Processing and analysis of Simrad multibeam sonar data

Marine Geophysical Research

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 729-739

  Mitchell, Neil C ^a,b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bathymetry; Data processing; Mapping; Multibeam echosounder

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; ECHO SOUNDER; MULTIBEAM ECHOSOUNDER; MULTIBEAM SONAR; SEA FLOOR MAPPING; SEAFLOOR MAPPING; SIMRAD;

EID: 0030428894     PISSN: 00253235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00313883     Document Type: Article

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