Acoustic Seabed Classification
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Acoustic Seabed Classification
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Seabed classification based on acoustic properties can be divided into two main categories; seabed surface and seabed sub-surface.
Seabed surface classification is concerned primarily with distinguishing habitat characteristics (e.g. hard, soft, mud, sand, clay, cobble) to the sampled area. The seabed class can be combined with other acoustically (or other method) derived information about the area, such as fish distribution and abundance or vegetation characteristics, to establish habitat groups based on the associations.
Sub-surface seabed classification is commonly referred to as Sub-bottom profiling and is generally used for geological assessment of the sub-surface characteristics, down to hundreds of meters, as necessary in the exploration for oil deposits.
References - Seabed Surface:
- [http://icesjms.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/65/6/1004 Acoustic seabed classification: current practice and future directions]
- [http://stinet.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA398417&Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf Acoustic Seabed Classification Systems (2001)]
- [http://www.biosonicsinc.com/doc_library/docs/bottom_classification.pdf Bottom Classification]
- [http://www.ices.dk/iceswork/asc/2004/abstracts/abstracts/T.pdf Acoustic Seabed Classification – Applications in Fisheries Science and Ecosystem Studies]
Resources - Seabed Surface:
- [http://www.sonavision.co.uk/pages/seabed_classification_menu.html RoxAnn Seabed Classification System]
- [http://www.ices.dk/iceswork/wgdetail.asp?wg=SGASC ICES Study Group on Acoustic Seabed Classification]
- [http://www.biosonicsinc.com/resources/case_studies_applications.cfm Case Studies and References for Lakes, Rivers & Marine]
- [http://www.biosonicsinc.com/echosounder-products/dtx_series_bottom_classification.html BioSonics VBT Seabed Classification Software]
- [http://www.questertangent.com/default.aspx?PageID=1060 Quester Tangent QTC IMPACT]
- [http://www.sea.co.uk/echoplus.aspx?nav=products ECHOplus seabed discrimination]
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