A Literature Survey on Synthetic Aperture Sonar (SAS)

Abstract

Synthetic Aperture Sonar (SAS) is a promising new technique for application in small Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUV) for future mine-hunting operations. The relatively short array in a UUV can be synthetically extended to obtain higher resolution and more array gain, leading to improved detection, classification and localisation of mines. Unlike its radar equivalent Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) the SAS technique is not yet mature. On the contrary, SAS is still very much unproven, while SAR has already been operational for many years. As a consequence, literature on SAR is abundant, but on SAS relatively rare. This report gives an overview of relevant literature, in which the most fundamental problems of SAS are reviewed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2005
Accession Number
ADA453055

Entities

People

  • J. C. Sabel
  • J. Groen
  • S. P. Beerens

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Algorithms
  • Beam Forming
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Frequency Bands
  • Frequency Domain
  • High Resolution
  • Literature Surveys
  • Radar
  • Seabed
  • Side Looking Radar
  • Sonar
  • Synthetic Aperture Radar
  • Synthetic Aperture Sonar
  • Two Dimensional
  • Unmanned Underwater Vehicles

Readers

  • Radar Systems Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy