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Multibeam sonar
Sonar signals arriving at a target, or the towfish, from a single source but along different paths. The multibeam sonar system consist of a transducer, motion sensor, gyrocompass, and navigation system. When collected in slightly overlapping swaths (fanlike coverages from sonar scans), multibeam sonars can produce a sonar data set that represents nearly 100 percent acoustic coverage of the seafloor.
- Part of Speech: noun
- Industry/Domain: Natural environment
- Category: Coral reefs
- Organization: NOAA
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