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Vessel Geometry and MBES Offset Recommendations
03/06/2019 — adminVessel survey reports (VSRs) play a critical role throughout service life (10+ years) of a multibeam echosounder system (MBES) and provide the foundation for future vessel and sensor surveys. This document provides recommendations for VSRs that minimize opportunity for errors in the configuration of MBES and ancillary sensors.
NOAA Ship Ruben Lasker ME70 Integration Testing
02/08/2019 — adminExecutive Summary
The purpose of Coast Survey’s participation in this cruise was to verify the installation and configuration
of the ME70 and ancillary systems; validate the current Hypack implementation of the ME70 bottom
detection code; and provide operational guidance to the future operators of this system. The transit
from San Diego, CA to Neah Bay, WA offered an opportunity to test this system without interfering with
other planned science objectives. While we have used the Multibeam Sonar Acceptance Procedures as
2018 Thompson EM302 SAT Report
11/28/2018 — adminConducted January 8-12, 2018 to test the new Kongsberg EM302 (upgraded from EM300) and Applanix POS MV V5.
NOAA Ship Fairweather Launch 2017 SAT
12/07/2017 — adminExecutive Summary
hydrographic survey launches during the spring of 2017 in Newport, OR. We accomplished the test and
qualification of these systems on Puget Sound from May 22 through May 26. Conditions were generally agreeable for testing with some wind driven chop potentially affecting a limited set of noise tests. All systems were successfully integrated and measured performance was in compliance with vendor specifications and suitable for conducting NOAA hydrographic surveys.
2016 Neil Armstrong Sea Acceptance Trails
10/13/2017 — adminThe R/V Neil Armstrong is a new vessel operated by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI) equipped with Kongsberg Maritime (KM) EM122 (12 kHz) and EM710 (70-100 kHz) multibeam echosounders. The hardware installation, calibration, software configuration, and performance of these systems were evaluated during a sea acceptance trial involving WHOI, KM, Multibeam Advisory Committee (MAC), and NOAA Office of Coast Survey personnel.
NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson 2016 SAT
01/25/2017 — adminExecutive Summary
RV Bat Galim 2016 System Review
06/24/2016 — adminFrom January 31st to February 4th, 2016 a Shipboard Acceptance Testing (SAT) was conducted on the R/V Bat Galim, owned by the Ministry of National Infrastructures, Energy and Water Resource of Israel and operated by Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research, on the newly installed Kongsberg Maritime (KM) EM302 (30 kHz) and EM2040 (200 kHz, 300 kHz, and 400 kHz) multibeam echosounders. These systems were thoroughly reviewed for system geometry, calibration, configuration, and performance during this acceptance period. Documented in this report are:
Nathaniel B. Palmer 2015 Sea Acceptance Report
11/04/2015 — adminExecutive Summary
The research vessel icebreaker (RVIB) Nathaniel B. Palmer (NBP) undertook cruise NBP1505 in the vicinity of the continental shelf break between Talcahuano and Puerto Montt, Chile, from June 10-15, 2015 (Fig. 1) in order to assess performance of the vessel’s 12-kHz multibeam echosounder (MBES). The MBES consists of a Kongsberg Maritime (KM) EM122 transceiver installed in June 2014 and transmit (TX) and receive (RX) arrays installed in June 2015, prior to NBP1505.
