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Program for Estimating Whale Migration Statistics
SBC: TOYON RESEARCH CORPORATION Topic: 816FToyon proposes to develop software that can process infrared video streams to automatically detect gray whale blows. Additionally, the software will count the number of blows and estimate the speed and the number of whales that are present. We will make use of a novel technique for whale blow detection that Toyon has demonstrated on infrared video of humpback whales. The approach makes use of b ...
SBIR Phase I 2011 Department of CommerceNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration -
Development of a GPU-based High Performance Community Radiative Transfer Model
SBC: Hyper Sensing, LLC Topic: 835DComputation of the radiative transfer model for a hyperspectral sounder with thousands of spectral channels is very time-consuming. Consequently, operational data assimilation systems can assimilate only a few hundred channels. The radiative transfer model is very suitable for GPU implementation to take advantage of GPU massively parallel computing capability, where radiances at various channels c ...
SBIR Phase I 2011 Department of CommerceNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration -
HF Radar Calibration with Automatic Identification System Ships of Opportunity
SBC: CODAR OCEAN SENSORS, LTD Topic: 841Over 300 HF RADARs worldwide are producing ocean surface data that is used in oil spill response, search & rescue, vessel traffic management, and research. In the U.S. there are 100+ systems supplying real-time data to the Coast Guard, NOAA IOOS, OR&R and other operational groups. To provide the highest quality data to stakeholders, systems should be calibrated by measuring the receive antenna p ...
SBIR Phase II 2011 Department of CommerceNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration -
An Advanced Algorithm for Radar Derived Bathymetry
SBC: Arete Associates Topic: 913NNOAA can reduce costs and improve efficiency by remotely monitoring harbors, navigation channels, and coastlines for bathymetric changes. This will aid NOAA in its mission to maintain waterways and assure maritime safety. This remote sensing can be accomplished by implementing a new radar derived bathymetry capability. Areté Associates proposes to demonstrate an advanced algorithm to derive ba ...
SBIR Phase I 2013 Department of CommerceNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration -
Mobile VHF Lightning Mapping System
SBC: TOYON RESEARCH CORPORATION Topic: 942RDWToyon Research Corporation proposes to develop a mobile VHF-based sensor suite for detecting and mapping lightning flashes. The proposes Lightning Mapping Unmanned Sensor (LUTMUS)™ System will meet small unmanned aerial system (UAS) cost, size, weight, and power (C-SWAP) constraints and should be capable of being placed on virtually any small UAS. The most critical component of the LITMUS syst ...
SBIR Phase I 2013 Department of CommerceNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration -
Automated Image Analysis for Fisheries Applications
SBC: TOYON RESEARCH CORPORATION Topic: 921FWe propose to develop software that is capable of automatically classifying and measuring the length of fish observed in video. We will focus initially on underwater video, but much of the software will also be applicable to fish onboard commercial fishing vessels as well. Our approach is to first segment fish based on their motion in the water. For this purpose, we will make use of existing au ...
SBIR Phase I 2013 Department of CommerceNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration -
Reducing Impact of Severe Space Weather on Global Positioning System (GPS) Satellite Users
SBC: PROPAGATION RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, INC Topic: 844WIn Phase II, Propagation Research Associates, Inc., (PRA) proposes to complete the development of a real-time nowcast of ionospheric scintillation impacts on GPS users. Continuing its partnership with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, PRA will implement real-time production of a map of ionospheric scintillation parameters over the United States using real-time data streamed from the National Geo ...
SBIR Phase II 2013 Department of CommerceNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration -
Automated Analysis of Fisheries Information from Digital Stills
SBC: TOYON RESEARCH CORPORATION Topic: 82Toyon proposes development of a system which performs automated analysis of images for fish population monitoring and fishing regulation enforcement applications. The proposed system is capable of processing images collected from aircraft, including unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as images collected using boat-mounted or handheld cameras used to observe fish catches landed on the decks of vess ...
SBIR Phase I 2014 Department of CommerceNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration -
Reconfigurable Mobile VHF Lightning Mapping System
SBC: TOYON RESEARCH CORPORATION Topic: 94A preliminary design of a mobile receiver system for intra-cloud lightning detection, mapping, and tracking was completed and analyzed during the Phase I program. The direction-finding (DF) receiver design is small enough for use on small UAVs and utilizes the full VHF spectrum. The lightning Mapping Unmanned Sensor (LITMUS) design will be finalized, fabricated, assembled, and demonstrated durin ...
SBIR Phase II 2014 Department of CommerceNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration -
Automated Detection, Tracking Measurement, and Classification of Fish Observed by Underwater Cameras
SBC: TOYON RESEARCH CORPORATION Topic: 92We propose to develop a system that can automatically detect, track, measure, and classify fish seen in video collected by stationary underwater cameras. Our approach makes use of a novel method for detecting motion that can mitigate false alarms due to swaying underwater vegetation. We propose a novel technique for tracking the fish in three spatial dimensions allowing for improved knowledge of ...
SBIR Phase II 2014 Department of CommerceNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration