A Multi-Resolution Sequence Method with Strong Constraints for Marine Gravity Matching Navigation

The navigation and positioning of underwater vehicles is challenging work, especially when there is already a large initial position error, and there is an increasing concern about how to quickly correct the position error. To enhance positioning accuracy under large initial positioning errors, this...

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Main Authors: Ning Mao, An Li, Jiangning Xu, Fangjun Qin
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2025-03-01
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description The navigation and positioning of underwater vehicles is challenging work, especially when there is already a large initial position error, and there is an increasing concern about how to quickly correct the position error. To enhance positioning accuracy under large initial positioning errors, this paper proposes a multi-resolution sequence method with a strong constraint marine gravity-matching navigation algorithm and validates it through field experiments. First, the fundamental principles and common optimization approaches of the standard Terrain Contour Matching (TERCOM) and Iterative Closest Contour Point (ICCP) algorithms are introduced, the limitations of the sequence-matching algorithms are analyzed, and a multi-resolution sequence-matching fusion framework is designed. Then, the constrained models incorporating positional, navigational, and gravitational parameters are designed, and a strongly constrained multi-resolution sequence-matching algorithm is proposed. Finally, the performance of the method is verified by three field test trajectories with an initial position error of about 6 nautical miles. The field test results show that the proposed method has better accuracy and reliability under large initial position errors.
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spelling doaj-art-5d2f21844a034ad0aa753bda9a4e995c2025-08-20T03:43:36ZengMDPI AGJournal of Marine Science and Engineering2077-13122025-03-0113354210.3390/jmse13030542A Multi-Resolution Sequence Method with Strong Constraints for Marine Gravity Matching NavigationNing Mao0An Li1Jiangning Xu2Fangjun Qin3The Department of Navigation Engineering, Naval University of Engineering (NUE), Wuhan 430033, ChinaThe Department of Navigation Engineering, Naval University of Engineering (NUE), Wuhan 430033, ChinaThe Department of Navigation Engineering, Naval University of Engineering (NUE), Wuhan 430033, ChinaThe Department of Navigation Engineering, Naval University of Engineering (NUE), Wuhan 430033, ChinaThe navigation and positioning of underwater vehicles is challenging work, especially when there is already a large initial position error, and there is an increasing concern about how to quickly correct the position error. To enhance positioning accuracy under large initial positioning errors, this paper proposes a multi-resolution sequence method with a strong constraint marine gravity-matching navigation algorithm and validates it through field experiments. First, the fundamental principles and common optimization approaches of the standard Terrain Contour Matching (TERCOM) and Iterative Closest Contour Point (ICCP) algorithms are introduced, the limitations of the sequence-matching algorithms are analyzed, and a multi-resolution sequence-matching fusion framework is designed. Then, the constrained models incorporating positional, navigational, and gravitational parameters are designed, and a strongly constrained multi-resolution sequence-matching algorithm is proposed. Finally, the performance of the method is verified by three field test trajectories with an initial position error of about 6 nautical miles. The field test results show that the proposed method has better accuracy and reliability under large initial position errors.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/13/3/542satellite altimetrymarine gravity anomalyinertial navigationmatching navigationTERCOMICCP
spellingShingle Ning Mao
An Li
Jiangning Xu
Fangjun Qin
A Multi-Resolution Sequence Method with Strong Constraints for Marine Gravity Matching Navigation
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
satellite altimetry
marine gravity anomaly
inertial navigation
matching navigation
TERCOM
ICCP
title A Multi-Resolution Sequence Method with Strong Constraints for Marine Gravity Matching Navigation
title_full A Multi-Resolution Sequence Method with Strong Constraints for Marine Gravity Matching Navigation
title_fullStr A Multi-Resolution Sequence Method with Strong Constraints for Marine Gravity Matching Navigation
title_full_unstemmed A Multi-Resolution Sequence Method with Strong Constraints for Marine Gravity Matching Navigation
title_short A Multi-Resolution Sequence Method with Strong Constraints for Marine Gravity Matching Navigation
title_sort multi resolution sequence method with strong constraints for marine gravity matching navigation
topic satellite altimetry
marine gravity anomaly
inertial navigation
matching navigation
TERCOM
ICCP
url https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/13/3/542
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