Marine positioning: state of technology

Author

Fell, Patrick ; Maul, George A.

Author_Institution

Surface Warfare Center Div., Naval Sea Syst. Command, Dahlgren, VA, USA

Volume

1

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

89

Abstract

This paper is a state of technology report on marine positioning. Three technical advances having significant impacts on marine positioning and its applications are highlighted in this report. They are (1) the seafloor positioning experiments organized by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory that have demonstrated high accuracy seafloor positioning and its potential contribution to seafloor geophysics; (2) the development of EGM 96 that provided a global geopotential model and geoid capable of supporting an initial implementation of a global vertical datum; and (3) high accuracy kinematic positioning of platforms at sea over long baselines (5-10 cm to 2000 km), accuracy that can support numerous oceanographic applications

Keywords

Global Positioning System; acoustic applications; marine vehicles; navigation; EGM 96; geoid; global geopotential model; global vertical datum; kinematic positioning; marine positioning; oceanographic applications; seafloor geophysics; seafloor positioning experiments; Costs; Geodesy; Global Positioning System; Kinematics; Marine technology; Oceans; Sea floor; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Transponders;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

OCEANS 2000 MTS/IEEE Conference and Exhibition

Conference_Location

Providence, RI

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6551-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OCEANS.2000.881238

Filename

881238