Some development highlights for a High Resolution Broadband Multibeam Echo sounder

Berit Horvei, Product Manager Multibeam

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EM 2040. A High Resolution Broadband Multibeam Echo sounder

Requirements set Examples verifying requirements Results

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EM 2040, specification
Wideband: 200-400 kHz Depth rating: 6000 m Operational modes: Deep, medium and inspection or 200, 300 and 400 kHz. Pulse length: 25s 12 ms(FM) User selectable or automatic Three transmit sectors, dual swath

1 or 2 receive transducer(s)

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Requirements set
Sector transmission Full motion compensation Broadband transducer Large band width short pulse length Near-field focusing 6000 m depth rating Low self-noise Re-use of bottom detection algorithms SIS, same topside SW as previous models Support third party topside SW

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Sector transmission
Three transmit sectors.
Motion compensation Reduce multipath problems

Receiver filter. Filters adapted for each transmit pulse.

0

Amplitude [dB]

-10 -20 -30 -40 -50 230 260 290 320 Frequency [kHz] 350

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Motion compensation
Test of yaw stabilization. EM 2040 has full motion compentation

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Broadband transducer, measured coverage

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Measured coverage
Jervis Inlet, 200 kHz, gravel

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CW/FM pulses, Measured & calculated coverage

EM 2040, 300 kHz, Sand [-30 dB] Single RX 1*1 degree 0

= 53.0dB/km

50

Depth [m]

100
FM CW

CW FM]

CW

FM

150

200

250

250 200 150 100 50 Coverage Port[m]

50 100 150 200 250 Coverage Starboard[m]

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Band width/ pulse length.

Reduced speckle with short pulse: 300 kHz 600 s

70 s

200 s

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Frequency, beam width and pulse length

Courtesy of Marine Research Vessel KAIO-MARU No7, Nippon Kayo Co,Ltd

2x2m

Courtesy of Marine Research Vessel KAIO-MARU No7, Nippon Kayo Co,Ltd

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Frequency, beam width and pulse length

Wreck at 20 m 380 kHz 25 s (~ 0.75 )

200 kHz 100 s (1.5 )

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Near-field focusing
380 kHz, measured at 6 m range. This shows the need for nearfield focusing:

Focusing enabled. Beamwidth is 0.4 deg.

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Focusing disabled, Beamwidth is 5 deg. SL is 6 dB weaker

Depth rating, 6000 m

Results from ROV testing in Gulf of Mexico

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Depth rating, 6000 m

Results from ROV testing in Gulf of Mexico.

Colour scale:4.4 m depth difference

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Low self noise in electronics

Early EM 3002 results, Water depth, 40 m Old receiver electronics, electronics later modified

EM 2040 Passing over a forced hydrocarbon leakage Mode: 400 kHz Water depth: 24 m

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Low self noise, bottom detection algorithms

Pier, Water depth, 4-19 m

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Results

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Seabed image

400 kHz Mode T = 50 s Water depth 8.5-9.0 meter

Gridded backscatter

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HMCS MacKenszie
112 m destroyer Keel around 30 m Upper deck 18 m Radar tower 10 m

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Wreck Church

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Sand waves, 97 m depth

Y-axis: 2 m grid

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Sand waves, 90-100 m water depth

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Pipeline
8 m depth 60 cm pipeline
Gridded (below) and Raw depth points (Allpoints) 400 kHz, single sector 25 us pulse length (40 kHz BW) 80 deg sector

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New Zealand, Shallow survey 2012

http://www.conference.co.nz/index.cfm /shallowsurvey

90 m

Wellington harbour, between piers, 0.5 m grid

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New Zealand, Shallow survey 2012

Mooring chains

Pilars and mooring chains, 3D, allpoints, 12 m depth

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New Zealand, Shallow survey 2012

Habitat area, 0.5 m grid Sand waves +/- 8 cm at 15 m depth

Bathymetry
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Backscatter

New Zealand, Shallow survey 2012

Survey, flat bottom plus wreck, Neptune

Very clean data No filtering done 8 million points 23 m depth Std = 2 cm 0.07% D

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New Zealand, Shallow survey 2012

HMNZS wreck, 0.5 m grid

Ships Internal structure, 3D allpoints

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SAT, Fugro OSAE, Victor Hensen, concrete target

Victor Hensen installation: EM 2040 0.5 * 1 degree Dual swath Concrete target 2*8 m One half is 50 cm higher A 1 m tower at the corner, 30*30 cm at top.
19 m depth Target:
1 0.5 30*30 cm

400 kHz, 50 us, one single line, gridded. Allpoints on next slide

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SAT, Fugro OSAE, Victor Hensen, concrete target

Gothenburg target, 400 kHz, 3D

Red points = top of target

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Summary
EM 2040. A High Resolution Broadband Multibeam Echo sounder

Requirements set Examples verifying requirements Results

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION

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