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dc.contributor.authorBellettini, Andrea
dc.contributor.authorPinto, Marc A.
dc.contributor.authorEvans, Benjamin
dc.date.accessioned2018-10-11T14:09:32Z
dc.date.available2018-10-11T14:09:32Z
dc.date.issued2007/11
dc.identifier25397
dc.identifier.govdocNURC-PR-2007-015
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12489/620
dc.description.abstractThe design of a shallow water synthetic aperture sonar (SAS) requires an understanding of key system and environmental issues. The main factors which limit SAS performance are micronavigation accuracy, where micronavigation is defined as the problem of estimating the acoustic path lengths to allow the focusing of the aperture, multipath effects and view angle differential effects which degrade shadow classification performance. Micronavigation accuracy is successfully addressed by the gyrostabilized displaced phase
dc.description.abstractcentre antenna technique, which combines data-driven motion estimates with external attitude sensors. Multipath effects in shallow water are effectively countered by narrow vertical beams. View angle differential effects are mitigated by increasing the frequency and by designing the system with a minimum grazing angle of about 6 deg. The combination of these factors led to the choice of a 300 kHz centre frequency and of a multipath mitigation scheme which uses multiple vertical beams. Experimental results obtained with a sonar incorporating these features have produced SAS images with 1.6 cm x 5 cm resolution in range x cross-range and high shadow contrast, up to 170 m range in 20 m water depth.
dc.format6 p. : ill., digital (PDF file)
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherNURC
dc.sourceOriginally published in: Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference and Exhibition on Underwater Acoustics Measurements: Technologies and Results, 25-29 June 2007, IACM-FORTH, Heraklion, Greece
dc.subjectSynthetic Aperture Sonar (SAS)
dc.subjectShallow water
dc.subjectNavigation and positioning systems
dc.subjectMinehunting sonar
dc.titleExperimental results of 300 kHz shallow water synthetic aperture sonar
dc.typeReprint (PR)
dc.typePapers and Articles


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