"The Ocean Engineering Handbook" ed. by Ferial El-Hawary

Compiled with the help of an internationally acclaimed panel of experts, the Ocean Engineering Handbook is the most complete reference available for professionals. It offers you comprehensive coverage of important areas of the theory and practice of oceanic/coastal engineering and technology.

This well organized text includes five major sections: Marine Hydro Dynamics and Vehicles Control, Modeling Considerations, Position Control Systems for Offshore Vessels, Applications of Computational Intelligence in the Ocean's Environment, and Fiber Optics in Oceanographic Applications. Designed to be used as a traditional handbook, it thoroughly covers position control theory and implementations and offers a close look at the present state of ocean engineering.
With 200 tables and over 100 figures, the Ocean Engineering Handbook will give you a head start in many aspects of oceanic engineering.

Contents
1 Marine Hydrodynamics and Vehicle Control
1.1 Anatomy of Sea Level Variability—An Example from the Adriatic - Mirko Orli
1.2 Guidance and Control Systems for Marine Vehicles - Zoran Vuki and Bruno Borovi
1.3 Sea Ambient Noise—An Example from the Middle Adriatic - Dario Matika
1.4 Basic Shipboard Instrumentation and Fixed Automatic Stations for Monitoring in the Baltic Sea - Siegfried Krueger
2 Modeling Considerations
2.1 Marine Hydrodynamics and Dynamics of a Floating Structure - Hisaaki Maeda
2.2 Mathematical Modeling of Ocean Waves - Matiur Rahman
2.3 Systems Approaches to Heave Compensation in Marine Dynamic Applications - Ferial El-Hawary
2.4 Approaches to Marine Seismic Extraction - Ferial El-Hawary
3 Position Control Systems for Offshore Vessels
3.1 Marine Positioning Systems - Jann Peter Strand and Asgeir J. Sørensen
3.2 Mathematical Modeling of Dynamically Positioned and Thruster-Assisted Anchored Marine Vessels - Asgeir J. Sørensen and Marit Ronæss
3.3 Position and Velocity Observer Design - Thor I. Fossen and Jann Peter Strand
3.4 Design of Controllers for Positioning of Marine Vessels - Asgeir J. Sørensen, Thor I. Fossen, and Jann Peter Strand
3.5 Weather Optimal Positioning Control - Thor I. Fossen and Jann Peter Strand
3.6 Methods for Thrust Control - Asgeir J. Sørensen
4 Computational Intelligence in Ocean Engineering
4.1 A Multivariable Online Intelligent Autopilot Design Study - R. S. Burns, R. Sutton, and P. J. Craven
4.2 An Approach to Multi-Robot Cooperation under Human Supervision - R. Gosine, M. Rokonuzzaman, R. Hale, F. Hwang, J. King, and J. Seshadri
4.3 Computer Vision in Ocean Engineering - Donna M. Kocak and Frank M. Caimi
5 Fiber Optics in Oceanographic Applications
5.1 Overview of Fiber Optics in Oceanographic Applications - Frank M. Caimi
5.2 Basics of Fiber Optic Strain Sensors - Barry G. Grossman and Syed H. Murshid
5.3 Fiber Optic Acoustic Sensors - Tony Dandridge and Clay Kirkendall
5.4 Fiber Optic Telemetry in Ocean Cable Systems - George Wilkins
6 Current Measurement Technology
6.1 Current Measurement Technology - Albert J. Williams 3rd