Multi-Scale Studies of Seafloor Topography.

Abstract

The long term goals of this research were to acquire and use spatially overlapping swath bathymetry data sets at different scales using multibeam echo-sounders, for use in characterizing the statistical nature of the deep sea floor in the contexts of marine geology and ocean acoustics. The work included construction of a deeply towed multibeam swath mapping sounding system that can be operated as a part of our Deep Tow system (Spiess and Lonsdale, 1982), seagoing work to validate system capability, an initial expedition to use the system in the Pacific Natural Laboratory site (9 deg N, 104 deg-30' W) and subsequent data reduction and dissemination. (MM)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1995
Accession Number
ADA292301

Entities

People

  • Christian De Moustier
  • Fred N. Spiess

Organizations

  • Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustics
  • Amplifiers
  • Bathymetry
  • California
  • Collision Avoidance
  • Data Sets
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Digital Data
  • High Resolution
  • Military Research
  • Navigation
  • Seabed
  • Side Looking Sonar
  • Signal Processing
  • Sonar
  • Topography

Readers

  • Oceanography.