Syllabus
Comprehensive Side Scan Sonar
Operations & Image Interpretation Training
(3 Days)
Day 1
8:30 -10:00
I - Introduction
Introductions-Determine experience level and expectations of group
What makes side scan sonar so effective and why do we use it?
II – Side Scan Sonar Display and Terminology
Basic Sonar Display & General Images
Review of Side Scan Sonar Terminology
III – Types of Sonar Systems
Types of Side Scan Sonar Systems
Scanning & Multibeam Sonars
IV – Creating the Sonar Image
How is the Sonar Image Created?
The Sonar Pulse
Time vs. Record Position
Sonar Record Geometry
Color
Gain and Tuning
Backscatter & Seabed Reflection
10:00 -10:20 Break
10:20 -12:00
V – Effects of Towfish Altitude
Effects of Towfish Height Above Bottom
VI – Range and Resolution
Range & Resolution Defined
Effects of Beam Spreading
Along Track Resolution
Cross Track Resolution
Pulse Length
Effects of Frequency
VII – Basic Underwater Acoustics
Sound Velocity in Water
Lunch Provided 12:00 - 1:00
1:00 -2:30
VIII - Motion
Definitions and Effects of Heave, Pitch, Roll and Yaw
Turns
Target Distortion
Reducing Motion Effects
IX – Sonar Record Analysis
Targets & Shadows
Break 2:30 – 2:50
2:50 - 4:30
IX – Sonar Record Analysis (Cont’d)
Why Targets Reflect
Detailed target and shadow analysis
Targets in the Water Column
Under the Towfish
Day 2________________________________________________________
8:30 -10:00
X - Noise and Interference
Surface Return
Acoustic Noise
Electronic Noise
Refraction
Biological Noise
XI – Anomalies
Second Sweep Returns
Cross Talk
Ringing, Hyperbolas and Flaring
Multi Path
Break 10:00 – 10:20
10:20 – 12:00
XII - General Sonar Imagery
Modern Shipwrecks Historic Shipwrecks
Aircraft Automobiles
Fishing Gear Marine Structures
Pipelines Debris Fields
Lunch Provided 12:00 - 1:00
1:00 -2:30
XIII – Navigation, Layback and Target Positioning
Navigation
Search Patterns – Range/Overlap
Diving the Target
XIV – Special Projects
Shallow Water Operations
Small Target Search
Criminal Evidence Search OPS
Crime Scene/Accident Mapping
Break 2:30 – 2:50
2:50 - 4:00
XIV – Special Projects (Cont’d)
Environmental Search OPS Hidden Outfalls & Submerged Drums
Artificial Reef Surveys
Drowning Victims
Operating Sonar & MAG Simultaneously
XV – Equipment Trouble Shooting
System & GPS Telemetry
Connectors and Connections
Cables
Day 3 _____________________________________________________
8:30 -10:00
XVI – AUVs and Sonar Operations
AUV Sensor Packages
AUV Pipeline Surveys
AUV Sonar Operations & Considerations
XVII - Collecting & Processing Sonar Data into Mosaics
Collecting Sonar Data
Collecting Integrated Sonar, Subbottom & Magnetometer Data
Processing Sonar & Subbottom in Chesapeake Software
10:00 - 10:20 Break
10:20 - 12:00
Processing Sonar Data with Chesapeake Cont’d.
Utilization of Mosaic Data
Evaluations / Certificates/ Group Photograph
12:00 – 1:15 Lunch Provided
1:15 - 4:00
XIX Participant Data – Interpretation & Analysis
Bring your Data & Images for Analysis
One on One Participant Sessions
Instructor: Vincent J. Capone, M.Sc.
Mr. Capone has over 20 years experience operating all types of sonar systems in water depths from as little as 3 feet to over 11,000 feet. Vince assisted the U.S. Navy Supervisor of Salvage in the Columbia space shuttle search and has located hundreds of shipwrecks including the U-215.
Vince has been a side scan sonar consultant to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. EPA. He has been a sonar instructor for the U.S. Navy (NAVSEA. NSCT-1, MDSU-2, EOD 8, EOD 17, NFESC, and NAVOCE), as well as the Korean Navy, Irish Navy, Israeli Navy and numerous civilian groups.
He is also sonar consultant and instructor to U.S. Navy SPAWAR, and recently completed a special military version of the Not in the Manual® sonar training program for the U.S. Navy. He is also a sonar training consultant for the U.S. Navy’s knowledge online and is currently working to update the computerized training of sonar skills.
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