Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Proceedings, Presentations, Speeches, Lectures
Title
A High Frequency Chirp Sonar to Be Deployed on the High Resolution Sampler (HRS II) and Capable of Sizing Small Zooplankton
Event Name/Location
OCEANS 96 MTS/IEEE Conference / Fort Lauderdale, FL
Event Name
OCEANS 96 MTS/IEEE Conference
Event Location
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
1996
Keywords
oceanography, oceanographic techniques, remote sensing by radar, oceanographic equipment
Abstract
A comprehensive marine particle analysis system has been developed by the University of South Florida, Department of Marine Science, to investigate the fine-scale distribution of zooplankton sized particles. This system, designated the High Resolution Sampler (HRS II), is a towed oceanographic platform that carries a number of independent optical and acoustical particle analysis systems designed to sample as broad a spectrum of the suspended particle population as possible (Sutton et al., this volume). A chirp sonar (3.5-6.5 MHz) system has been developed in collaboration with Florida Atlantic University to investigate the size and distribution of particles ranging from 250 /spl mu/m to 10 mm. This system is designed to augment and verify particle size and distribution information collected by Optical Plankton Counters (OPCs, Focal Technologies Inc.) also mounted on the HRS II. A chirp pulse sonar system has the unique ability to resolve individual targets in the time domain, which will allow for more accurate particle sizing and potentially target identification. The chirp sonar system can collect accurate measurements of particle size and distribution comparable to that of the OPC's on the HRS II and initial results are discussed.
Conference Proceeding Title
OCEANS 96 MTS/IEEE Conference Proceedings. The Coastal Ocean - Prospects for the 21st Century
ISBN
0-7803-3519-8
Publisher
IEEE
Publisher Location
Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA
DOI
10.1109/OCEANS.1996.569127
First Page
1480
Last Page
1484
NSUWorks Citation
Remsen, Andrew; Hopkins, T.; Sutton, Tracey; Wilcox, T.; and LeBlanc, R. L., "A High Frequency Chirp Sonar to Be Deployed on the High Resolution Sampler (HRS II) and Capable of Sizing Small Zooplankton" (1996). Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Proceedings, Presentations, Speeches, Lectures. 756.
https://nsuworks.nova.edu/occ_facpresentations/756
ORCID ID
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5280-7071