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Experiment results of a novel sub-bottom profiler using synthetic aperture technique


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1 Acoustic Signal and Electronics Science and Technology Corporation, Lanzhou 730050, China
2 China Railway Twenty-one Bureau Group Corporation, Lanzhou 730000, China
 

Using Mills cross-configuration of multibeam sonar and synthetic aperture technique, a downward-looking synthetic aperture sonar (SAS), used for the sub-bottom profiler is presented here. The real data collected by the downward-looking SAS are processed by the multi­receiver SAS range migration algorithm. By analysing the performance of focused target, the buried object in the soft sediment layer below the seafloor can be well-reconstructed. Furthermore, it shows that the presented system has great potential in profiling the sediment layer below the seafloor.

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Cross configuration, imaging algorithm, multibeam sonar, synthetic aperture technique, sub-bottom profiler.
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Authors

Xuebo Zhang
Acoustic Signal and Electronics Science and Technology Corporation, Lanzhou 730050, China
Peixuan Yang
Acoustic Signal and Electronics Science and Technology Corporation, Lanzhou 730050, China
Miao Sun
China Railway Twenty-one Bureau Group Corporation, Lanzhou 730000, China

Abstract


Using Mills cross-configuration of multibeam sonar and synthetic aperture technique, a downward-looking synthetic aperture sonar (SAS), used for the sub-bottom profiler is presented here. The real data collected by the downward-looking SAS are processed by the multi­receiver SAS range migration algorithm. By analysing the performance of focused target, the buried object in the soft sediment layer below the seafloor can be well-reconstructed. Furthermore, it shows that the presented system has great potential in profiling the sediment layer below the seafloor.

Keywords


Cross configuration, imaging algorithm, multibeam sonar, synthetic aperture technique, sub-bottom profiler.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv122%2Fi4%2F461-464