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Analysis and Correction of the Seafloor Topography Distortion Caused by the Sound Velocity Error for MBS Soundings

Version 1 : Received: 28 April 2023 / Approved: 28 April 2023 / Online: 28 April 2023 (09:37:47 CEST)

How to cite: Sun, W.; Zeng, A.; Zhao, X. Analysis and Correction of the Seafloor Topography Distortion Caused by the Sound Velocity Error for MBS Soundings. Preprints 2023, 2023041156. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202304.1156.v1 Sun, W.; Zeng, A.; Zhao, X. Analysis and Correction of the Seafloor Topography Distortion Caused by the Sound Velocity Error for MBS Soundings. Preprints 2023, 2023041156. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202304.1156.v1

Abstract

We found an important fact that the beam footprint line of Ping will intersect with the real water depth when the initial incidence angle is about 45°, and sound velocity error hardly has an effect on it. This is contrary to our previous experience that the soundings of the central beam of multi-beam bathymetric system (MBS) is the most accurate. Firstly, the influence of sound velocity errors on central beam and seafloor topography distortion was analyzed. Secondly, the process of proving this fact was given, and the topography correction method was proposed by compensating the sound velocity profile area (SVP area). Finally, we showed in the first simulation of four type errors in SVPs that this fact is verified. The topography correction method used in the second simulation to correct the topography distortion of the first simulation is also verified.

Keywords

multi-beam bathymetric system (MBS); seafloor topography distortion; SVP area; acoustic ray tracing; beam footprint

Subject

Environmental and Earth Sciences, Remote Sensing

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