Congratulations to the authors of our most recently approved papers for the IEEE JOE. The following papers were published as Early Access papers online on IEEE Xplore and will appear in regular issues soon. You’ll find these papers now:

• “Experimental Research on Seafloor Mapping and Vertical Deformation Monitoring for Gas Hydrate Zone Using Nine-Axis MEMs Sensor Tapes” by C. Xu; J. Chen; H. Zhu; H. Liu; Y. Lin
  
• “A High-Gain Observer-Based Approach to Robust Motion Control of Towed Underwater Vehicles” by A. Minowa; M. Toda
  
• “Marine Animal Classification With Correntropy-Loss-Based Multiview Learning” by Z. Cao; S. Yu; B. Ouyang; F. Dalgleish; A. Vuorenkoski; G. Alsenas; J.C. Principe
  
• “Unsupervised Local Spatial Mixture Segmentation of Underwater Objects in Sonar Images” by A. Abu; R. Diamant
  
• “Topology Optimization of Long-Thin Sensor Networks in Under-Ice Environments” by S. Liu; A. Song; C.-C. Shen
  
• “Single Underwater Image Restoration Based on Depth Estimation and Transmission Compensation” by H.-H. Chang; C.-Y. Cheng; C.-C. Sung
  
• “Three-Dimensional Reconstruction of a Marine Floating Structure With an Unmanned Surface Vessel” by J. Han; J. Kim
  
• “Launch and Recovery of an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle From a Station-Keeping Unmanned Surface Vehicle” by E. I. Sarda; M.R. Dhanak
  
• “Analytical and Numerical Propagation Loss Predictions for Gradually Range-Dependent Isospeed Waveguides” by H. Ö. Sertlek; M.A. Ainslie; K.D. Heaney
  
• “A No-Reference Video Quality Assessment Model for Underwater Networks” by J.-M. Moreno-Roldán; J. Poncela; P. Otero; A.C. Bovik
  
• “Reference-Point Algorithms for Active Motion Compensation of Towed Bodies” by C. Calnon; R.J. Bauer; R.A Irani
  
• “A Study on the Effects of Wave Spectra on Wave Energy Conversions” by J. Prendergast; M. Li; W. Sheng
  
• “Multimodal Sensor Fusion for Robust Obstacle Detection and Classification in the Maritime RobotX Challenge” by L. Stanislas; M. Dunbabin
  
• “Smart Surrogate Munitions for Nearshore Unexploded Ordnance Mobility/Burial Studies” by B. Bruder; D. Cristaudo; J.A. Puleo
  
• “Experimental Comparison of Two Composite MRAC Methods for UUV Operations WIth Low Adaptation Gains” by C.D. Makavita; S.G. Jayasinghe; H.D. Nguyen; D. Ranmuthugala
  
• “Kinematics and Statistics of Breaking Waves Observed Using SWIFT Buoys” by A. Brown; J. Thomson; A. Ellenson; F. Rollano; H. Özkan-Haller; M.C. Haller
  
• “A Maneuvering Model for an Underwater Vehicle Near a Free Surface--Part I: Motion Without Memory Effects” by T. Battista; F. Valentinis; C. Woolsey
  
• “Low-Complexity Superresolution Frequency Offset Estimation for High Data Rate Acoustic OFDM Systems” by A. Tadayon; M. Stojanovic
  
• “Geoacoustic Inversion Using an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle in Conjunction With Distributed Sensors” by Z. Zheng; T.C. Yang; X. Pan
  
• “Improved Active Sonar Tracking in Clutter Using Integrated Feature Data” by G.R. Mellema
  
• “Improving Steady and Starting Characteristics of Wireless Charging for an AUV Docking System” by C. Yang; M. Lin; D. Li
  
• “Visual Docking Against Bubble Noise With 3-D Perception Using Dual-Eye Cameras” by K.N. Lwin; N. Mukada; M Myint; D. Yamada; A. Yanou; T. Matsuno; K. Saitou; W. Godou; T. Sakamoto; M. Minami
  
• “An Optical Image Transmission System for Deep Sea Creature Sampling Missions Using Autonomous Underwater Vehicle” by J. Ahn; S. Yasukawa; T. Sonoda; Y. Nishida; K. Ishii; T. Ura
  
• “Approximate Solutions for Surface Reflection Loss Inclusive of a Practical Model of Refraction in the Wind-Driven Bubbly Layer” by A. D. Jones; A. Zinoviev; D.W. Bartel
  
• “Application of Forward-Scan Sonar Stereo for 3-D Scene Reconstruction” by S. Negahdaripour
  
• “Theoretical and Experimental Investigations on the Design of a Hybrid Depth Controller for a Standalone Variable Buoyancy
• System—vBuoy” by T. Ranganathan; V. Singh; A. Thondiyath
  “Short-Term Forecasting of Sea Surface Elevation for Wave Energy Applications: The Autoregressive Model Revisited” by Y. Peña-Sanchez; A. Mérigaud; J.V. Ringwood
  
• “Design, Characterization, and Test of a Versatile Single-Mode Power-Over-Fiber and Communication System for Seafloor Observatories” by C. Diouf; V. Quintard; L. Ghisa; M. Guegan; A. Pérennou; L. Gautier; M. Tardivel; S. Barbot; V. Dutreuil; F. Colas