HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYING

Catalog description

Covers the fundamentals of hydrographic surveys performed to measure the depth and bottom configuration of water bodies in support of nautical charting and other areas of marine geomatics, as well as marine construction, benthic habitat mapping, marine spatial planning, and bathymetric mapping of rivers and lakes. Topics include underwater acoustics, sound velocity, the sonar equation, types of sonar systems (e.g., single-beam, multibeam, side scan sonar), water levels and tidal datums, positioning and motion sensing for hydrographic surveying, bathymetric lidar, and applications of hydrographic surveying.