Bedform Parameterization and Object Detection from Sonar Data- Application of Finger Print Algorithms

Abstract

The long-range goals of this research are to improve our ability to characterize the seabed geometry and texture in energetic inner-shelf/bay mouth settings composed of heterogeneous sedimentary material and possessed of dynamic seabed ripples. Our purpose is to improve our understanding of bedform dynamics and spatio-temporal length scales and defect densities through the application of a recently developed finger print algorithm technique (Skarke and Trembanis, 2011) in the vicinity of manmade seabed objects and dynamic natural ripples on the inner shelf utilizing high-resolution swath sonar collected by an AUV and from surface vessel sonars in energetic coastal settings with application to critical military operations such as mine countermeasures.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2012
Accession Number
ADA573134

Entities

People

  • Arthur C. Trembanis
  • Jonathan Beaudoin
  • Larry Mayer

Organizations

  • University of Delaware

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Backscattering
  • Bays
  • Delaware
  • Delaware Bay
  • Deployment
  • Detection
  • High Resolution
  • Military Operations
  • New Hampshire
  • Remote Sensing
  • Seabed
  • Side Looking Sonar
  • Sonar
  • Sonar Images
  • Universities

Readers

  • Acoustical Oceanography.
  • Coastal Oceanography