Abrupt-Sloped Seabed 
Side lobe 
False echo 
A dim echo may sometimes appear along an abrupt slope of seabed, as if it were floating 
above the slope, when recording. 
In case of flat seabed, thin second return of seabed may sometimes appear, which is slightly 
below the actual seabed. 
In either case, the dim or thin echoes are false and produced by side lobes of ultrasonic 
beam from the transducer.    Any false echo is thinner than and parallel to a real echo. 
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