• Data Assimilation of AVHRR and MODIS data for Land Base Initialization and Boundary Conditions in the UTC-M Atmospheric Boundary Layer Sea-Breeze Model of Space Coast Florida 

  Bostater, Charles R.; King, Jerome; Huddleston, Lisa H.; Bassetti, Luce (2004-02-26)

  The purpose of this paper is to present results of simulations of the Florida Tech UTC-M sea-breeze model²² with the addition of a simplified atmospheric downwelling radiation subroutine¹’⁴ combined and a thermal inertia ...

• Synthetic Image Generation of Shallow Water Using an Iterative, Layered Radiative Transfer Model with Realistic Water Surface Waves 

  Bostater, Charles R.; Huddleston, Lisa H.; Bassetti, Luce (2004-02-26)

  Modeled hyperspectral reflectance signatures just above the water surface are obtained from an analytical-based, iterative radiative transport model applicable to shallow water types. Light transport within the water body ...

• Semi-automatic road extraction from aerial images 

  Udomhunsakul, Somkait; Kozaitis, Samuel P.; Sritheeravirojana, Uthai Thai (2004-02-13)

  In this work, we proposed a method to detect roads in aerial imagery. In our approach, we applied the wavelet transform in a multiresolution sense by forming the products of wavelet coefficients at the different scales to ...

• Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Protocol Development for Submerged Aquatic Vegetation in Shallow Water 

  Bostater, Charles R.; Ghir, Teddy; Bassetti, Luce; Hall, Carlton R.; Reyeier, Eric; Lowers, Russell H.; Holloway-Adkins, Karen G.; Virnstein, Robert W. (2004-02-26)

  Submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) is an important indicator of freshwater and marine water quality in almost all shallow water aquatic environments. Throughout the world the diversity of submerged aquatic vegetation appears ...

• Multiple description image coding with distributed source coding and side information 

  Wu, Min; Vetro, Anthony; Chen, Chang Wen (2004-10-25)

  Multiple description coding (MDC) is a source coding technique that involves coding the source information into multiple descriptions. When these descriptions are transmitted over different channels in packet network or ...

• A novel multiple description scalable coding scheme for mobile wireless video transmission 

  Zheng, Haifeng; Yu, Lun; Chen, Chang Wen (2005-03-14)

  We proposed in this paper a novel multiple description scalable coding (MDSC) scheme based on in-band motion compensation temporal filtering (IBMCTF) technique in order to achieve high video coding performance and robust ...

• Visualization of medical images over mobile wireless handheld devices 

  Wu, Min; Ashish, Khurana; Mariappan, Nadar; Chen, Chang Wen (2005-03-14)

  With the novel advances in wireless communication and personal mobile handheld devices, a newly emerging technology of medical visualization on mobile handheld is believed to provide advance service for physicians, especially ...

• Effective quality analysis for video streaming over wireless ad hoc network 

  He, Zhihai; Chen, Chang Wen (2004-01-18)

  Video encoding and streaming over wireless ad hoc network operates under severe conditions, such as time-varying channel characteristics with bursty errors, limit power for data transmission, and dynamic topology of the ...

• Layered unequal loss protection for progressive image transmission over packet loss channels 

  Cai, Jianfei; Li, Xiangjun; Chen, Chang Wen (2004-01-18)

  In the past, many schemes have been proposed for progressive image transmission using unequal error protection (UEP) or unequal loss protection (ULP). However, most existing UEP/ULP schemes do not consider the minimum image ...

• Collaborative image transmission over wireless sensor networks 

  Wu, Min; Chen, Chang Wen (2004-01-18)

  The imaging sensors are able to provide intuitive visual information for quick recognition and decision. However, imaging sensors usually generate vast amount of data. Thus, processing of image data collected in the sensor ...

• A half Dl MPEG-4 encoder on the BSP-15 DSP 

  Chen, Lulin; He, Zhihai; Chen, Chang Wen; Isnardi, Michael A. (2004-01-18)

  In this paper, we present the work on implementation of a half-Dl interlaced MPEG-4 encoder with Equator Technology DSP chip, BSP-15. The BSP-15 DSP consists mainly of a VLIW core, Co-processors, and media I/O interfaces. ...

• Influence of water waves on hyperspectral remote sensing of subsurface water features 

  Bostater, Charles R.; Bassetti, Luce (2004-11-16)

  Modeled hyperspectral reflectance signatures with water wave influences are simulated using an analytical-based, iterative radiative transport model applicable to shallow or deep waters. Light transport within the water ...

• Joint source-channel decoding for MPEG-2 video transmission 

  Yin, Liuguo; Chen, Weigang; Lu, Jianhua; Chen, Chang Wen (2004-10-25)

  Joint source-channel coding schemes have been proven to be effective ways for reliable multimedia communications. In this paper, a joint source-channel decoding (JSCD) scheme that combines the hidden Markov source (HMS) ...

• Detecting submerged features in water: Modeling, sensors and measurements 

  Bostater, Charles R.; Bassetti, Luce (2004-11-16)

  It is becoming more important to understand the remote sensing systems and associated autonomous or semi-autonomous methodologies (robotic & mechatronics) that may be utilized in freshwater and marine aquatic environments. ...

• Multiple description coding based on multiple bitstream wavelet zero tree image compression 

  Song, Daewon; Chen, Chang Wen; Cao, Lei (2004-10-25)

  Multiple description coding (MDC) is a well-known robust data compression algorithm designed to minimize the distortion caused by data loss in packet-based communication systems. Several MDC schemes for transmitting wavelet ...

• Multiple wavelet-tree-based image coding and robust transmission 

  Cao, Lei; Chen, Chang Wen (2004-10-25)

  In this paper, we present techniques based on multiple wavelet-tree coding for robust image transmission. The algorithm of set partitioning in hierarchical trees (SPIHT) is a state-of-the-art technique for image compression. ...

• Layered unequal loss protection for image transmission over packet loss channels with delay constraints 

  Cai, Jianfei; Li, Xiangjun; Chen, Chang Wen (2004-10-25)

  In the case of high bit rate image transmission or having lots of packets, the FEC (forward error correction) encoding and decoding processes in the ULP (unequal loss protection) based schemes should be applied to individual ...

• Plant pigment types, distributions, and influences on shallow water submerged aquatic vegetation mapping 

  Hall, Carlton R.; Bostater, Charles R.; Virnstein, Robert W. (2004-11)

  Development of robust protocols for use in mapping shallow water habitats using hyperspectral imagery requires knowledge of absorbing and scattering features present in the environment. These include, but are not limited ...

• Speckle denoising using wavelet transforms and higher-order statistics 

  Kozaitis, Samuel P.; Ingun, Anurat (2004)

  We reduced speckle noise in SAR imagery by retaining only those wavelet coefficients with significant third-order correlation coefficients. These coefficients were generated from the cross-correlation functions of the image ...

• Ubiquitous map image access through wireless overlay networks 

  Cai, Jianfei; Huang, Haijie; Ni, Zefeng; Chen, Chang Wen (2004)

  With the availability of various wireless link-layer technologies, such as Bluetooth, WLAN and GPRS, in one wireless device, ubiquitous communications can be realized through managing vertical handoff in the environment ...

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