Title :
Synthetic aperture sonar on AUV
Author :
Fernandez, J.E. ; Christoff, James T. ; Cook, Daniel A.
Author_Institution :
Coastal Syst. Station, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Silver Spring, MD, USA
Abstract :
Synthetic aperture sonars (SAS) and autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) are two of the most exciting technologies under development by the underwater research and development community. Integration of these technologies promises to produce underwater acoustic imaging systems of tremendous capability and versatility. Currently, several efforts, mostly motivated by military applications, are under way to achieve the realization of these systems. This paper describes one such effort, in which the Coastal Systems Station (CSS) SAS system has been integrated with the Bluefin Reliant AUV. Included in this paper are descriptions of the CSS SAS and Bluefin AUV technology and hardware and of the data processing methods. Also presented are the preliminary results obtained during the first system tests carried out at CSS, Panama City, Florida in March 2003.
Keywords :
oceanographic techniques; sonar imaging; underwater sound; underwater vehicles; AD 2003 03; AUV; Bluefin Reliant AUV; CSS SAS system; Coastal Systems Station; Florida; Panama City; SAS; autonomous underwater vehicle; data processing method; military application; synthetic aperture sonar; underwater acoustic imaging system; underwater research-development community; Acoustic imaging; Cascading style sheets; Data processing; Hardware; Research and development; Sea measurements; Synthetic aperture sonar; System testing; Underwater acoustics; Underwater vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
OCEANS 2003. Proceedings
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-933957-30-0
DOI :
10.1109/OCEANS.2003.178136
