Each year, accidents involving ships result in significant loss of life, environmental pollution
and economic losses. The promotion of navigation safety through risk reduction requires …

Harmonic analysis of satellite altimetry data based on a global regular grid is affected by the
grid spatial tessellation and placement of the grids. With the increase of latitude, the …

The US maritime transportation system is a foundational element of the national supply
chain, and its operators are under immense pressure to ensure that its ports can reliably and …

Abstract The Army Corps of Engineers for decades has used two primary metrics to prioritize
maintenance activities for coastal navigation projects: cargo tonnage at the project …

Ship wakes generated by vessels moving through ecologically sensitive areas, or near
poorly-protected infrastructure, can negatively impact these systems. This is especially true …

This study deals with a method for anomaly detection in seawater temperature data using
machine learning methods with oversampling techniques. Data were acquired from 2017 to …

Abstract The USACE, St. Louis District, is responsible for maintaining navigation channels
along with multiple lock and dam structures on the Mississippi River, a vital inland waterway …

Abstract The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) traditionally uses two metrics to
evaluate the maintenance of coastal navigation projects: tonnage at the associated port …

PURPOSE: This Dredging Operations and Technical Support (DOTS) program technical
note presents the results of a study undertaken at the request of staff from the US Army …

This paper examines a new interpretation for spatial mutual information based on the mutual
information between an attribute value and a spatial random variable. This new …