UTILIZING THE CAPABILITIES OF DOPPLER SONAR TO SOLVE THE NAVIGATION PROBLEMS

A Doppler Sonar system which possesses greater "over-the-bottom" depth capability, can operate in shallower depths, and which has a greater low velocity sensing and updating capability than any competitive system, is described. Doppler theory and description, an analysis of deep ocean Doppler performance, system accuracy, and various other components that can be added to the basic system to provide a complete navigational information system, are all discussed and explained in the paper.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Presented at the Fifth Annual Offshore Technology Conference held in Houston, Texas, 29 April-2 May 1974.
• Corporate Authors:

  Offshore Technology Conference (5th)

  6200 North Central Expressway
  Dallas, TX  United States  75206
• Authors:
  • Jones, H P
• Publication Date: 1974

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 6 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Doppler navigation; Doppler sonar; Navigation devices; Navigation systems; Sonic navigation
• Old TRIS Terms: Navigation equipment
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00056705
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Maritime Research Center, Kings Point
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 15 1974 12:00AM