Optimizing Two Targets for Calibrating a Broadband Multibeam Sonar

Author

Foote, Kenneth G.

Author_Institution

Woods Hole Oceanogr. Instn., MA

fYear

2006

fDate

18-21 Sept. 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

The new Simrad MS70 multibeam sonar has a nominal total bandwidth of 70-120 kHz. Scientific applications of this, as in fisheries and other ecological research, require calibration. The standard-target method is suitable. Design criteria for the standard target are that this be robust and dense, with a mass of order several kilograms and with target strength in the nominal range from -35 to -30 dB. Candidate targets necessarily contain resonances in their backscattering spectra. Two targets are therefore proposed to cover the total band in piecewise fashion. For the selected material of tungsten carbide with 6% cobalt binder, the optimized sphere diameters are 75 and 84 mm. Detailed computations of the respective target strength spectra and sensitivity to variations in medium temperature are given with respect to the reference ambient temperature 8 deg C and salinity 33 ppt

Keywords

ocean temperature; sonar detection; target tracking; underwater sound; 70 to 120 kHz; 75 to 84 mm; 8 degc; Simrad MS70 multibeam sonar; backscattering spectral resonances; broadband multibeam sonar; cobalt binder; ecological research; fisheries; standard-target method; target sensitivity; target strength; target strength spectra; temperature variations; tungsten carbide material; Aquaculture; Backscatter; Bandwidth; Calibration; Cobalt; Resonance; Robustness; Sonar; Temperature sensors; Tungsten;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

OCEANS 2006

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0114-3

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0115-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OCEANS.2006.306944

Filename

4099099