Title :
Using a minehunting sonar for real-time environmental characterization
Author :
Lingsch, Stephen C. ; Lingsch, William C.
Author_Institution :
Naval Oceanogr. & Atmos. Res. Lab., Stennis Space Center, MS, USA
Abstract :
The Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO) provides environmental support to Mine Warfare (MIW) in digital form for characterizing the environment. These data include bathymetry, sediments, mine burial probability, and climatology for currents, temperature, and salinity prior to an exercise or operation. In most cases high-resolution databases needed by MIW are on the order of centimeter spatial resolution, much higher than available databases. The minehunting phase of the operation using AN/AQS-14 minehunting side-scan sonar provides this information
Keywords :
buried object detection; military systems; sonar detection; AN/AQS-14 minehunting side-scan sonar; Mine Warfare; Naval Oceanographic Office; real-time environmental characteristics; Displays; Geographic Information Systems; Image databases; Image processing; Medals; Ocean temperature; Oceanographic techniques; Sediments; Sonar; Spatial databases;
Conference_Titel :
OCEANS '99 MTS/IEEE. Riding the Crest into the 21st Century
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5628-4
DOI :
10.1109/OCEANS.1999.800159
