SBIR/STTR Research Award

Shipping Channel Monitoring Through Remote Sensing and Analysis of Ship Generated Kelvin Waves

Award identifier eeabaabb8cffd2db8801e6f1a3a6e0548dde6a776d786c777d88582568ac9fd6Awarding agency Department of Commerce

Award amount

$95,000

Program and phase

SBIR · Phase I

Award year

2008

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Award details

Awarding agency
Department of Commerce
Branch
Not reported
Recipient company
ARETE ASSOCIATES
Proposal award date
Not reported
Contract end date
Not reported
UEI
DMKEXJ8NQ4C5
Solicitation number
NOAA-2008-1
Topic code
8.4.4

Research abstract

Monitoring bathymetry changes in shipping channels of rivers and estuaries is vital to the US economy. The standard method of sonar depth sounding from survey ships, though accurate, is slow to perform. Thus, we propose a new and innovative approach for rapid assessment of shipping channel morphology from the kinematics associated with remote sensing of the interaction of Kelvin wakes from boats with river bottoms. This program will develop a passive remote sensing methodology using imagery from airborne or possibly satellite sensors. In Phase I, we will determine the expected performance of the methodology by modeling the sensitivity of the Kelvin wave pattern to a non-uniform shipping channel. The inverse model incorporating wave dynamics associating the interaction of waves with the channel will be accomplished during Phase II and implemented in vetted algorithms.

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Research funding history

417 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1994–2025). Reported award amounts total $220,044,517. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.

Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II

Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Commerce, Department of Energy, Department of Health and Human Services, National Science Foundation, Department of Homeland Security

Contractor profile

ARETE ASSOCIATES

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Agency intelligence

Department of Commerce

NAICS intelligence

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Contractor industry classification NAICS 541512

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