Settings and performance of acoustic instruments
Echo sounders
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Frequency |
38 kHz |
120 kHz |
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Basic range |
0-100/0-250+250 |
0-100 |
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* |
Bandwidth |
3.3 kHz |
3.3 kHz |
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* |
Pulse length |
1.0 ms |
1.0 ms |
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TVG and gain |
20 log R-20 dB |
20 log R-0 dB |
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Recorder gain |
7 |
5/6 |
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* |
Transmitter power |
4813 W |
233 W |
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Transducer dimension |
8° x 8° |
10° |
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(Ceramic) |
(30 x 30 cm) |
(Circular) |
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Discriminator |
4-7 |
5-6 |
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* |
Source level + voltage response |
140.7 dB |
114.9 dB |
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Measured |
May 1984 |
August 1983 |
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Integrators |
QD/38 kHz |
QM/120 kHz |
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* |
Integrator threshold(All ch.) |
10 mV |
10 mV |
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* |
Integrator gain |
30 dB |
10 dB ×10 |
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* |
Depth intervals |
/4-25/25-50/50-75/ |
A: 4-50 |
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/75-100/100-125/ |
B: 50-100 |
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/125-150/150-200/ |
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/200-250/250-400/ |
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Bottom channels |
/BI 6.0 m |
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BII 0.1-0.4 m |
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Bottom stop |
On |
On |
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xx) |
Calculated instrumental constant (CI) |
0.082 |
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* Parameters changed or new from previous cruises on R/V “Dr. Fridtjof Nansen” due to installation of Simrad EK-400 echo sounders and QD-integrator. Parallell integration on QD and QM (“old settings”) were made for reference purposes.Sonar ST (18 kHz) was operated in areas with schooling activity. Sonar S 109 was not used due to malfunctions.
xx) Scaling factor - 10.0 (Used for mapping purposes)
