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Navigation Library: Doppler Navigation Products

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Technical Papers / Articles/ Reports

"The Experimental Study on GPS/INS/DVL Integration for AUV" , IEEE Xplore, October 2008, by Lin Zhao and Wei Gao, Automation College, Harbin Engineering University. (Acrobat File)

"Introduction to an AUV "r2D4" and its Kuroshima Knoll Survey Mission" , 2004, by Tamaki Ura, Kangsoo Kim, Takashi Sakamaki, Akira Asada, Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo; and Yuji Oyabu, Takashi Obara, Kenji Nagahashi, and Hisashi Koyama, Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (Acrobat File)

"Performance of an AUV Navigation System at Arctic Latitudes", Oceans 2003, By Rob S. McEwen and Hans Thomas, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute; and Donald Weber and Frank Psota, Kearfott Guidance and Navigation Corp. (Acrobat File)

"High Performance Undewater Navigation - Experimental Results", Hydro, January/February 2002. (Acrobat File)

"Navigation is Key to AUV Missions", Sea Technology, January 2002 (Acrobat file)

"SeaDeViL - A Totally Integrated Inertial Navigation System (INS) Solution", Underwater Intervention Symposium, February 2002. (Acrobat file)

Kalman Filters and Sensor Integration
"RDI Doppler Velocity Log -- a key component of WHOIs Deep Submergence navigation suite" by Ned Brokloff, Johns Hopkins University.
For a copy of this paper (presented at ADCPs in Action 2003) and further information on Kalman Filters, please contact Mr. Ned Brokloff [Ned.Brokloff@jhuapl.edu].

"RDI Doppler Velocity Log -- a key component of WHOIs Deep Submergence navigation suite" provided compliments of Johns Hopkins University.

Johns Hopkins University DVLNAV Navigation program

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