of acoustic System parameters including terms of environmental factors for waves bandwidth, pulse length, pulse measurement and target detection. repetition rate, gain, detection threshold, range resolution and (B) spatial resolution. E1.2 Single Beam Systems & Side Scan Sonar E1.2a Single Split beam and dual beam echo Set up, deploy and operate a single beam beam echo sounders echo sounder. sounders Components of a single beam Select appropriate range, scale, frequency echo sounder. and pulse repetition rate for specific Operation of single beam echo applications in relation to spatial (I) sounders. resolution, bottom penetration and depth Bottom detection principles. of water. Full-echo-envelope returns E1.2b Single Interpret echo sounder returns through beam echo Sub-bottom profiling systems. differentiation between return signals. Validation & Calibration. sounder data components, recording. geometry and deployment of side scan sonar systems. (I) Side scan sonar backscatter E1.2c Detail and quantify components and sea floor reflection. uncertainty contributing to uncertainty in derived Side scan images and sources ranges. of distortion. (I) Combining sources of E1.2d Side scan Set up, deploy and operate side scan uncertainty. sonar sonar. Interpret side scan sonar records considering target characteristics, system (I) configuration, potential sources of noise and distortion. E1.3 Swath Systems E1.3a Beam Transducer elements Define and characteristics of beams in relation characteristics arrays. to transducer settings. Beam forming Compare and beam phase and interferometric steering systems with multi-beam systems (B)
System parameters including bandwidth, pulse length, pulse repetition rate, gain, detection threshold, range resolution and spatial resolution. of acoustic waves (B) terms of environmental factors for measurement and target detection. E1.2 Single Beam Systems & Side Scan Sonar E1.2a Single beam echo sounders (I) Split beam and dual beam echo sounders Components of a single beam echo sounder. Operation of single beam echo sounders. Bottom detection principles. Full-echo-envelope returns Sub-bottom profiling systems. Validation & Calibration. components, geometry and deployment of side scan sonar systems. Side scan sonar backscatter and sea floor reflection. Side scan images and sources of distortion. Combining sources of uncertainty. Set up, deploy and operate a single beam echo sounder. Select appropriate range, scale, frequency and pulse repetition rate for specific applications in relation to spatial resolution, bottom penetration and depth of water. E1.2b Single beam echo sounder data recording. (I) Interpret echo sounder returns through differentiation between return signals. E1.2c uncertainty (I) Detail and quantify components contributing to uncertainty in derived ranges. E1.2d Side scan sonar (I) Set up, deploy and operate side scan sonar. Interpret side scan sonar records considering target characteristics, system configuration, potential sources of noise and distortion. E1.3 Swath Systems E1.3a Beam characteristics (B) Transducer elements and arrays. Beam forming and beam steering Define characteristics of beams in relation to transducer settings. Compare phase and interferometric systems with multi-beam systems
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