Real-time bathymetric artifact flagging for the SeaBeam 2100 system

Author

Spitzak, Sharon E. ; Talukdar, Kushal K.

Author_Institution

SeaBeam Instrum. Inc., E. Walpole, MA, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1997

fDate

6-9 Oct 1997

Firstpage

939

Abstract

An algorithm for flagging anomalous multibeam data in real-time is presented. Requirements for the design were the ability to perform effectively in the varying depths and seafloor conditions the SeaBeam 2100 system may encounter without slowing real-time data processing or flagging more than 5% of the good beams in the data. The algorithm consists of three filters: (1) Cross Track Distance, (2) Spatial Scarcity and (3) Depth Anomaly. Upon testing on nine sonar files with different depth ranges and topography, the filter agreed with hand editing 94% on average

Keywords

bathymetry; geophysical signal processing; geophysical techniques; oceanographic techniques; seafloor phenomena; sediments; sonar imaging; Cross Track Distance; Depth Anomaly; SeaBeam 2100; Spatial Scarcity; algorithm; anomalous multibeam data; bathymetry; data processing; filter; geophysical measurement technique; image processing; marine sediment; real-time; real-time bathymetric artifact flagging; seafloor geology; seafloor topography; sonar imaging; Displays; Information filtering; Information filters; Instruments; Performance analysis; Real time systems; Sea floor; Signal to noise ratio; Sonar; Surfaces;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

OCEANS '97. MTS/IEEE Conference Proceedings

Conference_Location

Halifax, NS

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4108-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OCEANS.1997.624117

Filename

624117