Publications

Invited Articles

L. J. Van Uffelen, Global positioning systems: Over land and under sea, Acoustics Today, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 52– 60, 2021. DOI: 10.1121/AT.2021.17.1.52.

Refereed Journal Articles

1.  J. B. Desrochers, L. J. Van Uffelen, and S. E. Webster, Acoustic arrival predictions using oceanographic measurements and models in the Beaufort Sea, JASA Express Letters, vol. 4, no. 3, p. 036 003, Mar. 2024. DOI: 10.1121/10.0025133.

2.  F. W. Shabangu, T. Munoz, L. Van Uffelen, B. J. Estabrook, D. Yemane, K. M. Stafford, T. A. Branch, E. Vermeulen, M. A. van den Berg, and T. Lamont, Diverse baleen whale acoustic occurrence around two sub- Antarctic islands: A tale of residents and visitors, Scientific Reports, vol. 14, no. 21663, 2024. DOI: 10.1038/ s41598-024-72696-2.

3.  M. Grasso, L. P. Velazquez, and L. Van Uffelen, Quantifying self-noise of the Seaglider AUV using a passive acoustic monitor, Marine Technology Society Journal, vol. 57, no. 3, pp. 30–42, 2023. DOI: 10.4031/MTSJ. 57.3.5.

4.  W. E. Snyder, L. J. Van Uffelen, and M. C. Renken, Performance of a MEMS IMU for localizing a Seaglider AUV on an acoustic tracking range, IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, vol. 48, no. 2, pp. 323–331, 2023. DOI: 10.1109/JOE.2022.3198474.

5.  C. E. Graupe, L. J. Van Uffelen, P. F. Worcester, M. A. Dzieciuch, and B. M. Howe, An automated framework for long-range acoustic positioning of autonomous underwater vehicles, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, vol. 152, no. 3, pp. 1615–1626, 2022. DOI: 10.1121/10.0013830.

6.  Y. T. Lin, L. J. Van Uffelen, J. H. Miller, G. R. Potty, and K. J. Vigness-Raposa, Horizontal refraction and diffraction of underwater sound around an island, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, vol. 151, no. 3, pp. 1684–1694, 2022. DOI: 10.1121/10.0009672.

7.  J. S. Bennett, F. R. Stahr, C. C. Eriksen, M. C. Renken, W. E. Snyder, and L. J. Van Uffelen, Assessing Seaglider model-based position accuracy on an acoustic tracking range, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, vol. 38, no. 6, pp. 1111–1123, 2021. DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-20-0091.1.

8.  S. Ramp, J. Colosi, P. Worcester, F. Bahr, K. Heaney, J. Mercer, and L. Van Uffelen, Eddy properties in the subtropical countercurrent, Western Philippine Sea, Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, vol. 125, pp. 11–25, 2017. DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2017.03.010.

9.  L. J. Van Uffelen, E. H. Roth, B. M. Howe, E. M. Oleson, and Y. Barkley, A Seaglider-integrated digital monitor for bioacoustic sensing, IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, vol. 42, no. 4, pp. 800–807, 2017. DOI: 10.1109/JOE.2016.2637199.

10.  L. J. Van Uffelen, B. M. Howe, E.-M. Nosal, G. S. Carter, P. F. Worcester, and M. A. Dzieciuch, Localiza- tion and subsurface position error estimation of gliders using broadband acoustic signals at long range, IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, vol. 41, no. 3, pp. 501–508, 2016. DOI: 10.1109/JOE.2015.2479016.

11. J. A. Colosi, L. J. Van Uffelen, B. D. Cornuelle, M. A. Dzieciuch, P. F. Worcester, B. D. Dushaw, and S. R. Ramp, Observations of sound-speed fluctuations in the Western Philippine Sea in the spring of 2009, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, vol. 134, no. 4, pp. 3185–3200, 2013. DOI: 10.1121/1. 4818784.

12. L. J. Van Uffelen, E.-M. Nosal, B. M. Howe, G. S. Carter, P. F. Worcester, M. A. Dzieciuch, K. D. Heaney, R. L. Campbell, and P. S. Cross, Estimating uncertainty in subsurface glider position using transmissions from fixed acoustic tomography sources, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, vol. 134, no. 4, pp. 3260– 3271, 2013. DOI: 10.1121/1.4818841.

13.  P. F. Worcester, M. A. Dzieciuch, J. A. Mercer, R. K. Andrew, B. D. Dushaw, A. B. Baggeroer, K. D. Heaney, G. L. D’Spain, J. A. Colosi, R. A. Stephen, J. N. Kemp, B. M. Howe, L. J. Van Uffelen, and K. E. Wage, The North Pacific Acoustic Laboratory deep-water acoustic propagation experiments in the Philippine Sea, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, vol. 134, no. 4, pp. 3359–3375, 2013. DOI: 10.1121/1. 4818887.

14.  L. J. Van Uffelen, P. F. Worcester, M. A. Dzieciuch, D. L. Rudnick, and J. A. Colosi, Effects of upper ocean sound-speed structure on deep acoustic shadow-zone arrivals at 500-and 1000-km range, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, vol. 127, no. 4, pp. 2169–2181, 2010. DOI: 10.1121/1.3292948.

15.  L. J. Van Uffelen, P. F. Worcester, M. A. Dzieciuch, and D. L. Rudnick, The vertical structure of shadow-zone arrivals at long range in the ocean, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, vol. 125, no. 6, pp. 3569– 3588, 2009. DOI: 10.1121/1.3117430.

Conference Papers and Proceedings

1.  L. O. Pomales Velazquez, I. B. Salazar, C. E. Graupe, J. B. Desrochers, S. E. Webster, and L. J. Van Uffelen, Doppler effects on acoustic ranging uncertainties on autonomous underwater vehicles in the Beaufort Sea, in OCEANS 2023 - Limerick, 2023, pp. 1–6. DOI: 10.1109/OCEANSLimerick52467.2023. 10244443. 

2.  M. Ross and L. Van Uffelen, Characterizing the self-noise of a Seaglider AUV using a passive acoustic monitor, in OCEANS 2021: San Diego - Porto, 2021, pp. 1–5. DOI: 10.23919/OCEANS44145.2021. 9706032.

3.  K. Thilges, G. Potty, T. Mooney, and L. Van Uffelen, Synthesis of acoustic propagation loss measurements on coral reefs, in Global OCEANS 2020: Singapore - U.S. Gulf Coast, 2020, pp. 1–5. DOI: 10.1109/ IEEECONF38699.2020.9389354.

4.  L. Cai, B. Boyacioglu, S. E. Webster, L. J. Van Uffelen, and K. Morgansen, Towards auto-tuning of Kalman filters for underwater gliders based on consistency metrics, in OCEANS 2019 MTS/IEEE SEATTLE, Oct. 2019, pp. 1–6. DOI: 10.23919/OCEANS40490.2019.8962573.

5.  C. E. Graupe, L. J. Van Uffelen, S. E. Webster, P. F. Worcester, and M. A. Dzieciuch, Preliminary results for glider localization in the Beaufort Duct using broadband acoustic sources at long range, in OCEANS 2019 MTS/IEEE SEATTLE, Oct. 2019, pp. 1–6. DOI: 10.23919/OCEANS40490.2019.8962637.

6.  J. Jonker, A. Shcherbina, R. Krishfield, L. Van Uffelen, A. Aravkin, and S. E. Webster, Preliminary Results in Current Profile Estimation and Doppler-aided Navigation for Autonomous Underwater Gliders, in OCEANS 2019 - Marseille, IEEE, 2019, pp. 1–8. DOI: 10.1109/OCEANSE.2019.8867108.

7.  W. Snyder, L. Van Uffelen, and M. Renken, Effects of Incorporating Inertial Measurements on the Localiza- tion Accuracy of the Seaglider AUV, in OCEANS 2019 - Marseille, 3rd place in student poster competition, IEEE, 2019, pp. 1–6. DOI: 10.1109/OCEANSE.2019.8867252.

8.  K. Thilges, G. Potty, S. Freeman, L. Freeman, and L. Van Uffelen, Measurements and models of acoustic transmission loss on two Hawaiian coral reefs, in Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics, vol. 39, 2019, pp. 1– 11. DOI: 10.1121/2.0001336.

9.  L. Van Uffelen, Hydronephones: Acoustic receivers on unmanned underwater vehicles, Proceedings of Meet- ings on Acoustics, vol. 31, no. 032002, pp. 1–3, 2017. DOI: 10.1121/2.0001443.

10.  L. J. Van Uffelen and K. E. Wage, Modeling acoustic scattering by internal waves using random matrix theory, in Conference on Acoustic and Environmental Variability, Fluctuations and Coherence, vol. 38(3), Institute of Acoustics, Dec. 2016, pp. 27–34.

11.  B. M. Howe, B. Bingham, G. Carter, F. K. Duennebier, N. D. Kraus, E.-M. Nosal, E. H. Roth, and L. J. Van Uffelen, Acoustics in ocean observing: From abyssal cabled systems to gliders, in Proceedings of the 1st International Conference and Exhibition on Underwater Acoustics, 2013, pp. 315–324.

12.  L. J. Van Uffelen, B. M. Howe, E.-M. Nosal, G. S. Carter, P. F. Worcester, and M. A. Dzieciuch, Long-range glider localization using broadband acoustic signals and a linearized model of glider motion, in 2013 OCEANS - San Diego, IEEE, 2013, pp. 1–4. DOI: 10.23919/OCEANS15760.2013.

13.  L. Van Uffelen, E.-M. Nosal, H. Bruce, G. Carter, P. Worcester, M. Dzieciuch, K. Heaney, R. Campbell, and P. Cross, Towards subsurface positioning of gliders using fixed acoustic tomography sources, Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics, vol. 19, no. 005020, pp. 1–4, 2013. DOI: 10.1121/1.4798811.

14.  B. M. Howe, L. Van Uffelen, E.-M. Nosal, and G. S. Carter, Acoustic Seagliders in Philsea10: Preliminary re- sults, in OCEANS’11 MTS/IEEE KONA, IEEE, 2011, pp. 1–8. DOI: 10.23919/OCEANS.2011.6107279.