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1970: Vol. XLVII, No. 2

Precise Echo Sounding in Deep Water

Submitted
August 11, 2015
Published
2015-06-30

Abstract

The advent of narrow-beam stabilized echo sounders and shipboard digital computers is revolutionizing bathymetry measurements in the deep ocean. New and more precise procedures for obtaining and correcting depth measurements are described, and the application of these methods aboard the USC&GS ship Discoverer is presented.