12/15/2019 — admin
Multibeam System:
EM302
EM710
CruiseID:
SKQ201907T
The University of Alaska’s UNOLS vessel R/V Sikuliaq(SKQ) is equipped with Kongsberg Maritime EM302 and EM710 multibeam echosounders and a Seapath320 positioning / attitude system
- The Multibeam Advisory Committee (MAC) was asked to assist with Quality Assurance Testing (QAT) of the ship’s EM302 and EM710 ahead of the 2019 field season; due to scheduling constraints, MAC personnel (Kevin Jerram and TomerKetter) provided remote support for line planning and data analysis from shore
- MAC communication with SKQ personnel (Steven Roberts and Steven Hartz) commenced in spring 2019 with planning for calibrations (‘patch tests’) and accuracy testing for both systems during a transit from Newport to Astoria, OR
- The calibration and accuracy test plans were developed at sites successfully used for previous EM302 and EM710 testing aboard R/V Falkor(FK170602; not funded by NSF)
- This report describes the calibration results and implementation in SIS; additional swath accuracy and swath coverage processing using the full SKQ201907T dataset are ongoing, and this report will be updated as results become available 2
| Attachment | Size |
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| SKQ201907T_Sikuliaq_EM302_EM710_calibration_20191013.pdf | 3.52 MB |