Methods of estimating allowable motion perturbations in side-scan sonar systems

Author

Zehner, William J. ; Thompson, R. Lee

Author_Institution

1022 Paton Lane, Lynn Haven, FL, USA

Volume

21

Issue

3

fYear

1996

fDate

7/1/1996 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

245

Lastpage

255

Abstract

This document describes the effects of nonideal hydrophone array motion on sonar image quality and derives the allowable motion errors for vehicles carrying side-scan sonar systems. Estimates of the quantity of motion that causes just noticeable sensor performance degradation as well as those that render the sensors useless are derived using two different methods. Using a special resolution target, examples of simulated image distortion resulting from several types of motion are presented. A method for quantitatively measuring the actual image distortion in situ is described

Keywords

error analysis; hydrophones; iterative methods; motion compensation; sonar imaging; allowable motion perturbations; image distortion; motion errors; nonideal hydrophone array motion; resolution target; sensor performance degradation; side-scan sonar; side-scan sonar systems; simulated image distortion; sonar image quality; Acoustic distortion; Acoustic measurements; Acoustic sensors; Degradation; Image quality; Image sensors; Motion estimation; Sea measurements; Sonar measurements; Vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Oceanic Engineering, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0364-9059

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/48.508155

Filename

508155