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    Side-scan sonar (also sometimes called side scan sonar, sidescan sonar, side imaging sonar, side-imaging sonar and bottom classification sonar) is a category...
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    with improved along-track resolution. In contrast to conventional side-scan sonar (SSS), SAS processing provides range-independent along-track resolution...
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    categories Side scan sonar, category 1 contact Synthetic aperture sonar, category 2 contact Side scan sonar, category 3 contact Synthetic aperture sonar, category...
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  • measuring sonar devices are typically accompanied with the side-scan sonar to generate a more detailed survey. Similarly to side-scan sonar, multibeam...
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    side scan sonar was introduced into the operational practices of shallow water hydrographic surveying. The frequencies of the early side scan sonars were...
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    to a side-scan sonar search, particularly in situations where the target is lost within misleading terrain, such as a field of rocks, and the sonar return...
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  • the sonar return from the target is not easily distinguished from those of the rocks. By correlating positive signals from both the side-scan sonar and...
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    search hoped to take advantage of the improved ice conditions, using side-scan sonar from a boat in open water. Grenier also hoped to draw from newly published...
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    Phased array (redirect from Electronic scan)
    Sensor array Side-scan sonar Single-frequency network Smart antenna Standard linear array Synthetic-aperture radar Synthetic aperture sonar Synthetically...
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  • using a new side scan sonar developed in the late 1960s by Kelvin Hughes. Before the two researchers King and McLean used the side scan sonar, they had...
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    analysis of the acoustic data. Side-scan sonars can be used to derive maps of seafloor topography (bathymetry) by moving the sonar across it just above the...
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    including a depth sensor, altimeter, CTD, sub-bottom profiler, scanning sonar, and side-scan sonar. Argus uses dual 2-horsepower (1.5 kW) electric thrusters...
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    that the batteries had died, Apache next deployed the Orion side-scan sonar system. The sonar found the bulk of a ship resting on the bottom in 15,000 feet...
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    Beamforming (category Sonar)
    multi-element side-scan sonar. 2-dimensional "planar" arrays are common in active/passive ship hull mounted sonars and some side-scan sonar. 3-dimensional...
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  • camera. His work was instrumental in the development of side-scan sonar technology, used to scan the sea floor for wrecks. Edgerton worked with undersea...
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  • carry a munitions payload, active or passive sensors, magnetometers, side-scanning sonar, or chemical detection equipment. All members of the Copperhead family...
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    Ontario was kept quiet for a number of years to hide the naval loss. Side-scan sonar technology was used in the search of HMS Ontario in late May 2008....
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  • hydrographic vessel, had detected a large metallic object using its side-scan sonar at a depth of 50-60 metres. Later it was confirmed to be remains of...
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    three side-scan sonar units, and sediment sampling equipment. Thomas Jefferson utilizes Kongsberg EM2040, EM710, and Klien 5000 Side Scan Sonar The ship...
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  • American engineer and inventor. He worked in the development of the side scan sonar, a tool used in maritime archaeology, deep-sea and coastal survey,...
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    the southeast. A further November 14–16 survey by the USCG using a side scan sonar revealed two large objects lying close together on the lake floor....
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    Echo sounding or depth sounding is the use of sonar for ranging, normally to determine the depth of water (bathymetry). It involves transmitting acoustic...
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    German battleship Bismarck in 1989, visited the wreck, using advanced side-scan sonar. Images were obtained from remotely controlled vehicles, but the wreck...
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    Hughes 6000 surface search radar scanning the E and F bands. The vessels carry an AN/SQS-511 towed side scan sonar for minesweeping and a Remote-control...
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    sounder Single beam echo sounder Survey Planning and Processing Systems Side-scan sonar Oceanographic Probe and sensors Undulating Oceanographic Profiler Doppler...
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    Suffolk County Airport. Remotely operated vehicles (ROVs), side-scan sonar and laser line-scanning equipment were employed to search for and investigate underwater...
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    dock USS Cleveland (LPD-7) assisted in recovery operations. Using side-scan sonar, remotely operated vehicles, and a commercial fishing trawler, workers...
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    felt were more likely to hold the wreck were prioritised, and the side-scan sonar located the battlecruiser in the 39th hour of the search. Hood's wreck...
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    and eight by independent contractors.: 4–5  The surface ships used side-scan sonar to make the initial search for debris and covered 486 square nautical...
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  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Klein Associates (a side-scan sonar producer) and Ira Dyer of MIT's Department of Ocean Engineering were...
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