Backscatter Data Acquisition for Hydrosweep DS Aboard RV Ewing.

Abstract

The long term objectives of this work are to establish efficient and accurate signal processing techniques for seafloor remote sensing operations aimed at characterizing the bottom by acoustic methods. This work focuses on acoustic measurements made with a Hydrosweep DS multibeam echo-sounding system installed aboard R.V.M. Ewing. The objectives are to design and implement a data acquisition scheme that preserves base-banded quadrature samples of the output of individual hydrophone staves. (MM)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1994
Accession Number
ADA292332

Entities

People

  • Christian De Moustier

Organizations

  • Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Measurement
  • Acoustic Signals
  • Acquisition
  • Backscattering
  • California
  • Classification
  • Data Acquisition
  • Data Processing
  • Detection
  • Digital Data
  • Echoes
  • Military Research
  • Remote Sensing
  • Seabed
  • Signal Processing
  • Sonar
  • Technical Information Centers

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Acoustical Oceanography.
  • Finite Element Method (FEM) for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)
  • Oceanography.