Captive Dolphins, Tursiops truncatus, Develop Signature Whistles That Match Acoustic Features of Human-Made Model Sounds”, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, vol. 112 (2). Acoustical Society of America, San Francisco, CA, pp. 728-739, 2002.
, “Estimating oil concentration and flow rate with calibrated vessel-mounted acoustic echo sounders”, PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America), vol. 108. 2011.
, “Development of Acoustic Colour Technique Using Multi-Frequency Swath Acoustic Backscatter”, Underwater Acoustics. Rhodes, Greece, 2014.
Duffy-14-AcousticColourTechnique.pdf (4.72 MB)
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“Fin Whale Density and Distribution Estimation Using Acoustic Bearings Derived From Sparse Arrays”, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, vol. 143. American Institute of Physics, pp. 2980-2993, 2018.
Harris et al. 2018_JASA DE.pdf (2.51 MB)
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“Open Backscatter Toolchain (OpenBST) - A Community-Vetted Workflow for Backscatter Processing”, 2020 Canadian Hydrographic Conference. Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, 2020.
chc2020_openbst_abstract.pdf (291.51 KB)
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“Results from the First Phase of the Seafloor Backscatter Processing Software Inter-Comparison Project”, Geosciences, vol. 9(12). MDPI, p. 516, 2019.
, “Assessment of Trawlable and Untrawlable Seafloor Using Multibeam-Derived Metrics”, Methods in Oceanography, vol. 12. Elsevier, pp. 18–35, 2015.
pirtle-weber-methods-oceanography-05-2015.pdf (1.34 MB)
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“Observations of Acoustic Backscatter and Current Velocity Above an Eelgrass Canopy Over Multiple Tidal Cycles”, New England Estuarine Research Society Fall Meeting. p. Block Island, RI, 2016.
Norton_FallNEERSAbstract.pdf (97.52 KB)
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“Requesting and Comparing Intermediate Results from Several Backscatter Data Processing Software: A First Step Towards Future Consistency of Multibeam Backscatter Estimation”, GeoHab 2018. p. Santa Barbara, CA, 2018.
Schimel_et_al_GeoHab_2018_Requesting_and_Comparing_Intermediate_Results.pdf (121.69 KB)
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“A First Step Towards Consistency of Multibeam Backscatter Estimation Requesting and Comparing Intermediate Backscatter Processing Results From Backscatter Processing Software”, Shallow Survey 2018. p. St. John's, NL, Canada, 2018.
SS2018_Abstract_Malik_Mashkoor.pdf (417.53 KB)
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“The Open Backscatter Toolchain (OpenBST) Project: Towards an Open-Source and Metadata-Rich Modular Implementation”, U.S. Hydro 2019. p. Biloxi, MS, 2019.
US_Hydro_2019_OpenBST_abstract.pdf (66.36 KB)
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“Preliminary Evaluation of Multibeam Backscatter Consistency Through Comparison of Intermediate Processing Results”, U.S. Hydro 2019. p. Biloxi, MS, 2019.
US_Hydro_2019_BSIP_Abstract.pdf (128.49 KB)
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“A Ray-Tracing Uncertainty Estimation Tool for Ocean Mapping”, IEEE Access, vol. 6. IEEE, pp. 2136 - 2144, 2017.
preprint_08183436.pdf (906.82 KB)
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“A Bathymetry- and Reflectivity-Based Approach for Seafloor Segmentation”, Geosciences, vol. 8 (1). MDPI Publishing, Basel, Switzerland, p. 14, 2018.
geosciences-08-00014.pdf (7.16 MB)
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“Acoustic and Geomorphological Signatures of Gas Seeps on the East Siberian Margin”, 2016 Graduate Research Conference. University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, 2016.
, “Distribution of an Acoustic Scattering Layer, Petermann Fjord, Northwest Greenland”, 2017 Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union (AGU). p. New Orleans, LA, 2017.
AGU2017_HeffronEtAl_OS31A-1355_LowRes.pdf (4.78 MB)
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“Toward a Marine Road Network for Ship Passage Planning and Monitoring”, 30th International Cartographic Conference. International Cartographic Association, Florence, Italy, 2021.
, “Roads of the Sea”, 2021 US Hydro Conference. p. Online, 2021.
, “Experimental and Numerical Studies of Sound Propagation over a Submarine Canyon Northeast of Taiwan”, IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, vol. 40(1). IEEE, pp. 237-249, 2015.
, “Binary Adaptive Semi-Global Matching Based on Image Edges”, 7th International Conference on Digital Image Processing, vol. 9631. SPIE, Los Angeles, CA, 2015.
yuri-SICDIP-96311D.pdf (572.27 KB)
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“Euclidean Reconstruction of Natural Underwater Scenes Using Optic Imagery Sequence”, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, 2015.
Han_Thesis.pdf (2.78 MB)
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“Multi-touch 3D Exploratory Analysis of Ocean Flow Models”, Proceedings of OCEANS 2011 MTS/IEEE Kona. IEEEE, Kona, HI, USA, 2011.
, “Fusing Information in a 3D Chart-of-the-Future Display”, U.S. Hydrographic Conference (US HYDRO). The Hydrographic Society of America, Biloxi, MS, 2003.
Arsenault_2003_Vislab_Fusing_info_in_3D_Chart-of-the-future_display.jpg (874.53 KB)
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“The Sedimentary and Crustal Velocity Structure of Makarov Basin and Adjacent Alpha Ridge”, Tectonophysics, vol. 696-697. Elsevier, pp. 99-114, 2017.
evangelatos-funck-mosher-tectonophysics-makarov-basin.pdf (4.24 MB)
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“The Perceptual Optimization of 2D Flow Visualizations Using Human-in-the-loop Local Hill Climbing”, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, 2007.
mitchell-peter-thesis.pdf (3.2 MB)
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“Geological Interpretations of a Low-backscatter Anomaly Found in 12-kHz Multibeam Data on the New Jersey Continental Margin”, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, 2008.
sweeney-ed-thesis.pdf (8.38 MB)
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