SIDE-LOOKING SONAR NAVIGATION

A series of experiments were undertaken to develop techniques using equipment compatible with that which could be installed on submersible vehicles having limited payload capability. These techniques allow the use of side-looking sonar to map a patch of sea floor ( about 5 sq mi ) without reliance on surface-acquired information, and with confidence that there is continuous coverage of the area. Mapping techniques cases of a continuous distribution of targets, and an essential absence of targets. ( Author )

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/2083741
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Presented at the Symposium on Manned Deep Submergence Vehicles ( 2nd ) San Diego, Calif, 3 Nov 1969
• Corporate Authors:

  Institute of Navigation

  815 14th Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20005

  Scripps Institution of Oceanography

  University of California
  La Jolla, CA  United States  92037
• Authors:
  • Lowenstein, Carl D
• Publication Date: 1970

Media Info

• Pagination: 12 p.
• Serial:
  • Navigation: journal of the Institute of Navigation
  • Publisher: Institute of Navigation
  • ISSN: 0028-1522
  • Serial URL: http://www.ion.org/newsletter/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Ship pilotage; Side looking radar; Sonar; Sonic navigation; Submarines
• Old TRIS Terms: Side looking sonar; Sonar charting; Submarine navigation
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00007547
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 30 1972 12:00AM