Evolution and Future of Multibeam Echosounder Technology

2007 Symposium on Underwater Technology and Workshop on Scientific Use of Submarine Cables and Related Technologies Pub Date : 2007-04-17 DOI:10.1109/UT.2007.370844

B. Volberg, T. Meurling

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The MultiBeam Echo Sounder (MBES) has become an important tool in oceanic applications such as seafloor mapping, sediment evaluation, sub-bottom profiling, surveys, fisheries research, mine countermeasures, and underwater inspections. Intense interest has been directed toward improvements in performance, and new concepts are being introduced at a rapid pace. Related and competing systems are always promoted as having preferable capabilities. This paper provides an introductory review of the function of these systems, the environmental effects on them, and some functional aspects of newer systems. Moreover, this introduction will ensure that subsequent discussions and terminology relating to MBES sonars can be understood clearly when new improvements are presented. Some of these new improvements include enhanced bottom coverage, new methods of sound velocity measurement and compensation for refraction, new methods of calibration, flexible adaptation to the sediment, and a new method to improve spatial resolution and signal processing.

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多波束测深技术的发展与未来

多波束回声测深仪(MBES)已成为海底测绘、沉积物评价、海底剖面、调查、渔业研究、水雷对抗和水下探测等海洋应用的重要工具。人们对改进性能产生了浓厚的兴趣，新的概念正在迅速地被引入。相关的和竞争的系统总是被提升为具有更好的功能。本文介绍了这些系统的功能，对它们的环境影响，以及新系统的一些功能方面。此外，本介绍将确保在提出新的改进时，可以清楚地理解与MBES声纳有关的后续讨论和术语。这些新的改进包括增强底部覆盖、新的声速测量和折射补偿方法、新的校准方法、对沉积物的灵活适应以及提高空间分辨率和信号处理的新方法。

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2007 Symposium on Underwater Technology and Workshop on Scientific Use of Submarine Cables and Related Technologies

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