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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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • American engineer and inventor. H worked in the development of the side scan sonar, a tool used in maritime archaeology, deep-sea and coastal survey,...
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    Phased array (redirect from Electronic scan)
    Reconfigurable antenna Side-scan sonar Single-frequency network Smart antenna Standard linear array Synthetic-aperture radar Synthetic aperture sonar Synthetically...
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  • in season 2 Larry Ring - Boat captain Brian Abbott - A sonar expert who uses a sector-scan sonar to map target areas for the team Based on a 100 year old...
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  • Maritime), Hydroacoustics, Marty Klein of MIT and Klein Associates (a side-scan sonar producer) and Ira Dyer of MIT's Department of Ocean Engineering were...
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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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    lakes. Liquid samplers Surface imager Depth sounder Weather sounder Side-scan sonar arrays Command and data handling Communications Altitude determination...
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    feet (160 m). 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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    were modified to conduct mine countermeasures route surveying using side-scan sonar. This was used on several occasions for search-and-rescue or transport...
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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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    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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  • Thumbnail for Echo sounding
    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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    2001, an expedition sought to find the wreckage through the use of side-scan sonar and underwater cameras mounted on a remotely operated vehicle. Four...
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    The increase in detection is largely due to the use of cutting-edge side-scan sonar which can minutely examine the ocean floor for large aggregations of...
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  • non-intrusive methods, including magnetometry, sub-bottom profiling and side-scan sonar. The examination of the site revealed multiple burials in clusters...
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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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    NOAA vessel Rude finally located fragments of Kennedy's plane using side-scan sonar. Rude captured high-resolution images which were used to create a three-dimensional...
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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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    The 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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    With the advancement of radio telemetry, hydroacoustic telemetry and side-scan sonar biologists have been able to track fish species and create databases...
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