Publications

PAPERS IN REFERREED JOURNALS AND BOOKS

Howland, Jonathan C. “Video Mosaic”, in Delgado, James, Encyclopaedia of Underwater and Maritime Archaeology, British Museum Press, 1997, 1 page.

Louis L Whitcomb, Jonathan Howland, David Smallwood, Dana Yoerger, and Tim Thiel. A New Control System for the Next Generation of US and UK Deep Submergence Oceanographic ROVs. Proceedings of the 1st IFAC Workshop on Guidance and Control of Underwater Vehicles, GCUV ’03, 9-11 April 2003, Newport, South Wales, UK

Singh, H., Howland, J., Pizarro, O, Large Area Photomosaicking Underwater" , IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, pp. 872-886, vol 29, no 3, 2004.

V.L. Ferrini, D.J. Fornari, T.M. Shank, J.C. Kinsey, S.A. Soule, S.M. Carbotte, M.A. Tivey, L.L. Whitcomb, D.R. Yoerger, and J. Howland. Sub-meter bathymetric mapping of the East Pacific Rise crest at 9 ◦50’N linking volcanic and hydrothermal processes. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 8, Q01006, 2007.

Newman, J., T. Gregory, and J. Howland, Chapter 2, The Development of Towed Optical and Acoustical Vehicle Systems and Remotely Operated Vehicles in Support of Archaeological Oceanography, published in Archaeological Oceanography, Princeton University Press, 2008, 15 pages.

J.C Kinsey, Q. Yang , and J.C. Howland. Nonlinear Dynamic Model-Based State Estimators for Underwater Navigation of Remotely Operated Vehicles. IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology. 22(5), pp.1845-1854, 2014.

Nicholas B. Macfarlane, Jonathan C. Howland, Frants H. Jensen, and Peter L. Tyack, A 3D Stereo Camera System for Precisely Positioning Animals in Space and Time, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, February, 2015, 9 pages

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Howland, J.C. and Jourdan, D.W., "The Effect of GPS Availability on Submarine Renavigation," in Proceedings of the Institute of Navigation 1991 Annual Technical Meeting, The Institute of Navigation, Washington, DC, June 1991, pp 217-219.

Howland, J.C., Marra, M., Potter, D.F. and Stewart, W.K., “Near-Real-Time GIS in Deep-Ocean Exploration,” in Proceedings of the ASPRS/ACSM/RT 92 Convention, The American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing and the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping, Washington, DC, August 1992, pp. 428-435.

Tucholke, B.E., Kleinrock, M.C., Stewart, W.K., Lin, J., Goff, J., Jaroslow, G., Brooks, B., Lemmond, P., Howland, J., Marra, M., Reed, T., Edwards, M., Fricke, J.R. and Herzfeld, U., "Geological and Geophysical Survey of the Mid Atlantic Ridge Flank at 25 25 to 27 10," EOS Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, Vol. 73, 1992.

Bowen, A., Fornari, D., Howland, J. and Walden, B., "The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's Remotely-Operated and Towed Vehicle Facilities for Deep Ocean Research, Operated for UNOLS & the U.S. Deep Sea Science Community, Information and Technical Specifications," Version 1.0, July 22, 1993.

Sulanowska, M.M., Humphris, S.E., Howland, J.C. and Kleinrock, M.C., "Detailed Analysis of the Surface Morphology of the Active TAG Hydrothermal Mound by Mosaicking of Digital Images," EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, vol. 77, p. 768, 1996.

Kleinrock, M.C., Humphris, S.E., and the Deep-TAG Team (Shaw, P., Bowen, A., Crook, T., Davis, C., Elder, R., Gleason, D., Goff, J., Goldstein, L., Handley, W., Howland, J., Hussenoeder, S., Koga, K., Lerner, S., Nakamura, K., Rashid, M., Reiser Wetzel, L., Sellers, W., Sulanowska, M., Van Dover, C. and Whitcomb, L.) 2. Detailed Structure and Morphology of the Tag Active Hydrothermal Mound and Its Geotectonic Environment, Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Initial Reports, Vol. 158, pp. 15-21, 1996.

Lerner, S., Howland, J., Humphris, S. and Lange, W., "Interactive Inspection and Analysis of Multi-Sensor Data from the TAG Hydrothermal Vent Site," EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, vol. 77, p. 768, 1996.

Bachmayer, R., Humphris, S., Fornari, D.J., Van Dover, C.L., Howland, J.C., Bowen, A.D., Elder, R.L., Crook, T., Gleason, D.E., Sellers, W.J. and Lerner, S., "Oceanographic Research Using Remotely Operated Underwater Robotic Vehicles: Exploration of Hydrothermal Vent Sites on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge At 37 North 32 West," Marine Technology Society Journal, Vol. 32, No. 3, pp. 37-47, Fall 1998.

Howland, J.C., “Imagery Collection and Mosaicking, Derbyshire Survey 1997,” Proceedings MTS/Ocean Community Conference '98, Baltimore, Maryland, Vol. 2, pp. 1104-1108, November 1998.

Singh, H., Howland, J., Yoerger, D. and Whitcomb, L., “Quantitative Photomosaicking of Underwater Imagery,” Proceedings Oceans ’98, IEEE/OES Conference, Nice, France, Vol. 1, pp. 263-266, September/October 1998.

Howland, J.C., Singh, H., Marra, M. and Potter, D., “Digital Mosaicking of Underwater Imagery,” Sea Technology, pp. 65-69, June 1999.

Howland, J., “Digital Data Logging and Processing Derbyshire Survey, 1997,” Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Technical Report, WHOI-99-08, July 1999.

Singh, H., Weyer, F., Howland, J., Duester, A., Yoerger, D., Bradley, A., “Quantitative Stereo Imaging from the Autonomous Benthic Explorer (ABE),” Proceedings of the Oceans ‘99 MTS/IEEE Conference, Vol. 1, pp. 52-57, Seattle, Washington, September 1999.

Whitcomb, L., Yoerger, D., Singh, H. and Howland, J., “Advances in Underwater Robotic Vehicles for Deep Ocean Exploration: Navigation, Control, and Survey Operations,” Proceedings of the Ninth International Symposium of Robotics Research (ISRR’99), Snowbird, Utah, October 1999.

Howland, J.C. and Lerner, S., “Electronic Still Camera Processing and Mosaicking,” Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Technical Report, WHOI-99-17, December 23, 1999.

Howland, J.C. and Singh, H., “Simulation of the Deep Sea Mosaicking Process,” Proceedings Oceans ‘2000, Providence, Rhode Island, Vol. 2, pp.1353-1357, September 2000. Singh, H., Pizarro, O., Duester, A. and Howland, J.C., “Optical Imaging from the ABE AUV,” Sea Technology, pp. 39-43, April 2000.

Eustice, R., Singh, H. and Howland, J., “Image Registration Underwater for Fluid Flow Measurements and Mosaicking,” Proceedings of Oceans 2000, Providence, Rhode Island, Vol. 3, pp. 1529-1534, September 2000.

Gilbert, L.A., H.P. Johnson, D.R. Yoerger, A.D. Bowen, J.C. Howland, and S.A. Lerner, “High resolution bathymetry of the axial valley, Endeavour Segment, northern Juan de Fuca Ridge,” EOS Transactions, AGU, 81, 2000.

Johnson, H. Paul, Susan Hautala, Maurice Tivey, Chris Jones, Janet Voight, Matthew Pruis, Irene Garcia-Berdeal, Lisa Gilbert, Tor Bjorklund, William Fredericks, Jonathan Howland, et al, “Survey Studies Hydrothermal Circulation on the Northern Juan de Fuca Ridge, EOS vol. 83 Number 18, 2002

Robert Elder, Andrew D. Bowen, Matthew Heintz, Matthew Naiman, Christopher Taylor, William Sellers, Jonathan C. Howland, and Louis L. Whitcomb. Jason 2: A Review of Capabilities. In EOS Transactions of the American Geophysical Union 2003 Fall Meeting Supplement, 84(46) Abstract OS32A-0226, San Francisco, December 2003.

Howland, J. and Stephen Gegg, “Analyses of the F/V Gaul Data”, WHOI Technical Memorandum WHOI – 2003-001

D.A. Mindell, H. Singh, D. Yoerger, L. Whitcomb, J. Howland, "Precision mapping and imaging of underwater sites at Skerki Bank using Robotic vehicles," in A.M. McCann and J.P. Oleson, eds., Deep-water Shipwrecks off Skerki Bank: the 1997 Survey, Journal of Roman Archaeology, Suppl. Series, pp 25-30, no 58, 2004.

Gallager, S., S. Tiwari, H. Singh, J. Howland, N. Vine, R. Taylor, and P. Rago. 2005. "High Resolution Underwater Imaging for Characterization of Habitat." In Special Session on Using Video Technology for Fisheries Applications, American Fisheries Society, 135th Annual Meeting, Anchorage, AK, September 2005.

Gallager, SM, H Singh, S Tiwari, J Howland, P Rago, W Overholtz, R Taylor and N Vine. High resolution underwater imaging and image processing for identifying essential fish habitat. Report of the National Marine Fisheries Service Workshop on Underwater Video analysis. DA Somerton and CT Glendill (eds) NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-F/SPO-68. pp. 44-54., 2005

Richard Taylor, Jonathan Howland, Hanu Singh, Andrew Girard, Paul Rago, Dvora Hart, Sanjay Tiwari, Scott Gallager, “High Resolution Underwater Imaging and Image Processing for Characterizing Essential Fish Habitat”, presented at ASLO, February, 2006

Howland, J.; Gallager, S.; Singh, H.; Girard, A.; Abrams, L.; Griner, C.; Taylor, R.; Vine, N., “Development of a Towed Survey System for Deployment by the Fishing Industry,” OCEANS 2006 , Sept. 2006. doi: 10.1109/OCEANS.2006.307098.

Howland, J.; Farr, N.; Singh, H., “Field Tests of a New Camera/LED Strobe System” OCEANS 2006 , Sept. 2006. doi: 10.1109/OCEANS.2006.307142.

J.C. Kinsey, L.L. Whitcomb, D.R. Yoerger, J.C. Howland, V.L. Ferrini, and O. Hegrenas. New navigation post-processing tools for oceanographic submersibles. In Eos Trans. AGU, 87(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., 2006. Abstract OS33A-1678.

Bowen, A., Yoerger, D., Taylor, C., McCabe, R., Howland, J., Gomez-Ibanez, D., Kinsey, J., Heintz, M., McDonald, G., Peters, D., Fletcher, B., Young, C., Buescher, J., Whitcomb, L., Martin, S., Webster, S., Jakuba, M. (2008). The Nereus Hybrid Underwater Robotic Vehicle for Global Ocean Science Operations to 11,000 m Depth. In Proceedings of IEEE/MTS Oceans 2008, Quebec, September 15-18, 2008, pp. 1- 10.

Scott Gallager, York, A, Howland, J, Taylor, R, Vine, N, Prasad, L., Swaminagayan, S, mayer, L., Rzhanov, Y, Rosencranz, G, Hart, D., Rago, P., “Development of Advanced Technologies for Surveying Sea Scallops and Other Benthic Organisms”, Joint Airborne LIDAR Bathymetry Technical Center of Expertise Coastal Mapping and Charting Workshop, 2008

Taylor R., NH Vine, AD York, S Lerner, D Hart, J Howland, L Prashad, L Mayer, and SM Gallager, “Evolution of a Benthic Imaging System from a Simple Towed Camera to an Automated Habitat Characterization System ” presented at IEEE Oceans 2008.

A. Bowen, D. R. Yoerger, C. Taylor, R. McCabe, J. Howland, D. Gomez-Ibanez, J. C. Kinsey, M. Heintz, G. McDonald, D. B. Peters, B. Fletcher, C. Young, J. Buescher, L. L. Whitcomb, S. C. Martin, S. E. Webster, and M. V. Jakuba. “The Nereus hybrid underwater robotic vehicle” Underwater Technology: The International Journal of the Society for Underwater Technology, 28(3):79–89, 2009.

Bowen, A.D., D.R. Yoerger, C. Taylor, R. McCabe, J. Howland, D. Gomez-Ibanez, J.C. Kinsey, M. Heintz, G. McDonald, D.B. Peters, J. Bailey, E. Bors, T. Shank, L.L. Whitcomb, S.C. Martin, S.E. Webster, M.V. Jakuba, B. Fletcher, C. Young, J. Buescher, P. Fryer, S. Hulme, Field Trials of the Nereus Hybrid Underwater Robotic Vehicle in the Challenger Deep of the Mariana Trench, Proceedings Oceans 2009, IEEE/MTS, October 2009.

Louis L. Whitcomb, Michael V. Jakuba, James C. Kinsey, Stephen C. Martin, Sarah E. Webster, Jonathan C. Howland, Chris L. Taylor, Daniel Gomez-Ibanez, Dana R. Yoerger. “Navigation and Control of the Nereus Hybrid Underwater Vehicle for Global Ocean Science to 10,903 m Depth: Preliminary Results.” Proceedings of the 2010 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation. IEEE (2010).

Daniel Gomez-Ibanez, C. L. Taylor, M. C. Heintz, J. C. Howland, D. R. Yoerger, A. D. Bowen,L. L. Whitcomb. “Energy Management for the Nereus Hybrid Underwater Vehicle,” Proceedings of the 2010 MTS/IEEE Oceans Conference (2010), pp 1-9.

Jonathan Howland, Macfarlane, N, and Tyack, P., “Precise Positioning of Marine Mammals Using Stereo Photogrammetry,” Proceedings of the 2012 MTS/IEEE Oceans Conference, 2012. Nicholas Macfarlane, Howland, J, Hentsen, F, Verborgh, P., Gauffier, P., de Stephanis, R., Hutchinson, B., and Tyack, P., “Quantitative Estimates of Group Cohesion Using a Novel Stereophotogrammetric Geocoding System”, 20th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, 2013.

L.L Whitcomb, M.V. Jakuba, C.R. German, A. D. Bowen, D.R Yoerger, J.C. Kinsey, L.A. Mayer, C.J. McFarland, S. Suman, J. Bailey, C. Judge, S. Elliot, D. Gomez-Ibanez, C.L. Taylor, C. Machado, J.C. Howland, C.L. Kaiser, M. Heintz, C. Pontbriand, L. O’Hara, G. McDonald, and A. Boetius. Preliminary Polar Sea Trials of Nereid-UI: A Remotely Operated Underwater Vehicle for Oceanographic Access Under Ice. Fall 2014 AGU Meeting,

Jonathan Howland, M. Jakuba, J. Kinsey, M. Skowronski, L. Whitcomb, “Design and Implementation of a New Control System for HOV ALVIN”, Proceedings of the 13th Manned Underwater Vehicles Symposium, Underwater Intervention, 2016. 11pp.

Jonathan Howland, “Upgrades to the Nautilus/Hercules Software Systems”, in New Frontiers in Ocean Exploration: The E/V Nautilus, NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer, and R/V Falkor 2016 field season. Oceanography 30(1), supplement, p. 14

Jonathan Howland, M. Jakuba, J. Kinsey, M. Skowronski, L. Whitcomb, “Design and Implementation of a New Control System for HOV ALVIN”, Proceedings of the 13th Manned Underwater Vehicles Symposium, Underwater Intervention, 2016.

Dana Yoerger et al, “Mesobot: A New Class of Robot for Investigating the Ocean’s Interior”, presented at AGU/ASLO, February, 2016

Jonathan Howland, et al (2018), Operational Use of Telecommunications in Deep Submergence, Abstract [Final paper number, ex: ED53A-05] presented at 2018 Ocean Sciences Meeting, Portland, OR, 12-16 Feb.

 

PRESENTATIONS AT MEETINGS AND INVITED LECTURES

(in addition to those associated with the above proceedings)

Howland, J., Computing in the Jason ROV Program, presented to the New England Chapter of the Association of Computing Machinery, Boston, Massachusetts, February 1994.

Howland, J., Stewart, W.K. and Maffei, A.R., "Collaboration of Shipboard and Shore-Based Researchers Using a Shipboard LAN Connected to the Internet," Poster presented at the Fall AGU Meeting, San Francisco, California, December 1995.

Singh, H., Howland, J., Duester, A., Bradley, A. and Yoerger, D., "Quantitative Stereo Imaging from the Autonomous Benthic Explorer (ABE)," presented at the Symposium on Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Technology, Monterey, California, 1996.

Howland, Jonathan, “Shore Based 3-D Visualization of At-Sea Operations”, Invited presentation at a USGS/WHOI Geographic Visualization Workshop, November, 2006

Howland, Jonathan, “User Interfaces for Enhancing Video Content”, invited presentation at 2016 Workshop on Establishing Community Standards for Underwater Video Acquisition, Tagging, Archiving, and Access. Also Breakout Group Leader on Current Needs, Challenges, and Opportunities