2.2CHIRPSonaroverview
CHIRPsonarproducesaconicalshapedbeam,the
coverageoftheconicalbeamisthewatercolumn
directlybeneaththevessel
Conicalbeam
Sonariseffectiveatarangeofspeeds.Indeeper
waterstheCHIRPbandwidthisautomatically
optimizedtoimprovebottomlockandthedetection
ofmovingobjects(e.g.sh)inthewiderwater
column.
CHIRPsonarscreenexample
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