Browsing by Subject "OCEANOGRAPHIC SUPPORT SERVICES"
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A traditional boats and navigational history of Odisha, East coast of India
(Indian Society for Prehistoric and Quaternary Studies, 2015)It is Believed that around 60,000 yrs. ago when the sea level was lower people employed floats or rafts for water crossing. Over the centuries, different types of traditional boats were constructed and used for maritime ... -
Absolute calibration of SARAL/AltiKa in Kavaratti during its initial calibration-validation phase
(Taylor and Francis, 2015)The Kavaratti calibration-validation site in India at Lakshadweep Sea has been improved to carry out absolute calibration of SARAL/AltiKa altimeter. This site is augmented with a down-looking radar gauge and a permanent ... -
Acoustic communication for Maya Autonomous Underwater Vehicle - performance evaluation of acoustic modem
(NIOT, Chennai, 2015)Autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV) traverse considerable distances underwater without any intervention. Very often the operations are in coastal waters with small depth, large horizontal distances, seabed obstacles, ... -
An Integrated Approach to Study Mud Banks of Alleppey Kerala using the Autonomous Vertical Profiler (AVP)
(NIOT, Chennai, 2015)Mud Banks of Kerala are areas of the sea adjoining the coast that have a special property of dampening the waves and creating clearly demarcated areas of calm water during the roughest monsoon conditions of the sea. It is ... -
Ancient technology of jetties and anchorage system along the Saurastra coast, India
(Primus Books, 2016)This chapter tries to bring out the ancient technologies opted for the anchorages on jetties and ports of Saurastra, Gujrat -
Applications of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System (GIS) in Archaeology
(Agam Kala Prakashan. New Delhi, 2015)The advancement of remote sensing technology and the analysing capability of Geographical Information System (GIS) can very well be used in the science of Archaeology. Though these subjects look apart, they can be studied ... -
Baseline geophysical data for hazard management in coastal areas in relation to earthquakes and tsunamis
(Sage Publication, 2016)A systematic study of geophysical data of the Eastern Continental Margin of India was taken up to identify the land-ocean tectonic lineaments over the east coast of India and the possible neotectonic activity associated ... -
Complementary terrain/single beacon-based AUV navigation
(University of Porto, 2015)This paper describes work done towards the development of advanced geophysical-based navigation systems for autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs). The specific problem that we tackle is that of combining terrain-aided ... -
Decadal shoreline assessment using remote sensing along the central Odisha coast, India
(Springer, 2015)One of the major requirements of planning coastal protection works is to understand the processes of erosion, deposition, sediment transport, flooding and sea level changes which continuously alter the shoreline. Significant ... -
Detection and monitoring of super sandstorm and its impacts on Arabian Sea-Remote sensing approach
(Elsevier, 2015)The present study addresses an intense sandstorm event over the Persian Gulf and its transport over the Arabian Sea region and the Indian sub-continent using satellite observations and measurements. MODIS data are used to ... -
Estimating discharge from the Godavari river using ENVISAT, Jason-2, and SARAL/AltiKa radar altimeters
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)The present work discusses the application of radar altimeters on-board Environmental Satellite (ENVISAT), Jason-2, and Satellite with Argos and AltiKa (SARAL) missions to estimate the Godavari River discharge draining ... -
Guidance on Port Biological Baseline Surveys (PBBS)
(GEF-UNDP-IMO GloBallast Partnerships, IOI, NIO, IUCN, 2014)This publication has been prepared by GBP, IOI, CSIR-NIO and IUCN in order to serve as guidance to those who are planning to carry out a port biological baseline survey, in particular in the context of Ballast Water ... -
Impact of port structures on the shoreline of Karnataka, west coast, India
(Cloud Publications, 2016)The changes in shoreline positions and geomorphic features along the Karnataka, West coast of India, were studied for the period from 1973 to 2014, using multi-dated satellite images and topographic maps. The ten hotspots ... -
Khalkattapatna port: The lost archaeological heritage of Odisha, east coast of India
(Current Science Association, 2015)The history of Odisha, lying on the east coast of India, is well documented from the Stone Age onwards. The evidences suggest that the ports of Odisha had contacts with the Arabs, Mediterranean countries and South Asia, ... -
Marine Robots : Applications in Marine Archaeology
(Agam Kala Prakashan, New Delhi, 2015)This article explains how underwater robots have the potential to become companions (buddies) to divers, effectively assisting them by carrying tools and instrumentation and taking high resolution images under the commands ... -
Microbial diversity in a mapping perspective : A review
(Mannargudi : Balavidya Ganapathy Educational and Charitable Trust, 2014)This review article briefly describes about tracing the microbial diversity by using advanced technologies viz. Remote sensing and Geographic Information System, which would help reduce the long term process of identification ... -
Nearshore waves and longshore sediment transport along Rameshwaram Island off the east coast of India
(SNAK, 2015)Wave-induced Longshore Sediment Transport (LST) play an important role in the dynamics of the Dhanushkodi sandspit located southeast of Rameshwaram. The LST along the Dhanushkodi coast is studied based on data collected ... -
Observed internal tides and near-inertial waves on the continental shelf and slope off Jaigarh, central west coast of India
(Elsevier, 2016)The characteristics of internal tides (ITs) and near-inertial waves (NIWs) on the continental shelf and slope off Jaigarh (17degreeN), central west coast of India were studied. Eight-month (March–October) long Acoustic ... -
Optical closure of apparent optical properties in coastal waters off Goa
(Indian Society of Remote Sensing, 2015)Inherent and apparent optical properties were measured for coastal waters off Goa, a site on the west coast of India using the in-situ measuring profiling optical instruments. The optical closure was obtained using the ... -
Possible Location of Gaspar Dias Fort in Relation to the Present River Bank
(Agam Kala Prakashan, New Delhi, 2015)Historical records reveal the existence of a military fort within the Mandovi estuary. The structure was built in 1598 opposite the Reis Magos fort, extended in the adjoining area of the present traffic circle of Miramar, ...