GPS Solutions
ISSN: 1080-5370 | eISSN: 1521-1886
GPS Solutions is a quarterly scientific journal covering system design issues and a full range of current and emerging applications of global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) including GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, and BeiDou. Areas of application include monitoring global climate change, aviation, space, and satellite operations, surveying and mapping, maritime and waterway navigation, and more.
Gyroscopy and Navigation
ISSN: 2075-1087 | eISSN: 2075-1109
Gyroscopy and Navigation is a peer-reviewed journal that focuses on various kinds of navigation systems and their integral components. It encompasses research into all kinds of navigation systems, including INS, GNSS, integrated INS/GNSS, map-aided, hydroacoustic, indoor, spacecraft, and others, and explores subjects like navigation devices, sensors, and data processing algorithms.
IET Radar, Sonar and Navigation
ISSN 1751-8784 | eISSN: 1751-8792
IET Radar, Sonar and Navigation (formerly IEEE Proceedings - Radar, Sonar and Navigation) covers the theory and practice of systems involving the processing of signals for radar, radio location, radio navigation and surveillance purposes. Processing directed towards the above application areas includes advances in matched filters and wideband signal correlation for radar and sonar systems; algorithms and processor designs for adaptive array; bearing estimation; range/Doppler radar and acoustic image processing operations for SAR, sonar, target identification functions, etc.
Johns Hopkins APL Technical Digest
ISSN: 1930-0530 The Johns Hopkins APL Technical Digest is an unclassified technical journal published twice a year by the Applied Physics Laboratory. Its purpose is to communicate recent advances by the Laboratory in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, along with expository articles by APL staff members that accelerate education and understanding of new capabilities, results, and discoveries.
Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics
eISSN: 1533-3884
This Journal is devoted to the advancement of the science and technology of guidance, navigation, control (GN&C), flight dynamics of (crewed and uncrewed) air and space vehicles through the dissemination of original archival papers disclosing significant technical knowledge, exploratory developments, design criteria, and applications in aeronautics, astronautics, and related fields. The Journal seeks to publish papers that develop new theories, methodologies, and tools for aerospace applications, or demonstrate the application of recent research to practical aerospace problems with strong theoretical foundations.
Journal of Navigation
ISSN: 0373-4633 | eISSN:1469-7785
The Journal of Navigation contains original papers on the science of navigation by man and animals over land and sea and through air and space, including papers presented at meetings of the RIN, and from its special interest groups and other organisations associated with navigation. Papers cover every aspect of navigation, from the highly technical to the descriptive and historical. Subjects include electronics, astronomy, mathematics, cartography, command and control, psychology and zoology, operational research, risk analysis, theoretical physics, operation in hostile environments, instrumentation, ergonomics, financial planning and law.
Measurement Science & Technology
ISSN: 1361-6501
Measurement Science and Technology was the world's first scientific instrumentation and measurement journal and the first research journal produced by the Institute of Physics. Subject coverage includes the theory, practice and application of measurement in physics, chemistry, engineering and the environmental and life sciences from inception to commercial exploitation.
Metrology and Measurement Systems
ISSN: 0860-8229 | eISSN 2300-1941
International, peer-reviewed journal that covers topics including theory and general principles of measurement; measurement of physical, chemical and biological quantities; medical measurements; sensors and transducers; measurement data acquisition; measurement signal transmission; processing and data analysis; measurement systems and embedded systems; design, manufacture and evaluation of instruments.
Naval Engineers Journal
The peer-reviewed journal of the American Society of Naval Engineers (ASNE). ASNE is the leading professional engineering society for engineers, scientists and allied professionals who conceive, design, develop, test, construct, outfit, operate and maintain complex naval and maritime ships, submarines and aircraft and their associated systems and subsystems.
Ocean Engineering
ISSN: 0029-8018 | eISSN: 1873-5258
Ocean Engineering aims to provide a medium for the publication of original research and development work in the field of ocean engineering. Other primary topics of interest include naval architecture, polar and arctic engineering, automatic control of marine systems, and underwater technology.
Databases
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Digital Library
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) is an international learned society for computing, and it is the world's largest scientific and education computing society. This digital library offers full text of every article published by ACM and bibliographic citations from major publishers related to computing.
Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) Public Site
The Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC®) serves the DoD community as the largest central resource for DoD and government-funded scientific, technical, engineering, and business related information available today.
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Xplore Digital Library
Includes access to the full text of IEEE content published since 1988 with select content published since 1893 from: IEEE journals, transactions, and magazines, including early access documents; IEEE conference proceedings; IET journals; IET conference proceedings; IEEE published standards; IEEE Standards Dictionary Online.
Marine Geoscience Data System
The Marine Geoscience Data System (MGDS) provides a suite of tools and services for free public access to marine geoscience research data acquired throughout the global oceans and adjoining continental margins. The system evolved from projects initiated from 2003-2004 with funding from the National Science Foundation to provide data management services for the U.S. Antarctic Program (USAP), the Ridge 2000 and MARGINS programs, and for active source seismic data. In 2005, the system was expanded to include dedicated data management services for global bathymetry data. Since 2010, MGDS has been part of IEDA, an NSF-funded data facility for solid earth geoscience data
NOAA Marine Geology and Geophysics Datasets
Datasets made available by the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration. NCEI is responsible for stewardship, archival, and dissemination of geological and geophysical data from the global sea floor and lakebeds. Data are compiled from both national and international sources through cooperative programs and exchange agreements, including through the World Data Center system.
Research Gate
ResearchGate was created in 2008 to address the problems the creators saw in the way science is created and shared. Their mission is to connect the world of science and make research open to all. The 20 million researchers in the community come from diverse sectors in over 190 countries, and use ResearchGate to connect, collaborate, and share their work.
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) Data & Repositories
Includes information and datasets based at WHOI, including their Data Library and Archives, Open Access Server, Coastal Observatory, Seafloor Sediments Data Collection, as well as other project-specific WHOI data.
Professional Associations
Acoustical Society of America
The purpose of the Acoustical Society of America is to generate, disseminate, and promote the knowledge and practical applications of acoustics. Established in 1929, the present membership includes leaders in acoustics worldwide. Diverse fields of interest in acoustics include physics, engineering, architecture, noise, oceanography, biology, speech and hearing, psychology and music.
American Automatic Control Council
The American Automatic Control Council (AACC) is an association of the control systems divisions of eight member societies to represent the United States (U.S.) to the world control community and to support the mission of the individual member societies in enhancing the role and contributions of automation to the benefit of humankind. It hosts the annual, 3-day, interdisciplinary American Control Conference (ACC).
American Society of Naval Engineers
ASNE is the leading professional engineering society for engineers, scientists and allied professionals who conceive, design, develop, test, construct, outfit, operate and maintain complex naval and maritime ships, submarines and aircraft and their associated systems and subsystems. ASNE also serves the educators who train the professionals, researchers who develop related technology, and students who are preparing for the profession.
IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society
The vision of the AESS is to be essential to the worldwide technical community and be recognized for outstanding contributions in the fields of aerospace and electronic systems as demonstrated through the Society’s products, service and offerings in the areas of conferences, publications, education, technical operations, industry relations, and member services.
IEEE Control Systems Society
The Society is dedicated to the advancement of research, development, and practice in automation and control systems. It has broad technical interests in dynamical systems and control that include modeling, adaptation, estimation, optimization, feedback and software/hardware tools. Application areas include aerospace, automotive, biosystems, communication networks, finance and markets, homes and buildings, manufacturing and process industries, and micro/nano-systems.
IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society
IEEE OES Field of Interest includes all aspects of science, engineering, and technology that address research, development, and operations pertaining to all bodies of water. This includes the creation of new capabilities and technologies from concept design through prototypes, testing, and operational systems to sense, explore, understand, develop, use, and responsibly manage natural resources.
Institute for Marine Remote Sensing
The Institute for Marine Remote Sensing (IMaRS) of the College of Marine Science is located in the Knight Oceanographic Research Center (KORC) building at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg, Florida campus. Their research activities focus on the analysis of digital data – satellite sensor data in particular – and on the development of applications of these data at local, regional, and global scales. On their website you can find links to their hosted data, a highlighted publications list, and researcher pages.
Institute of Navigation
The Institute of Navigation (ION) is the world's premier non-profit professional society dedicated to the advancement of the art and science of positioning, navigation and timing (PNT). Founded in 1945, it serves a diverse community including those interested in air, space, marine, land navigation, and position determination. Its membership is worldwide, and it is affiliated with the International Association of Institutes of Navigation.
Scripps Institute of Oceanography
Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego is one of the most important centers for global earth science research and education in the world. Scripps scientists work to understand and protect the planet by investigating our oceans, Earth, and atmosphere to find solutions to our greatest environmental challenges. Scripps leads research in climate change impacts and adaptation, resilience to hazards, conservation and biodiversity, oceans and human health, national security, and innovative technology to observe the planet.
Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers
SNAME is an internationally recognized non-profit, professional society of individual members serving the maritime and offshore industries and their suppliers. The mission of the Society is to advance the art, science and practice of naval architecture, marine engineering, ocean engineering and other marine-related professions through the global exchange of knowledge and ideas, being a provider of and catalyst for professional education across the maritime industry, and encouraging and sponsoring research and development.
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory: Coastal and Ocean Sensing
The Remote Sensing Division conducts a program of basic research, science, and applications aimed at the development of new concepts for sensors and imaging systems for objects and targets on the Earth, in the near-Earth environment, and in deep space. The research, both theoretical and experimental, deals with discovering and understanding the basic physical principles and mechanisms that give rise to target and background emission, and to absorption and emission by the intervening medium.
Books
Development and Testing of Navigation Algorithms for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
by
Francesco Fanelli
In addition to proposing novel algorithms for estimating the attitudes and positions of AUVs using low-cost sensors and taking into account magnetic disturbances and ocean currents, the book provides readers with extensive information and a source of inspiration for the further development and testing of navigation algorithms for AUVs.
Call Number: *Available by Request
ISBN: 9783030155957
Publication Date: 2019-05-01
Essentials of Navigation: A Guide for Marine Navigation
by
Hongwei Bian; An Li; Heng Ma; Rongying Wang
This book gives a basic introduction to navigation, from key concepts, basic principles, main technologies, equipment systems to the knowledge frame of navigation. The book clearly reflects the systematic idea of navigation knowledge from multiple perspectives, which is helpful for readers to build a holistic understanding of navigation from the concept, principle, characteristics, technology to the equipment system.
Call Number: *Available by Request
ISBN: 9789819956388
Publication Date: 2025-05-16
Sparse Arrays for Radar, Sonar, and Communications
by
Moeness G. Amin (Editor)
The book discusses various design approaches of sparse arrays including those seeking to increase the corresponding one-dimensional and two-dimensional virtual array apertures and others that configure the arrays based on solutions of constrained minimization problems. The latter incudes statistical bounds and signal-to-interference and noise ratio. In this respect, the book utilizes the recent strides made in convex optimizations and machine learning for sparse array design in both fixed and dynamic environments.
Call Number: *Available By Request
ISBN: 9781394191048
Publication Date: 2023-12-13
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Websites
DARPA Research Portal
Current list of DARPA projects and link to DARPA's Open Catalog of publicly-releasable results of DARPA research in the form of software, peer-reviewed publications, data and experimental details.
GPS.gov
Official U.S. Government information about the Global Positioning System (GPS) and related topics.
Inside GNSS
Inside GNSS covers the global navigation satellite systems: GPS, Galileo, GLONASS, BeiDou, regional and augmentation systems and related technologies. It offers news and articles related to engineering, policy, and design of global navigation satellite systems.
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory
Johns Hopkins APL’s 13 mission areas are organized and equipped to meet unique sponsor and mission needs, providing them with dedicated, on-call engineering, scientific, and analytical expertise. Programs in APL’s Sea Control Mission Area support U.S. Navy and Joint missions, with the focus on the systems and technologies to defeat undersea threats and to project military power through effective undersea warfare operations.
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) delivers world-class geospatial intelligence that provides a decisive advantage to policymakers, warfighters, intelligence professionals and first responders. NGA is a unique combination of intelligence agency and combat support agency. It is the world leader in timely, relevant, accurate and actionable geospatial intelligence (GEOINT).
NOAA Ocean Explorer
NOAA Ocean Exploration is dedicated to exploring the unknown ocean, unlocking its potential through scientific discovery, technological advancements, and data delivery. By working closely with partners across public, private, and academic sectors, we are filling gaps in our basic understanding of the marine environment. This allows us, collectively, to protect ocean health, sustainably manage our marine resources, accelerate our national economy, better understand our changing environment, and enhance appreciation of the importance of the ocean in our everyday lives.
Office of Naval Research (ONR)
Through global partnerships and scientific research with industry, academia and government, ONR delivers critical, cutting-edge capabilities to Sailors and Marines. The Office of Naval Research is the catalyst of future naval power, ensuring technological dominance for our fleet and force.
Resilient Navigation and Timing Foundation
RNT Foundation is a nonprofit, public benefit corporation that helps protect critical infrastructure by promoting resilient navigation and timing worldwide. Site includes a digital library of research, news, and information about current projects.
Time and Frequency Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology
The Time and Frequency Division maintains the standard for frequency and time interval for the United States, provides official time to the United States, and carries out a broad program of research and service activities in time and frequency metrology.
University of New Hampshire Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping/Joint Hydrographic Center
The Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping/Joint Hydrographic Center is a formal cooperative partnership between the University of New Hampshire and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) whose aim is to create a national center for expertise in ocean mapping and hydrographic sciences. CCOM, a complementary university center, expands the scope of ocean mapping interaction and collaboration with the private sector, other government agencies, and other universities.
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution is dedicated to advancing knowledge of the ocean and its connection with the Earth system through a sustained commitment to excellence in science, engineering, and education, and to the application of this knowledge to problems facing society.
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