Estimation of depth fitting, obtained at the area survey of sea-bottom relief by multibeam echosounder and interferometric side-scan sonar

 

 A. P. Krivtsov¹, I. V. Smolyaninov¹, A. V. Elbakidze¹, A. V. Stepanov² 

¹Kotel’nikov Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronics of RAS, Fryazino Branch, Vvedensky Sq. 1, Fryazino Moscow region, 141120, Russia

²OOO «Severozapadnoe Gidrograficheskoe Predpriyatie» 197101, St-Petersburg, Petrogradskay nab., 34, liter G

 

The paper is received on March 31, 2017

 

Abstract. A comparison of bathymetric sonar data has made by probing the same areas of the seabed multibeam echo sounder and interferometric side-scan sonar. The results of experimental data processing indicating quantitative and qualitative agreement between the sea bottom elevation measurements carried out by these systems are presented. The research has confirmed the possibility of using interferometric side-scan sonar to compute the depths in a broad swathe with  accuracy sufficient for the purposes of seabed mapping in areas with medium and weak forms of the bottom relief.

Key words: sonar systems, multibeam echosounder, interferometric side-scan sonar, sea floor bathymetry.

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For citation:

A.P. Krivtsov, I. V. Smolyaninov, A. V. Elbakidze, A. V. Stepanov. Estimation of depth fitting, obtained at the area survey of sea-bottom relief by multibeam echosounder and interferometric side-scan sonar. Zhurnal Radioelektroniki - Journal of Radio Electronics, 2017, No. 4. Available at http://jre.cplire.ru/jre/apr17/2/text.pdf. (In Russian)