Detecting Atlantic herring by parametric sonar
Detecting Atlantic herring by parametric sonar
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2010-03-17
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Godø, Olav Rune
Foote, Kenneth G.
Dybedal, Johnny
Foote, Kenneth G.
Dybedal, Johnny
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10.1121/1.3336398
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Echo
Sonar detection
Sonar signal processing
Underwater sound
Sonar detection
Sonar signal processing
Underwater sound
Abstract
The difference-frequency band of the Kongsberg TOPAS PS18 parametric sub-bottom profiling sonar, nominally 1–6 kHz, is being used to observe Atlantic herring. Representative TOPAS echograms of herring layers and schools observed in situ in December 2008 and November 2009 are presented. These agree well with echograms of volume backscattering strength derived simultaneously with the narrowband Simrad EK60/18- and 38-kHz scientific echo sounder, also giving insight into herring avoidance behavior in relation to survey vessel passage. Progress in rendering the TOPAS echograms quantitative is described.
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Author Posting. © Acoustical Society of America, 2010. This article is posted here by permission of Acoustical Society of America for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 127 (2010): EL153-EL159, doi:10.1121/1.3336398.
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Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 127 (2010): EL153-EL159