Evaluation of the Bathyscan Sweep Survey System

Abstract

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has an interest in hydrographic survey sweep systems, which produce depth soundings over the total bottom area. Such systems can have significant advantages, such as shorter survey times and more complete bottom representations, over the single-trace systems commonly used in the Corps. Such a sweep system, the Bathyscan Hydrographic Survey System that uses interferometric side-scan sonar, was demonstrated to the Corps. The Bathyscan proved to be a well-engineered and innovative design that would be well suited to Corps reconnaissance. surveys. Although the system was not survey ready due to some minor software problems and an error in an input parameter, the Bathyscan may be well-suited to condition and contract-payment surveys performed by the Corps.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADA259653

Entities

People

  • Anthony Niles

Organizations

  • Army Geospatial Center

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Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Army Corps Of Engineers
  • Automatic Gain Control
  • Computer Languages
  • Computers
  • Consistency
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Engineering
  • Field Tests
  • Magnetic Properties
  • Measurement
  • Side Looking Sonar
  • Slant Range
  • Sonar
  • Suspended Sediments
  • Waterways

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