A High-Rate Virtual Instrument of Marine Vehicle Motions for Underwater Navigation and Ocean Remote Sensing

• Main Author: Gelin, Chrystel (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Springer Series on Naval Architecture, Marine Engineering, Shipbuilding and Shipping, 1
• Subjects: Engineering.; Oceanography.; Computer-aided engineering.; Control engineering.; Control.; Signal, Image and Speech Processing.; Computer-Aided Engineering (CAD, CAE) and Design.

Dead-Reckoning aided with Doppler velocity measurement has been the most common method for underwater navigation for small vehicles. Unfortunately DR requires frequent position recalibrations and underwater vehicle navigation systems are limited to periodic position update when they surface. Finally...