Academic, scientific and professional links
Center for Mark Twain Studies
Established in 1983 at Elmira University to foster the understanding of Mark Twain's place in American literature and his influence on American culture.
The Coast Survey
The U.S. government's only official chartmaker, and the oldest U.S. scientific organization, dating from 1807. Promotes safe navigation by managing NOAA's nautical chart data collection and information programs.
Dartmouth Flood Observatory
A research tool for detection, mapping, measurement, and analysis of extreme flood events world-wide using satellite remote sensing. The Global Flood Monitoring and Analysis Project provides comprehensive catalogs of large river floods, and is developing methods for obtaining globally-consistent measurements of these events. Resources used include cloud-penetrating radar imagers aboard European Remote Sensing Satellites, the Canadian-American Radarsat, NASA's AIRSAR/TOPSAR airborne sensor, Landsat-7, NOAA's AVHRR sensors, and others.
The Institute of Navigation
A non-profit professional society dedicated to the advancement of the art and science of navigation. It serves a diverse community including those interested in air, space, marine, land navigation, and position determination.
MARAD Inland Waterways Research Project
Information about U.S. inland waterway system, including published studies, reports, and ongoing research. Part of the Maritime Administration web site.
Marine Education Textbooks, Inc.
Located in Houma, Louisiana; publisher and purveyor of marine training aids and other products.
Mississippi Riverside Environmental Research Station
A proposed state-of-the-art multidisciplinary program and facility at the University of Iowa for the study of river ecosystems in general and the Upper Mississippi River in particular.
Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts - Institute of Technical Sciences
Very interesting discussion, photographs and line drawings of towboats, including a "hybrid pushboat," designed there (in Belgrade) for use on the Danube and other European rivers.
Society of Naval Architects & Marine Engineers
S.N.A.M.E. -- a nonprofit technical-professional society dedicated to advancing the art, science and practice of naval architecture, shipbuilding and marine engineering,
TwainWeb
The web service of the Mark Twain Forum, a mailing list for persons having a scholarly interest in the life and writings of Mark Twain.
U.S. Coast Guard Research & Development Center
Located at Groton, Connecticut. Their site has information about their ongoing research into topics such as mariner fatigue.
Waterways Experiment Station
In Vicksburg, Mississippi; the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' principal research, testing and development facility. Part of the Defense Department's Laboratory System.
To suggest new links, or to report broken links, please write to:
webmaster@wheelhousereport.org
Thanks!
Other Links
Academic, scientific & professional
Boat pictures
Environment
Government
Labor
Marine schools
Mariners' homepages
Publications
Towboat & barge companies
Waterways
Webcams
Other marine links
Lagniappe
| 
