This six-day, 36-lecture course is designed to provide a theoretical and practical background in marine swath survey technology and techniques for hydrographic surveys, continental shelf boundary delimitation, offshore engineering, harbour dredging, fisheries habitat, route survey and scientific research, and provides overviews of:
• the technology and problems associated with shallow water multibeam surveys,
• processing and visualization techniques designed to address the complexities of swath mapping,
• constraints on using swath bathymetry to produce highest quality data.
Monday
INTRODUCTION AND REVIEW OF FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS
01 Historical Perspective and Course Overview —John Hughes Clarke
02 Underwater Acoustics A —Tom Weber
03 Oceanographic and Geologic Concepts —Larry Mayer
04 Underwater Acoustics B —Tom Weber
05 Spatial Referencing Terms and Concepts —Ian Church
06 Visualization Terms and Concepts —Larry Mayer
Tuesday
07 Hydrographic Performance Standards —Ian Church
SWATH SONAR ISSUES
08 Sidescan Sonar Methods —John Hughes Clarke
09 Multibeam Sonar Methods —John Hughes Clarke
10 Bottom Detection Methods —Tom Weber
11 Sidescan / Multibeam Backscatter Imaging —Tom Weber
ANCILLARY SENSOR ISSUES
12 Multisensor Integration for Swath Bathymetric Systems —John Hughes Clarke
Wednesday
13 Sound Refraction in the Water Column —John Hughes Clarke
14 Refraction Operational Limitations due to Watermass Variability —John Hughes Clarke
15 Positioning Requirements: Horizontal, Vertical & Orientation —Ian Church
16 Inertial Methods —Ian Church
17 GNSS Methods: Global Navigation Satellite Systems —Ian Church
18 Uncertainty Estimation in Swath Methods —Larry Mayer
Thursday
SEABED ACOUSTIC BACKSCATTER
19 Acoustic Seabed Interaction Theory —Tom Weber
20 Acoustic Backscatter Image Interpretation —John Hughes Clarke
21 Introduction to Seafloor Characterization —Larry Mayer
22 Oblique Incidence Characterization Methods —Larry Mayer
SURVEY DESIGN AND QUALITY CONTROL
23 Survey Design and Planning —Larry Mayer
24 The Patch Test and Sensor to Ship Reference Frame Alignment —John Hughes Clarke
Friday
25 Field Quality Control: Dynamic Error Recognition and Analysis —John Hughes Clarke
26 Achieving Decimetre Bathymetry via Ellipsoid-Referenced Surveys —Ian Church
DATA PROCESSING
27 Swath Bathymetry Data Cleaning – Interactive and Automated —John Hughes Clarke
28 Data Reduction for Chart Compilation Purposes —John Hughes Clarke
29 The Swath Processing Pipeline —Larry Mayer
30 Impact and Management of Dense Digital Bathymetry —Ian Church
Saturday
CURRENT & FUTURE TECHNOLOGY
31 Midwater Mapping —Tom Weber
32 Alternative Approaches for High Density Bathymetric Data Collection —Larry Mayer
33 MBES Specifications —Tom Weber
34 Operational Field Trials: Assessing Performance —John Hughes Clarke
35 New Data Presentation Methods —Larry Mayer
36 Course Roundup and Discussion on Emerging Issues —ALL